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FREE HAWAI`I TV THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK   "WHY THE FAKE STATE OF HAWAI`I IS FALLING APART"

Itʻs Way More Than A Few Cracks On Konaʻs Airport Runway. Itʻs Why Our Sacred Lands Have Been Disrespected, Poisoned & Burned Down. Itʻs Why Hawaiians Are Now Forced To Leave Their Own Homeland In Droves.

Watch This To See Why Life In Hawai`i Gets Worse Rather Than Better.

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JANUARY FREE HAWAII NEWS - MAUIʻS MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

What Role ʻThe Pacific Wayʻ Plays In Maintaining Mental Health For Hawaiians, Progress For Hawai`i At The United Nations, & Our Popular “Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o”

The January “Free Hawaii News” show airing tonight, January 5th at 6 PM on `Olelo Television Channel 53 on O`ahu and online at FreeHawaiiNews.com reports on the serious ongoing mental health crisis being experienced by Maui fire victims. “It should be no surprise to anyone that after losing everything many Maui fire victims are experiencing serious mental health issues,” states Free Hawaii News co-host Hinaleimoana Wong. “Yet a mental health crisis such as this can be invisible to most people. We interview Kalena Lanuza, a Hawaiian mental health practitioner who explains how recovery for kanaka maoli or Hawaiian fire victims is very different from others and how Hawaiian cultural practices of old are fundamental components to their recovery.” Our January show also features Makua Valley activist Vince Dodge who explains the impacts and possible outcomes of US Army leases in Hawai`i as they come up for renewal starting in 2029 with the lease for Makua Valley on O`ahu. “Vince describes various possible futures for Hawai`i as the US military makes decisions about lands they occupy in our islands starting with the recent and long overdue announcement that they no longer plan live fire practice in Makua Valley now or in the future,” remarked Free Hawaii News co-host Leon Siu. Our January show also features reports about what role ʻThe Pacific Wayʻ plays in resolving a mental health crisis for Hawaiians, Progress for Hawai`i at the United Nations and also one of our most popular monthly segments, Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o. Brought to you by the Koani Foundation, Free Hawaii News airs every month on `Ōlelo Television on O`ahu and on all neighbor islands. Check local listings for times.Free Hawaii News presents Hawaiian or kanaka maoli perspectives on a broad range of topics and issues affecting the Hawaiian Islands, the Pacific and the world. Hinaleimoana Wong is a kumu hula, filmmaker, cultural activist, Hawaiian language speaker, preservationist and community leader. She has served as a member of the O`ahu Island Burial Council. Leon Siu has for many years served as Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He is active in that role at the United Nations in both New York City and Geneva, Switzerland. Besides being a diplomat, he is also an award-winning musician, composer and political analyst. “Free Hawaii News” is online at FreeHawaiiNews.com, Facebook, Instagram and other social media sites.

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KE AUPUNI UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2024

How Many Hawaiians Are There? In September (2023) several news outlets reported a story that said, according to the United States 2020 Census, for the first time ever, more native Hawaiians live in the continental U.S. than here in the Hawaiian Islands. The stories said, of the, 680,442 Native Hawaiians counted in the census, 47 percent live in Hawaiʻi, while 53 percent resided on the US continent. It was not a surprise, we saw it coming. Years of increasing cost of living driven by displacement, commercial development, land speculation, low paying jobs and social tensions has driven away many Hawaiians, especially “native Hawaiians” from their homeland. The exodus has been prevalent among young adults starting out in life, with grim prospects of a future in Hawaii, for a decent job or affording a home to start a family. This is a tragic situation. But the diaspora is worse than we thought. Hawaii has become so American-minded that we blindly think the number, 680,442 refers to all the native Hawaiians on the planet, when it only represents those who reside in Hawaii and the U.S. What about all those native Hawaiians who live elsewhere in the world? How many are in Europe, Asia, Africa, North, Central and South America? Australia and Oceania? I can’t find any stats on them, and perhaps, none exists. Has anyone counted them? Has anyone reached out to them? And thatʻs not all. What about those who are not ethnically Hawaiians (not “native Hawaiians”) but Hawaiians by birth, by hānai (adoption), by family ties generations long, and by their Aloha ʻĀina, love of the land? When we talk about Lāhui, we are talking about all those who identify as Hawaiians, regardless of their ethnic, cultural or political background. Surely there are many thousands of Hawaiians spread out in the rest of the world — but no one seems to have counted them! ... not the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kamehameha Schools, the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, the State of Hawaii, and not the United States Census Bureau. This means the Hawaiians who live in places other than Hawaii and the U.S. statistically don’t exist! But we know they are there, and that Hawaii is their homeland.  That means not only are there way more native Hawaiians in the world than the population stats tell us, it also means, when we include all the other Hawaiians — those who carry Hawaiʻi in their hearts — our Lāhui (our nation of Aloha) and our future is way bigger and deeper than we had imagined.  

“Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station.” — Queen Liliʻuokalani ---------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty 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. 

------ "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 – use account email: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net  All proceeds are used to help the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono,

Leon Siu

Hawaiian National

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FREE HAWAI`I TV THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK   "WHY YOU GOT SUCKERED ON MAUI"

Yes, They Lied To You. They Said Maui Would Re-Open In Phases. Instead As Of Today The Entire Island Is Now Open. Watch This To Find Out Why & How To Prevent It In The Future.

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FREE HAWAI`I TV THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK   "MAUIʻS BROKEN PROMISES"

Promises Were Made To Maui Fire Victims. But Now Theyʻre Becoming Refugees In Their Own Homeland. What Would You Do If This Happened To You?

Watch To See What Theyʻve Done & How You Can Help.

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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO THIS MONTH THE ALOHA MARCH IN WASHINGTON, DC 

The Aloha Marches Of 1998 And 2000 In Washington, DC Were The Vision Of One Man -  Koani Founder John “Butch” Kekahu III.  Both Events Brought Worldwide Attention To The Plight Of Native Hawaiians And The Cry For A Free Hawai`i.

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KE AUPUNI UPDATE - JANUARY 2024

UN Was Used to Capture Our Nation... By the end of World War II, the United States had completely fooled the entire world — including nearly every Hawaiian — into thinking that Hawaiʻi was a United States territory. But in 1946 the US was presented with a problem. At that time, about 75% of the world was under the colonial rule of nine European countries and the United States. The newly formed United Nations decided to emphasize decolonization of the world. The plan was for the colonial powers to assist the people in their territories to determine for themselves what form of governance they wished for their future — whether to remain a dependent territory, become integrated into the colonizer, or to become independent. Since then, about 80 of the original 100 or so territories on the UN list for decolonization chose independence, and became members of the United Nations. Today, there are only 17 territories remaining on that list. In 1946, the US placed “Hawaiʻi” on the UN decolonization list, along with Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Panama Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. It is now apparent that the US intended to use the UN decolonization process to legitimize their 1898 fake annexation of Hawaiʻi. Sure enough, in 1959, the US conducted a “statehood” referendum rigged to manufacture consent to absorb Hawaiʻi into the United States. The voters were not told this was actually a decolonization vote. They were not informed of other possible choices (like independence) and were kept in the dark about the international ramifications of the vote. The only option presented on the ballot was: ‘yes’ to statehood. After this and other irregularities, the United States submitted a report to the United Nations claiming the “people of Hawaiʻi” had consented to become a “state” of the United States, and as a result, the US had made Hawaiʻi the 50th state of the Union. In December, 1959 the UN General Assembly, without checking on details, adopted Resolution 1469, accepting the United States’ report, and deeming the political status of the Hawaiian Islands to be settled — Hawaii was a “state” of the United States and its people were citizens of the US. Thus, the UN became an unwitting accomplice to the fraud of Hawaiʻi statehood. Even though it is an error based on fraud, UNGA Resolution 1469 stands today as the official stance of the United Nations (and the entire international community) on the question of Hawaiʻi’s sovereignty. This stance blocks and frustrates all legal challenges to previous wrongful acts such as the overthrow, the annexation, and flagrant land-taking… The key to freeing Hawaiʻi is to expose UN General Assembly Resolution 1469 as a grave error that binds our nation in captivity to the US; and to persuade the UN to rescind the offending resolution. This will open wide the legal and political paths to a Free Hawaiʻi.  

“Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station.” — Queen Liliʻuokalani ---------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty 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. 

------ "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 – use account email: 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/c8/free_hawaii_products All proceeds are used to help the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono,

Leon Siu

Hawaiian National

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LAHAINA & MOKUULA - SEE THEM BEFORE THE FIRES ON “VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAIIʻS FUTURE"

"Before The Fires - Lahaina & Mokuula - A Visit With Keeaumoku Kapu"

A last look at Lahaina & Mokuula before the fires. See why Mokuula was so significant in ancient Hawai`i & why there are already plans to build it back today as it once was in ancient times.

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Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.

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 KE AUPUNI UPDATE - MARCH 2024

At the UN in Geneva... For three or four times a year since 2010, I have been attending meetings at the UN in Geneva, and likewise at the UN in New York. The primary purpose for attending these UN meetings is to promote... “Hawaiʻi. our story and our future”... where we have been and where we would like to go. By using the art of diplomacy (talking story and making friends), we have broken down the lies the US had spread about Hawaiʻi being a US “state” (as evidenced by numerous stories in UN and European publications), and we have succeed in developing sympathy and support for the restoration of Hawaiʻi as a sovereign, independent nation.  I am currently at the massive UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland attending the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. This past week I have touched bases with diplomats, UN experts, non-governing organizations (NGOs), the press and other stake-holders in the international human rights arena. Next week I will be on a panel on self-determination sponsored by the Kashmiri independence movement. I will also participate in a press conference with Alaska representatives and Dr. Alfred deZayas on calling for review of UNGA Resolution 1469. Here is the short oral statement I delivered at the Human Rights Council asserting our diplomatic protest to the US illegal occupation of our islands and reiterating our status as a sovereign, independent nation in continuity. Aloha Mr. President: This intervention is a diplomatic protest of the ongoing, systematic violations of human rights in the Hawaiian Islands and how the matter can be peacefully remedied. The United Statesʻ illegal occupation of Hawaii, has caused the people of Hawaii tremendous harm. The tragic fire that destroyed the historic town of Lahaina on August 8, 2023 is a foreboding of where the rest Hawaii is headed should the U.S. maintain its stranglehold on our islands. The U.S. and its settler population has used judicial corruption to dispossess Hawaiians of our lands (as in the current case of Mme Routh Bolomet); robs Hawaiians of our livlihoods, way of life and social structures; creating an environment that is so inhospitable and toxic that more than half of native Hawaiians have fled the islands just to survive. The huge presence of the US military in Hawaii puts Hawaiians in imminent danger of instant nuclear annihilation by enemies of the U.S. But unlike Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the next attack on US Military installations in Hawaii will wipe out everything. The people would be gone and the entire island of Oʻahu will look like Lahaina does now.  The remedy would begin with the United Nations General Assembly reviewing Resolution 1469 to correct its error, and ending its complicity in the occupation of Hawaii by the U.S.

 “Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station.” — Queen Liliʻuokalani ---------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty 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. ------ "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 – use account email: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net All proceeds are used to help the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono,

Leon Siu

Hawaiian National

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KE AUPUNI UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2024

Pacific Way and the Future One of the regular features on our program, Free Hawaiʻi News on ʻŌlelo TV is a discussion between Kumu Hina Wong and me, called “the Pacific Way”. It’s about looking at topics of concern from a Pacific islander perspective and it’s influence on how we do things and how we live. In contrast is the “Western Way” which has come to dominate the economic, political and social systems around the world. Some call it the legacy of colonialism. A recent United Nations resolution calls it, the negative legacy of colonialism. But now, the colonial system is beginning to implode. Careless, reckless and relentless commercial pursuits of the Western Way has brought the world to the brink of a catastrophic collapse. This is where the Pacific Way comes in. There is a rising awareness that the profound value of ancient knowledge and traditional practices could provide the answers to the grave issues facing the world today. What if we were to apply the “Pacific Way”, or more specifically, “the Hawaiʻi Way”, to issues such as caring for the people (mālama i ka poʻe); for our land (mālama I ka ʻāina), and caring for our ocean (mālama i ke kai); and caring for the planet (mālama honua). It prioritizes food resources, housing, sustainability, relationships, caring for our earth, sky and sea.  Pacific islanders have a way of relating to our surroundings that has sustained, nurtured and helped us to thrive on tiny specs of land scattered over a vast ocean covering a third of the globe. For many years the people of Hawaiʻi have been suffering from a severe housing crisis. In the previous Ke Aupuni News we spoke of the diaspora of Hawaiians having to live not only in the U.S., but all over the globe. In a conversation I had with the Kiribati ambassador to the UN a few years ago, he said, what if our goal as leaders is not to just provide a way for people to afford to live, but to provide the conditions to make people happy, and at peace with one another? To thrive and to see life pursuits not as a series of win/lose encounters or even win/win events, but as, happy/happy opportunities. Think about it. By engaging with a “win-lose” or even a “win-win” mindset, the parties operate in a competitive and even adversarial mode. But in working for a happy-happy outcome, the parties operate in a collaborative mode of considering and caring for the welfare of the other party as well as their own. The platform becomes, sharing with aloha. Happily, the conversation in our islands is beginning to shift toward the Pacific/Hawaiʻi Way of thinking… encouraging & supporting local residents to step forward into roles of responsibility of any size, small, medium or large, to let the U.S. occupiers of Hawai`i, especially the real estate developers and government agencies, know that, going forward, decisions must be made from the ground up, and local residents in their local areas must be the ones to decide their own futures.

“Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station.” — Queen Liliʻuokalani ---------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty 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. ------ "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 – use account email: info@HawaiianKingdom.net • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net All proceeds are used to help the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono,

Leon Siu

Hawaiian National

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KE AUPUNI UPDATE - DECEMBER 2023

Another Pearl Harbor? Yesterday, December 7, was the 82nd anniversary of Japanʻs devastating attack on the US military bases on Oʻahu. Remember, it was not an attack on Hawaiʻi or the Hawaiian people. It was an attack on the US military bases. The attack plunged America into World War II and Hawaiʻi served as the forward staging platform for the military operations of US and its allies throughout the Pacific and Asia — fighting WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia War and the Cold War. Hawaiʻi is America’s sugar-coated fortress; the HQ for the Indo-Pacific Command projecting US might and will over half the globe. The US militarization of Hawaiʻi started in the late 1800s with the US Department of War greedily eyeing Puʻuloa (Pearl Harbor) for a US naval base to expand American enterprise and power in the Pacific. But the Hawaiian Kingdom was a sovereign, neutral country, and King Kalākaua refused to let a foreign navy operate a base at Puʻuloa. Queen Liliʻuokalani likewise refused.  A Conspiracy On January 16, 1893, a company of fully armed US troops landed in Honolulu to support 13 greedy, disgruntled, white businessmen, to overthrow Liliʻuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom government. For its pivotal role as the muscle in the coup, the US Navy got the use of Pearl Harbor. Then, three years later, under cover of the Spanish-American war, and claiming “military necessity” (but driven by Manifest Destiny, a.k.a. US white supremacy), the conspirators execute a quasi-annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, the US takes possession, then launches a sixty-year pro-America indoctrination campaign, culminating in 1959 with Hawaiʻi becoming the the 50th State of the United States. The Awakening Hawaiʻi’s cultural revival of the 1960s gave rise in the 1970s to serious questions concerning the US military’s presence in Hawaiʻi: Why was so much of our ancestral lands controlled by the US military, and off-limits to Hawaiians? Why were they still bombing, shelling and strafing Kahoʻolawe? Why were they still conducting live-fire training on our ʻāina? Why is the US military allowed to destroy, contaminate and poison our land and water, stockpile vast amounts of weapons of mass destruction and occupy some of our best lands with impunity? Because it could. Very few questioned or opposed the United States’ presence in Hawaiʻi, including its military presence. After all, the US was here to protect us. This allowed America to do what it wanted to do, regardless of the harm it caused to the people and the lands. The US militaryʻs obligatory “public notices”, “briefings”, “community input” and “consultations” were a complete sham. The Biggest Threat Today, because of the US militaryʻs reckless presence in our islands, our very lives are in danger. Fortunately, the most urgent, immediate threat — the contamination of Oʻahuʻs drinking water by the US Navy’s giant leaking fuel tanks in Kapukaki (Red Hill) — due to public outcry and massive political pressure — is being remedied. Itʻs a good start. But, the other far more serious threat is another “Pearl Harbor”. Only this time, it would entail nuclear missile attacks on all the US military installations spread across the island. The devastation from such an attack will make all of Oʻahu look like Pearl Harbor on December 8th. Or like Lāhainā after the fire, but with almost no one of the nearly million people who live on Oahu surviving. The US Military in Hawaii does not make us safe, it puts us in harm’s way, at risk of annihilation. To the US, Hawaii and its people are expendable collateral damage. This is why it is urgent to do all we can to Free Hawaii and remove this clear and present danger before it is too late.  

“Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station.” — Queen Liliʻuokalani ---------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty 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. 

------ "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 – use account email: 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/c8/free_hawaii_products All proceeds are used to help the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono,

Leon Siu

Hawaiian National

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FREE HAWAI`I TV THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK   "WHAT WAS REALLY LOST IN THE MAUI FIRES?"

With The Start Of Our 18th Year Of Free Hawai`i TV, We Ask This Question. Turns Out There Are Two Different Answers. One For Hawaiians & One For Foreign Settlers & The US.

Watch This To Discover Both Very Different Answers.

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KE AUPUNI UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2023

180 Years of Independence This year, 2023, is the 180th anniversary of an historic moment for Hawaii. 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 dominant powers of the world. Immediately following this recognition, 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 principle national holidays of the Kingdom. But in 1893, an infamous coup d’etat supported by U.S. armed forces, usurped the Hawaiian Kingdom. The next year, the self-proclaimed “Republic of Hawaii” replaced Lā Kuʻokoʻa with the celebration of the American Thanksgiving Day. This was a subversive tactic of the fake Republic (and, after 1898, the fake Territory of Hawaii) to denationalize Hawaiians — erasing the people’s identity and loyalty to the Hawaiian Kingdom — and replacing it with identity and loyalty to America. After 70 years of unrelenting indoctrination and coercion, most Hawaiians became staunch Americans. However, in the 1970s, Hawaiians being evicted from their lands began to bravely stand and fight back. Major confrontations in the 70s were: Kalama Valley (1971), Kahoolawe (1976), Waiahole-Waikane (1977), Hilo Airport (1978), Sand Island (1979)… These major acts of resistance and many more skirmishes raised serious questions about the legality of the United States’ claim of sovereignty over the Hawaiian Islands. Then on January 17, 1993, a huge, three-day event, Onipaʻa, was held at Iolani Palace in protest of the criminal acts committed against Hawaiians over the hundred years since the US armed forces and a handful of insurgents seized control of our sovereign, independent, peaceful country. Prompted by the growing unrest and this huge public outcry of Onipaʻa, on November 23, 1993, US President Bill Clinton signed a Joint Resolution by the US Congress (USPL 103-150) apologizing for the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In the Apology the United States admitted that it did not lawfully gain possession of the Hawaiian Islands and that the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom was never extinguished. The US Apology boosted the “Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement” into high gear and Hawaiians and their supporters began to work in earnest to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign, independent nation. To undo the years of American indoctrination and awaken the national consciousness of the Hawaiian people, Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell, Poka Laenui, Butch Kekahu and many more Hawaiʻi patriots began to make us aware of our history by reactivating our important celebrations and other sacred times and places. Today, the holidays, Lā Kuʻokoʻa and Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea are proudly celebrated throughout Ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina... and in other places around the world where Hawaiians live.  

“Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station.” — Queen Liliʻuokalani ---------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty 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. 

------ "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 – use account email: 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/c8/free_hawaii_products All proceeds are used to help the cause. MAHALO! Malama Pono,

Leon Siu

Hawaiian National

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KE AUPUNI UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2023

Let’s not forget Kapu Aloha If there is any time for Kapu Aloha, this is it. The fires that ravaged Lāhainā a month ago has brought out the best in us — many acts of kōkua, mālama and aloha kekahi i kekahi — as well as some unfortunate venting. The world is watching us like never before. How we behave now, in this time of crisis, is going to speak volumes on whether the world’s sympathy and outpouring of concern for the people of Hawaiʻi is warranted. We just celebrated the 185th birthday of our Queen Liliʻuokalani. If there was anyone who would have been justified to lash out in anger, vengeance and bitterness against those who deposed her, stole her kingdom and subjugated her people, it was her. But she maintained her composure anchored in her faith in Ke Akua Mana Loa and Kapu Aloha. And just a few years ago, we witnessed and participated in one of the greatest outpouring of Kapu Aloha — Kū Kiaʻi Mauna. It was a situation that could have easily turned ugly, but because of the steadfast guidance of our Kūpuna who spoke, sang, chanted, prayed and counseled our people to embrace and trust in Kapu Aloha, Kū Kiaʻi Mauna became a modern-day example that Kapu Aloha works amazingly. Let us not forget these lessons and the many more in our history and allow it to guide and inspire us in the challenging times ahead. One of the insidious legacies of colonialism is the tendency to think like an American — in legal terms, laws, rights, contracts — rather than in human terms of caring, respect, aloha.  The American way is adversarial, trying to defeat your opponent rather than working things out through friendship and good will. About a year ago, I was having a conversation with the Ambassador from Kiribati (our nearest neighbor to the West). He said “I don’t use the term, ‘win-win’. Instead, I use the term, ‘happy-happy’.” This means relationships should not be based on winning over or defeating someone, it should be to make both parties happy. Hence, ‘happy, happy.’ This is quite profound! This is the Pacific way. This is what we have lost because we have been trained to think in terms of adversarial positions, where you battle things out, rather than of friendly positions, where you work things out. The whole idea of hoʻoponopono is that you work things out, you make things right (pono) between the two of you. You’re ‘happy-happy,’ both sides happy with the result. The American colonial system is based on winning and losing, buying and selling, owning and owing, using and being used. People’s lives only matter when it serves the American system. Why not, instead of adversarial, adopting a system based on kindness and respect and helping one another? This is the way we should behave as Hawaiians, as People of the Pacific and as Human Beings. In our efforts to restore our beloved Lāhainā as well as our beloved nation, we should not do so at the expense of our honor and our aloha.

“Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station.” — Queen Liliʻuokalani ---------- Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.

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"Early Tahitian Families In Hawai`i - A Visit With Shad Kane" 

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