Sunday, December 22, 2024
Hawai'i Free Press

Current Articles | Archives

Thursday, June 23, 2022
S. 2907 Federal 'Truth and Healing Commission' will dig for Bodies at Kamehameha School
By Andrew Walden @ 2:36 PM :: 2854 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History

Editor's Note:  This is Round Two.  Catch up with Round One here: "Interior Department Lumps Kamehameha and Lahaianaluna in with 'Indian Boarding Schools'"

Waihee operative Norma Wong -- kitted out with a spanking new Hawaiian name ‘Kawelokū’ -- was sent, June 22, 2022, to denounce Kamehameha Schools and Lahainaluna School before Sen Brian Schatz’ Indian Affairs Committee -- “Oversight Hearing on Volume 1 of the Department of the Interior’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report & Legislative Hearing on S. 2907, Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act”'.

Akamai readers will remember that, in 2016, after OHA cut him off, John Waihee III sent Norma Wong to unsuccessfully pitch the ‘Native American Rights Fund’ for $2M to promote the fake Hawaiian Indian tribe.  Therefore, Wong’s testimony at this ‘Boarding Schools’ hearing should logically be related to another attempt by Waihee to get money from Indian organizations. 

In a 'Boarding Schools' report considered at the hearing, the US Department of the Interior (endorsed by US Rep Kai Kahele and with State Rep Patrick Branco and now Norma Wong supplying unverifiable stories) is apparently trying to gloss over the fact that Hawaii was not part of the US until 1898.  DoI is also trying to equate private schools like Kamehameha with mainland schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  For anyone even vaguely familiar with Hawaii history, this is a mind-boggling display of ignorance.  It is also another example of what happens when the DoI attempts to force Hawaiian history to conform with an 'American Indian' model. 

Remember This? "Ben Cayetano: I never knew any Hawaiians who were ‘Beaten for Speaking Hawaiian’"

The purpose of the DoI report is to lead the US through the same kind of ritualized self-flagllation that Canada endured last year and trick the public into equating so-called 'cultural genocide' with actual genocide without actually understanding the difference. 

Most of the report's Hawaii-related content is a recitation of education policy as it evolved under the Hawaiian Kingdom.  In essence the report authors seek to strip away the identities created by the Hawaiian Kingdom and create an illusory pre-Hawaiian identity.  In other words, they are uh ... overthrowing the Hawaiian Kingdom.  

Here is an example of what is in store for the USA: "At least 500 Indigenous children died at U.S. residential schools, report says".   

Do you think any bodies are buried at Kamehameha? 

Norma Wong Background:

Related: 

  *   *   *   *   *

SCHATZ LEADS OVERSIGHT/LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON FEDERAL INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS

Hearing Examined Interior Department Report And Indian Boarding Schools Bill

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led a hearing titled “Oversight Hearing on Volume 1 of the Department of the Interior’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report & Legislative Hearing on S. 2907, Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act” to hear from Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Native leaders and experts on the Department’s report, S. 2907, and addressing the needs of impacted Native communities.

Schatz opened the hearing by recognizing the shameful history of the Indian Boarding School era and affirming the Committee’s commitment to working with impacted Native communities to move forward together.

“The Indian Boarding School era was a dark period in our nation’s history – a painful example of how past federal policy failed American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians,” said Chairman Schatz. “We can’t undo history, but we must acknowledge it. We have to look at the full scope of these failures unflinchingly, with clear minds and fresh eyes. And most importantly, we must work directly with Native communities on forging a path towards healing.”

As part of the Committee’s work to help guide the federal government’s path toward achieving truth and reconciliation, Schatz welcomed testimony from survivors, should they choose to share their stories. These stories, as well as any written comments for the record on the hearing, can be submitted to testimony@indian.senate.gov.

The following witnesses participated in the oversight hearing:

The Honorable Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Accompanied by the Honorable Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

  • The Honorable Kirk Francis, Chief, Penobscot Indian Nation, Indian Island, ME
  • Ms. Sandra White Hawk, President, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, Minneapolis, MN
  • Ms. Norma Ryūkō Kawelokū Wong Roshi, Native Hawaiian Policy Lead, Office of former Hawai‘i Governor John Waihe‘e, Honolulu, HI
  • Ms. La Quen Náay Liz Medicine Crow, President & CEO, First Alaskans Institute, Anchorage, AK

To view the full video of the hearing, click >>> VIDEO  OF HEARING.

  *   *   *   *   * 

Oversight Hearing on "Volume 1 of the Department of the Interior’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report" & Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 2907

from US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Chair Brian Schatz, June 22, 2022 

LINK: VIDEO  OF HEARING

PANEL 1

The Honorable Deb Haaland 

Secretary of the Interior

Department of the Interior, Washington, DCTESTIMONY

PANEL 2

The Honorable Kirk Francis 

Chief

Penobscot Indian Nation, Indian Island, ME TESTIMONY

Ms. Sandra White Hawk 

President, National Native American Boarding School

Healing Coalition, Minneapolis, MN TESTIMONY

Ms. Norma Ryūkō Kawelokū Wong Roshi 

Native Hawaiian Policy Lead

Office of Former Hawai'i Governor John Waihe'e, Honolulu, HI TESTIMONY

La Quen Náay Liz Medicine Crow 

President/CEO

First Alaskans Institute, Anchorage, AK TESTIMONY

  *   *   *   *   *

COVERAGE:

HNN: Hearing on boarding schools highlights ‘dark period’ for Native Hawaiians

Links

TEXT "follow HawaiiFreePress" to 40404

Register to Vote

2aHawaii

Aloha Pregnancy Care Center

AntiPlanner

Antonio Gramsci Reading List

A Place for Women in Waipio

Ballotpedia Hawaii

Broken Trust

Build More Hawaiian Homes Working Group

Christian Homeschoolers of Hawaii

Cliff Slater's Second Opinion

DVids Hawaii

FIRE

Fix Oahu!

Frontline: The Fixers

Genetic Literacy Project

Grassroot Institute

Habele.org

Hawaii Aquarium Fish Report

Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society

Hawaii Catholic TV

Hawaii Christian Coalition

Hawaii Cigar Association

Hawaii ConCon Info

Hawaii Debt Clock

Hawaii Defense Foundation

Hawaii Family Forum

Hawaii Farmers and Ranchers United

Hawaii Farmer's Daughter

Hawaii Federation of Republican Women

Hawaii History Blog

Hawaii Jihadi Trial

Hawaii Legal News

Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance

Hawaii Matters

Hawaii Military History

Hawaii's Partnership for Appropriate & Compassionate Care

Hawaii Public Charter School Network

Hawaii Rifle Association

Hawaii Shippers Council

Hawaii Together

HiFiCo

Hiram Fong Papers

Homeschool Legal Defense Hawaii

Honolulu Navy League

Honolulu Traffic

House Minority Blog

Imua TMT

Inouye-Kwock, NYT 1992

Inside the Nature Conservancy

Inverse Condemnation

July 4 in Hawaii

Land and Power in Hawaii

Lessons in Firearm Education

Lingle Years

Managed Care Matters -- Hawaii

MentalIllnessPolicy.org

Missile Defense Advocacy

MIS Veterans Hawaii

NAMI Hawaii

Natatorium.org

National Parents Org Hawaii

NFIB Hawaii News

NRA-ILA Hawaii

Obookiah

OHA Lies

Opt Out Today

Patients Rights Council Hawaii

Practical Policy Institute of Hawaii

Pritchett Cartoons

Pro-GMO Hawaii

RailRipoff.com

Rental by Owner Awareness Assn

Research Institute for Hawaii USA

Rick Hamada Show

RJ Rummel

School Choice in Hawaii

SenatorFong.com

Talking Tax

Tax Foundation of Hawaii

The Real Hanabusa

Time Out Honolulu

Trustee Akina KWO Columns

Waagey.org

West Maui Taxpayers Association

What Natalie Thinks

Whole Life Hawaii