 Giving Thanks for Lā Kuʻokoʻa… This year, 2022, is the 179th anniversary of an historic moment… November 28, 1843 was the day the United Kingdom (Great Britain) and the Kingdom of France jointly proclaimed their recognition of the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign nation -- equal in status with the major powers of the world. In 1843 King Kamehameha III declared November 28 as Lā Kuʻokoʻa, Hawaiʻi Independence Day, a national holiday to be celebrated throughout the Hawaiian Kingdom. For 50 years, Lā Kuʻokoʻa and Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) were enthusiasticaly celebrated as the prime national holidays. But in 1894, the self-proclaimed “Republic of Hawaii” adopted the American “Thanksgiving Day” to be celebrated instead of Lā Kuʻokoʻa as part of a deliberate, denationalizing program to erase any celebration of Hawaiʻi as a sovereign, independent country. It almost worked. But about 30 years ago, Uncle Kekuni Blaisdell and a few Hawaiʻi kiaʻi began to remind us and rekindle awareness of our great legacy as an enlightened, independent Hawaiian nation. Today, Lā Kuʻokoʻa and Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea are proudly celebrated throughout Ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina... and in other places around the world where Hawaiians live. You can help to educate others about Lā Kuʻokoʻa. As you gather with ‘ohana and friends for Thanksgiving this year, remember to give thanks for Lā Kuʻokoʻa! Share with your ʻohana this amazing historic achievement of King Kamehameha III and the emissaries he sent on this mission to the opposite side of the globe... Eō! The Story of Lā Kuʻokoʻa Approaching the mid-Nineteenth Century, European countries were continuing their centuries-long habit of colonizing lands of native peoples. Pacific Island nations were being swallowed whole by European colonial powers. King Kamehameha III, seeing this trend sought to prevent this from happening to his island Kingdom. Having declared his Kingdom as a Christian nation in the early days of his reign; with the vast majority of his people embracing Christianity, the King, in 1839, issued a Hawaiian Declaration of Rights; and in 1840, enacted a Constitution for the Hawaiian Islands, balancing Biblical truths and democratic principles of liberty, along with Hawaiian values of aloha ʻāina and mālama pono, as the basis for the governance of the Hawaiian Islands. Thus, Hawaiʻi could not be regared as a heathen nation and was, therefore, immune to colonization under the so-called “Doctrine of Discovery”. To ensure against colonial ambitions by European powers, King Kamehameha III sent three trusted envoys, Timoteo Haʻalilio, William Richards (Hawaiian subjects) and Sir George Simpson (a British subject) on a mission to America and Europe for the purpose of securing recognition of Hawaii’s sovereignty by the three most powerful nations on Earth, Great Britain, France and the United States. Led by Haʻalilio, the envoys succeeded! In a formal proclamation issued on November 28, 1843 at the Court of London, representatives of the crowns of the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of France signed a joint proclamation recognizing the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign nation. The United States followed suit several months later. These acts of recognition meant the Hawaiian Kingdom was accepted, and would be henceforth regarded as, an equal sovereign by the three most prominent members of the exclusive club of sovereign nations, known as “the family of nations.” The Hawaiian Kingdom was able to pry open the door to “the family of nations,” not only for the Hawaiian Kingdom to enter, but for others to follow a century later. The good news is that We, the people — the aloha ʻāina — by remembering this day, are the living proof that the sovereign Hawaiian Kingdom that was recognized 179 years ago still exists! And as the lāhui stands up (Kūʻe) here on our ʻāina, proclaiming we still exist, we are blazing a way for liberation of other nations in captivity. --------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. ------ For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM, the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53. ----- SIGN THIS PETITION! Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! McKinley was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a major cog in America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! – And remember, for the latest updates and information about the Hawaiian Kingdom check out the twice a month Ke Aupuni Updates published online on Facebook and other social media. ------- PLEASE KŌKUA… Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort... To contribute, go to: • GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII • PayPal – Go to PayPal and send $ to: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net "FREE HAWAII" T-SHIRTS - etc. Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at... http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c28/Hawaii All proceeds are used to help advance the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono, Leon Siu Hawaiian National
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 November 12, 2022
International wrongful act by the UN… In 1946, the newly formed United Nations decided to identify peoples and nations that had not yet “attained a full measure of self-government” and to assist them in attaining self-government — in other words, to undergo decolonization. UN Members identified and submitted their colonies, possessions, and occupied territories — about 100 of them — to the UN list of Non-Self-Governing Territories (NSGT). The United States put Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Hawaii on the list. But Hawaii didn’t belong there. By 1946, the Hawaiian Kingdom had already “attained a full measure of self-government” over 100 years before! The Hawaiian Kingdom was a formally recognized self-governing sovereign State, a subject of international law under bi-lateral and multi-lateral treaties with dozens of sovereign States, including five treaties with the United States. The Hawaiian Kingdom was a member of the Universal Postal Union; and had 137 embassies and consulates in 26 countries around the world! The Hawaiian Kingdom was undeniably a country that had already “attained a full measure of self-government” and had done so over 100 years prior to the birth of the United Nations itself. The Hawaiian Islands did not belong on the decolonization list. The United States never lawfully acquired or extinguished the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Therefore, the US submission of Hawaii to the UN decolonization list was an act of fraud. And, inscribing Hawaii to the NSGT list in contradiction to Chapter XI of the United Nations Charter defining a Non-Self-Governing Territory, and against General Assembly Resolution 66, constitutes an international wrongful act by the United Nations. That means the UN is complicit in the ongoing suppression of the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign State; the destruction of Hawaiian nationality; the forced imposition of U.S. citizenship; the displacement and impoverishment of the Hawaiian people; the pillaging of lands and resources; the infliction of foreign economic, social and cultural systems; and turning a peaceful, neutral country into a menacing U.S. war machine, placing the people of Hawaii in imminent danger of annihilation by enemies of the U.S. The Hawaiian Kingdom calls upon the United Nations, its member States, and the international community to stop supporting the United States’ illegal occupation of the Hawaiian Islands and to assist in the reinstatement of the Hawaiian Islands as a sovereign, independent, peaceful, neutral State, so we can normalize and resume proper international relations among the nations. --------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. ------ For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM, the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53. ----- SIGN THIS PETITION! Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! McKinley was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a major cog in America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! – And remember, for the latest updates and information about the Hawaiian Kingdom check out the twice a month Ke Aupuni Updates published online on Facebook and other social media. ------- PLEASE KŌKUA… Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort... To contribute, go to: • GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII • PayPal – Go to PayPal and send $ to: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net "FREE HAWAII" T-SHIRTS - etc. Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at... http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c28/Hawaii All proceeds are used to help advance the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono, Leon Siu Hawaiian National  PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 November 2022 from H.E. Leon Kaulahao Siu Hawaiian Kingdom info@HawaiianKingdom.net Prof.Dr. (h.c) Mehmet Şükrü Güzel Center for Peace and Reconciliation Studies centerprs@gmail.com An international wrongful act of the United Nations against Hawaii Chapter XI of the United Nations Charter defines a Non-Self-Governing Trerritory as a Territory “whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government.” In 1946, several United Nations Member States identified Territories under their administration that were notself-governing and placed them on a United Nationslist under General Assembly Resolution 66 for the purpose of decolonization. The United States added “Hawaii” (The Hawaiian Islands) to the UN list as a Non-Self-Governing Territory. This was done despite the fact that “Hawaii” was not a U.S. territory, but an existing sovereign state under usurpation and occupation by the United States. By 1946, “Hawaii” (The Hawaiian Islands) had already existed as a self-governing sovereign State for over 100 years. The Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands was formally recognized (by the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of France in 1843, and by the United States in 1844) as a sovereign State; a subject of international law under bi-lateral and multi-lateral treaties with other sovereign States, including five treaties with the United States. The Hawaiian Kingdom was a member of the Universal Postal Union; and had 137 embassies and consulates in 26 countries around the world. The Hawaiian Kingdom was undeniably a country that had already “attained a full measure of self-government.” The United States never lawfully acquired the Hawaiian Islands. Beginning in 1893, without provocation or warning or justification, the U.S. warship Boston, landed a company of fully armed Marines in Honolulu to back a coup d’etat by a cabal of 13 white-supremacists to forcibly depose the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Head of State, Queen Liliuokalani and seize control of the government... to the 1898 staging of a sham “annexation” of the Hawaiian Islands without a treaty... to the 1946 listing of Hawaii as a non-self-governing territory to be decolonized... to the 1959 staging of a sham statehood plebiscite, manipulating the UN decolonization process to effect the capture of the Hawaiian Islands — the United States never acquired nor extinguished the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Since the United Nations Charter defines a Non-Self-Governing Territory as a territory that has never been a subject of international law (not a sovereign State), to categorize Hawaii as a Non-Self-Governing Territory was, in fact, an international wrongful act as it contradicted Chapter XI of the United Nations Charter defining what constitutes a Non-Self-Governing Territory. For this reason, the 1946 placement of Hawaii on the list of territories to be decolonized according to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 66, should be regarded as an international wrongful act of the United Nations. This international wrongful act contributes to the ongoing suppression of the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign State; the destruction of Hawaiian nationality; the forced imposition of U.S. citizenship; the displacement and impoverishment of the Hawaiian people; the pillaging of lands and resources of the Hawaiian people; the affliction of foreign economic, social and cultural systems; and turning a peaceful, neutral country into a principal component of the menacing U.S. war machine, placing the people of Hawaii in imminent danger of annihilation by enemies of the U.S. The Hawaiian Kingdom and the Center for Peace and Reconciliation call upon the United Nations, its member States, and the international community to cease supporting the United States’ illegal occupation of the Hawaiian Islands and to assist in the reinstatement of the Hawaiian Islands as a sovereign, independent, peaceful, neutral State, and to normalize andresume proper international relations with the Hawaiian Islands. ### PDF version: 
 October 29, 2022
“Consultation” – new bait, same trap The newest proposal from Washington D.C. to set up a “Consultation” platform to discuss relations between U.S. Federal Officials, Native Hawaiians and, possibly, a Native Hawaiian government, is the newest scam to put Hawaiians into the American Indian tribal-nation corral without actually saying so. They are avoiding the tribal nation term since we absolutely trashed that concept over the past 20 years. “Consultation” sounds good but is just another loaded term like “listening sessions” of the ‘DOI-rule-change’ of 2015… and the TMT “public input” of the past few years. With this scheme, whatever decisions the U.S. make, they can say native Hawaiians were “consulted”, implying that native Hawaiians approved. The U.S. continues to treat their 125-year-long illegal occupation of the Hawaiian Islands as a domestic, Native Hawaiian-American-Tribal problem, instead of an international dispute between sovereign nations. Any honest effort to settle the dispute requires the U.S. to speak with us on an equal level: sovereign nation to sovereign nation, not “consulting” with a bogus Native Hawaiian-American tribe. The illegal presence of the United States in the Hawaiian Islands is a gross international violation. It demands an international remedy. The only talks necessary are those to negotiate the peaceful, orderly withdrawal of the United States from the Hawaiian Islands; reparations to repair the damage; and the normalization and resumption of friendly relations. I say, sure go ahead and hold these “consultations”. They will provide excellent opportunities to vent and scold these American government “listeners.” Weʻve gotten very good at it. As long as we do not fool ourselves into thinking these “consultations” are legally binding or will make any substantive difference; and as long as we reserve our rights and speak as Hawaiian nationals, not Native (U.S.) Hawaiians; and as long as we address the real elephant in the room, the illegal U.S. presence in the Hawaiian Islands; and as long as we maintain Kapu Aloha... this could be fun! --------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. ------ For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM, the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53. ----- SIGN THIS PETITION! Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! McKinley was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a major cog in America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! – And remember, for the latest updates and information about the Hawaiian Kingdom check out the twice a month Ke Aupuni Updates published online on Facebook and other social media. ------- PLEASE KŌKUA… Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort... To contribute, go to: • GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII • PayPal – Go to PayPal and send $ to: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net "FREE HAWAII" T-SHIRTS - etc. Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at... http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c28/Hawaii All proceeds are used to help advance the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono, Leon Siu Hawaiian National  October 08, 2022
Burning the Papal Bulls, Not Just Symbolically Every year at this time, while the U.S. celebrates Columbus’/ Discoverers’/Indigenous Peoples’… Day, we ask people to hold a ceremony called, The Burning of the Papal Bulls, to reject colonialism. The "Papal Bulls” were edicts issued by several Roman Catholic popes, that set in motion 600 years of colonialism, the forceful spread of western civilization, religion and culture, often resulting in atrocities against native peoples. This included the violent taking of lands (even whole continents), displacement, genocide, the rampant plundering of resources, and wanton environmental destruction. Today, colonial attitudes and practices still dominate the world’s culture, economy, and politics. Like it or not, colonial doctrines continue to drive the mechanisms of global society. Much of today’s civil unrest is pushback against the tyranny of nearly 600 years of colonialism. In December 2020, the United Nations (a club consisting of colonial countries and their former colonies) issued a declaration for 2021-2030 as the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism. Wow! Sounds great! The UN says it wants to eradicate colonialism! But wait! What’s this? Fourth decade? What happened in the first three decades? Sadly, nothing! Like the infamous 1993 U.S. Apology for the taking of Hawaii, the previous three UN declarations to end colonialism, ended up as just lip service. However… this time… something is stirring. Last year, 2021 the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted a resolution A/48/7 –titled, “the negative legacies of colonialism on the enjoyment of human rights.” And rather than let it sit on the shelf, just last week, the Council, at the UN’s Palais des Nations, Geneva, conducted a special panel discussion on the matter. I was there in the main assembly hall for that session. Statements by the member states, experts and civil society were impressive in their unequivocal condemnation of colonialism and its continuing negative effects. The cry was loud and clear: Colonialism must end! Coupled with the General Assembly’s Fourth Declaration for the eradication of colonialism, and a recent assertion by the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, this opens the door to jumpstart and seriously overhaul the UN’s broken-down decolonization process. If this is pushed, it could give a tremendous boost to the many peoples and nations that had fallen by the wayside when freedom was being dispensed. It can also correct the 1959 manipulation of the UN’s decolonization process that made Hawaii and Alaska captive “states” of America. --------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. ------ For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM, the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53. ----- SIGN THIS PETITION! Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! McKinley was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a major cog in America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! – And remember, for the latest updates and information about the Hawaiian Kingdom check out the twice a month Ke Aupuni Updates published online on Facebook and other social media. ------- PLEASE KŌKUA… Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort... To contribute, go to: • GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII • PayPal – Go to PayPal and send $ to: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net "FREE HAWAII" T-SHIRTS - etc. Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at... http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c28/Hawaii All proceeds are used to help advance the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono, Leon Siu Hawaiian National  September 24, 2022
Biden stumbles onto Ukraine-Hawaii parallel… I’ve been in New York observing the opening week of the United Nations General Assembly. Of all the speeches, the most intriguing (and spooky) was US President Joe Biden pontificating about the despicable acts of others without realizing that the US itself did/does the very same thing. Below (in black font) is, verbatim, the opening segment of remarks by US President Biden to the UN General Assembly just three days ago, regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In red font are the same remarks, adapted slightly, to fit what someone (Joe Blow) might say about the United States’ invasion of Hawaii, January 17, 1893… The parallel is uncanny… Joe Biden — “Let us speak plainly. A permanent member of the United Nations Security Council invaded its neighbor, [and] attempted to erase a sovereign state from the map. Joe Blow — Let us speak plainly. A prominent member of the Family of Nations (US) invaded its friend and neighbor (Hawaii) and proceeded to erase a sovereign state from the map. Joe Biden — “Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations Charter — no more important than the clear prohibition against countries taking the territory of their neighbor by force. Joe Blow — The US has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the Law of Nations — no more important than the clear prohibition against countries taking the territory of their neighbor by force. Joe Biden — “Again, just today, President Putin has made overt nuclear threats against Europe and a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of the non-proliferation regime. Joe Blow — Again, even today, America’s overt military presence makes Hawaii a prime nuclear target with reckless disregard for the responsibilities of a peaceful regime. Joe Biden — “Now Russia is calling — calling up more soldiers to join the fight. And the Kremlin is organizing a sham referenda (sp) to try to annex parts of Ukraine, an extremely significant violation of the U.N. Charter. Joe Blow — Now the US is calling — calling up more devastating weapons with which to fight. And Washington organized a sham referendum to make Hawaii a US state, an extremely significant violation of International Law. Joe Biden — “This world should see these outrageous acts for what they are. Putin claims he had to act because Russia was threatened. But no one threatened Russia, and no one other than Russia sought conflict. Joe Blow — This world should see these outrageous acts for what they are. McKinley claimed he had to act because Spain (or Japan or China) was a threat to the US’ interests in the Pacific. But no one threatened the US, and no one other than the US sought conflict. Joe Biden — “This war is about extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist as a state, plain and simple, and Ukraine’s right to exist as a people. Whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe, that should not — that should make your blood run cold. Joe Blow — This occupation is about extinguishing Hawaii’s right to exist as a sovereign state, plain and simple, and Hawaii’s right to exist as a people. Whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe, that should make your blood run cold. --------- So America (at least Joe Biden) does know it’s wrong to take over another country and try to obliterate its identity! And they know the remedy for such blatant violation is to stop doing it and pull out! Hey, that’s all we’re asking! --------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. ------ For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM, the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53. ----- SIGN THIS PETITION! Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! McKinley was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a major cog in America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! – And remember, for the latest updates and information about the Hawaiian Kingdom check out the twice a month Ke Aupuni Updates published online on Facebook and other social media. ------- PLEASE KŌKUA… Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort... To contribute, go to: • GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII • PayPal – Go to PayPal and send $ to: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net "FREE HAWAII" T-SHIRTS - etc. Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at... http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c28/Hawaii All proceeds are used to help advance the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono, Leon Siu Hawaiian National  September 10, 2022
Little White Lies I’ve mentioned before, this famous quote of South African anti-apartheid activist, Stephen Biko: “The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” If the oppressor can get those they are oppressing to believe certain lies, then the oppressor secures his control. And it’s not only big lies like “Hawaii was annexed” or “Hawaii is the 50th state of the U.S.” or Hawaiians are Americans”, but a lot of little “white lies” that constitute death by a thousand daily cuts. Every day, I still hear the automatic, knee-jerk use of the word, “mainland” when referring to the United States. This is one of the most insidious examples of group-conditioning. But there are many more, “colonial” white lies embedded in our sub-conscious intended to erase and replace our true identity with a foreign one. We may say “We are not American!” and not realize our minds are still caught in the lie of the American dream (or nightmare rat-race) where the prime objective in life is to accumulate a lot of money and power. We know the drill: we can be happy if we get jobs so we can earn money so we can get a place for our family, and buy food imported from “the mainland”, and smile at the tourists, because their money provides the money for our jobs, so we can get a place... A couple weeks ago, there was a news article about a “shocking” decline in enrollment of Hawaiian students at the University of Hawaii. While I believe higher education is a good thing and Hawaiians have made huge strides because of it, the knee-jerk reaction was to imply the decline of Hawaiian student enrollment as an alarming and tragic trend. But did anyone stop to think that maybe some of our young Hawaiians don’t see the track of Western higher education for economic success in the colonizers world as something they should blindly pursue? Especially since believing the “white lies” over and over have led to more disenfranchisement, more poverty, more houselessness, more frustration and despair for Hawaiians… The hundred thirty year long and painful journey from the “overthrow”, to ”annexation”, to “statehood”, to the Koko Head evictions, to the protests at Kalama Valley, Kaho’olawe, Waiahole-Waikane, Hilo Airport, etc., etc. to OHA, to UH Hawaiian Studies, to the “sovereignty movement”, to the “independence movement”, to more aloha ʻāina cofrontations, more evictions, more arrests and incarcerations… culminating in Kū Kiaʻi Mauna and the rise of the Lāhui... has been a journey of separating the lies from the truth. Yes, there are many benefits from the Western ways we can use, but to really free our nation, we have to free ourselves of the oppressor’s mindset, we have to think clearly for ourselves and apply our ways to how we want to live. We must be guided by the ways and core values of our kūpuna... aloha ke Akua, aloha ʻāina, mālama pono, kōkua, lōkahi, and so forth. Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. ------ For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM, the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53. ----- SIGN THIS PETITION! Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! McKinley was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a principal cog in America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! – And remember, for the latest updates and information about the Hawaiian Kingdom check out the twice a month Ke Aupuni Updates published online on Facebook and other social media. ------- PLEASE KŌKUA… Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort... To contribute, go to: • GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII • PayPal – Go to PayPal and send $ to: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net "FREE HAWAII" T-SHIRTS - etc. Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at... http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c28/Hawaii All proceeds are used to help advance the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono, Leon Siu Hawaiian National  August 26, 2022
Hauoli Lā Hānau Liliʻuokalani Next Friday, September 2nd, we will celebrate the 184th birthday of our extraordinary Queen Liliʻuokalani. Not only was she the beloved, compassionate, courageous and wise Mōʻī of the Hawaiian Kingdom, she set the example for non-violent resistance later adopted by world-changers, Mahatma Ghandi, Rev. Martin Luther King and others... including todayʻs kiaʻi Hawaiʻi. When faced with the certainty of bloodshed in repelling the U.S. invasion, she chose to seek a peaceful, diplomatic remedy, temporarily yielding (not surrendering) her authority to the United States (not the traitors). Even though her diplomatic protest was acknowledged and honored by U.S. President Cleveland, “the swamp” in D.C. ignored it and conspired with the insurgents to annex the Hawaiian Islands. The showdown came in 1897 when President McKinley, a fervent supporter of American expansion, signed a treaty to annex Hawaii and the U.S. Senate sought to fast-track ratification of the treaty. In an unprecedented, masterful move, Mōʻī Liliʻuokalani spent a year in Washington, D.C. to personally lobby against annexation, and with strong support of the Kūʻe Petition, defeated the ratification of the McKinley treaty. But what can you do when a country as powerful as the United States cheats? First through the unlawful 1893 aggression to force regime change; then the seizure of Hawaii through a bogus domestic congressional resolution and the pretense of fighting a war against Spain in the Pacific. How did our Queen deal with such flagrant corruption, injustice and mind-boggling cheating of international law? Not to mention the deep personal disappointment in not being able as Mōʻī to protect and save her people and the lāhui from being taken over by the betrayal of a foreign power that was once a trusted best friend, that pretended to stand for all the noble ideals of fairness, freedom and democratic self-government. She spent many hours in prayer to Ke Akua for strength and wisdom, for compassion and forgiveness. She prayed for her people and did her best to protect them from harm. All of her actions — Yielding her authority (but not surrendering the nation) to keep her peole from being killed... Choosing diplomacy instead of war... “Abdicating” her throne (under duress and wrong identity) to save her subjects from being excecuted... Lobbying the U.S. Congress to defeat annexation... Filing lawsuits over the seizure of the “Crown Lands” (private lands) by the usurpers... Absorbing the blows of racist lies and character assasination against her by the American media... Forgiving her tormentors... Encouraging her people to be peaceful even under extreme provocation... Giving of her personal wealth to help the needy. All of her leadership by example preserved and defined not only the character of our nation, but the ashes from which to rise again. The life and mōhai aloha of our Mōʻī Liliʻuokalani, is what gives us the inspiration, the legal right and the kuleana to reactivate our nation. Aloha lā hānau e Liliʻuokalani Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. ------ For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM, the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53. ----- SIGN THIS PETITION! Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! McKinley was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a principal cog in America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! – And remember, for the latest updates and information about the Hawaiian Kingdom check out the twice a month Ke Aupuni Updates published online on Facebook and other social media. ------- PLEASE KŌKUA… Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort... To contribute, go to: • GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII • PayPal – Go to PayPal and send $ to: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net "FREE HAWAII" T-SHIRTS - etc. Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at... http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c28/Hawaii All proceeds are used to help advance the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono, Leon Siu Hawaiian National  July 30, 2022
The Statehood Fraud We know that largely because we have exposed the lies and theft pertaining to the U.S.’ involvement with Hawaii, the U.S. State of Hawaii has abandoned any outward celebration of what should be its most important holiday — Admissions Day (Statehood Day) — August 19 this year. But there is another reason other than just embarrassment. It is the fear that celebrating “statehood” will spotlight one of the most flagrant hoaxes against not only Hawaii, but the entire international community. You see, in 1959 when the U.S. conducted the fake Hawaii statehood plebiscite, it did so under the guise of complying to its “sacred obligation” to the United Nations to conduct a referendum by which Hawaiians could determine for themselves their future political status. In 1946 when the United Nations was formed, the U.S. along with other colonial countries like Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands…, submitted the names of their colonies or “dependent territories” to be “decolonized”. This meant the colonial powers were under an obligation to the UN to assist and provide the territories they were “administering” the opportunity to eventually choose for themselves whether they want to be an independent country or not. The UN placed a high priority on decolonization. In 1946 the United Nations started with 51 member countries. Today, there are 193 members. Roughly 100 of them came through utilizing the UN’s decolonization process. In 1946 the U.S. submitted Alaska, American Samoa, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the list of “non-self-governing territories” to be decolonized under the UN’s process. Yes, technically Hawaii was not a “territory” of the United States (neither was Alaska) but no one, except the lone voice, aloha ʻāina kiaʻi, Kamokila Campbell, protested the travesty, and she was summarily ignored. The U.S. never intended to let go of Hawaii. So, in 1959, to make it appear to be a legitimate decolonization process, the U.S. conducted a fake referendum in Hawaii. Then, the U.S. told the UN that the outcome was, the people of Hawaii had consented to be integrated into the United States to become its 50th state. Unfortunately, the UN didn’t notice the U.S. had completely manipulated and subverted the decolonization process to capture Hawaii. The UN blindly accepted the United States’ report and deemed the political question of Hawaii was hereby settled: The Hawaiian Islands are an integral part of the U.S. But it’s not over! Fortunately, after years of work, we are on the brink of exposing what the U.S. did in manipulating the UN to be an accomplice to the “statehood” fraud. Important UN bodies, the Human Rights Council in October of 2021 and the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination just two days ago, have finally responded favorably to our complaints and are opening the way to examine the UN’s role in enabling the United States’ fraud against Hawaii. The U.S. and the State of Hawaii has been downplaying the celebration of statehood for good reason… Hawaii is a Fake State! And the whole world is about to find out. [The same goes for Alaska. It too is a fake state for the same reasons. Mahalo nui to the native people of Alaska for their long-time partnership in pursuing this issue at the UN.] Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. ------ For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM, the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53. ----- SIGN THIS PETITION! Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! McKinley was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a principal cog in America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! – And remember, for the latest updates and information about the Hawaiian Kingdom check out the twice a month Ke Aupuni Updates published online on Facebook and other social media. ------- PLEASE KŌKUA… Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort... To contribute, go to: • GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII • PayPal – Go to PayPal and send $ to: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net "FREE HAWAII" T-SHIRTS - etc. Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at... http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c28/Hawaii All proceeds are used to help advance the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono, Leon Siu Hawaiian National |
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