Akaka Bill

What They're Really Trying To Save Explains How They Behaved....

A federal court has struck down a race-based voting scheme in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....

Myth:  Most Hawaiians want a separate political nation for advancement....

... OHA sends out an old-news press release while the Trustees hash it out with Crabbe .... 

"there are other issues we should be working on rather than building this government that is not going to work.” -- Oz Stender January, 2014

I propose that OHA abandon its role in nation building. That means cancelling the proposed ‘Aha and reducing the scope of activities of our Washington D.C. office....

The Grassroot Institute called for the trustees to take responsibility for their part in creating the atmosphere that led to the letter....

...no agendas were filed in advance with the Lt Gov’s office, and no public notice appears to have been given....

Grassroot Institute President Keli’i Akina May 12, 2014 ....

"The stakes are far too high for OHA to proceed...." -- Crabbe

We believe that the four fundamental questions posed in the letter requires a response and should be looked at critically before proceeding with any further “nation building” processes....

Over $1M for "Services on a fee basis"

OHA's own promotion of "Nation-building" efforts is premised upon the same historical arguments of Keanu Sai presented by Crabbe in the letter as grounds for questioning the legitimacy of the Hawaii State Government....

"...have the members of the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, Trustees and staff of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs incurred criminal liability under international law?” -- OHA

Monday, May 05, 2014 10:30 a.m. Room 229

At OHA's Kana'iolowalu Roll Meetings the message from the people comes across loud and clear....

"So if you hear of ‘secret’ trips or backroom dealing, rest assured that we aren’t straying from the process.  We’re doing our job to keep diplomacy alive and keeping all options open...."

April 5-30: Attend a town hall meeting and learn more about nation building.

...If you are not politicized, you are not Hawaiian....

The life of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole tells the story of how Hawaiians came to be Hawaiian-Americans.

...As Predicted in 2006: A State-Recognized Indian Tribe for Hawaii....

• DATE: Thursday, February 13, 2014
• TIME: 1:15 p.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 225

As every middle school student is taught, the legislative branch makes laws, as the executive branch executes those laws....

In 2011 Colleen worked with Senator Akaka and the rest of the delegation to author and introduce the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act....

"Aloha and mahalo e Sanford Dole for registering with Kana'iolowalu"

Hawaii’s people successfully blocked repeated attempts to promote and create a state-sponsored, race-based nation...

“Maybe Hawaiians don’t want to be Native American Indians."

This is a huge victory for Native Hawaiians.  Hawaiian affairs are returning to the channel created in the Hawaii Admission Act....

Hawaiiloa Foundation collected approximately $468,000 from approximately 200 individuals many of whom ultimately lost their homes through foreclosure....

The Commission is an independent, bipartisan agency established by Congress....

In the letter, the four Commissioners stand specifically against the use of Presidential executive action as a means to enact the provisions of the Akaka Bill....

"We are not tribal, nor of tribes."

Esther Kiaaina may be the next Assistant Secretary of Interior for Insular Affairs....

"Congress is deemed by the Supreme Court to have exclusive and plenary power to deal with Indian affairs"

...the Schatz and Hanabusa camps seek to outdo each other in hare-brained schemes to invent the Akaka Tribe.  And the Star-Advertiser editorial board has been suckered by the rhetoric....

The Akaka Tribe hasn’t even formed yet--but the expulsions have already begun....

With a vote of 7-0, the Hawaiian Homes Commission voted to amend its long-standing revocable permit (RP) program....

...the impending total depletion of its trust fund....

What's the difference, if any, between a "cemetery" and a burial....

Opponents have argued that Native Hawaiians are not “Indians”....

Dr. Kelli Akina, the new CEO of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and former OHA trustee candidate, addressed the Conservative Forum for Hawaii at the Naniloa Hotel Crown Room in Hilo....

The FCC order exposes more information on Hee than has ever before been made public....

Michelle Kauhane, senior vice president of CNHA and former deputy director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, will succeed her....