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Friday, July 25, 2014 |
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Aiona Endorses Three in OHA Race
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 4:47 AM :: 6966 Views :: OHA, Politicians, Republican Party
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Landen Paikai, Jeremy Kama Hopkins and Keli‘i Akina....
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Monday, July 21, 2014 |
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Keli'i Akina Only OHA Candidate to Reject Independent Hawaiian Nation
By News Release @ 12:25 PM :: 8222 Views :: OHA, Politicians
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Of the 22 candidates running in the 2014 election to become trustees in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, only Dr. Keli'i Akina rejects the idea of an independent Hawaiian nation ....
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Sunday, July 20, 2014 |
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Tribe? Hawaii’s ‘Other’ State Elections Include Prisoners and Lots of Dead People
By Andrew Walden @ 9:30 PM :: 6721 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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One thing is certain ... the “organic governing documents” don’t need to be approved by a majority vote....
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Thursday, July 17, 2014 |
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‘Neutral’ OHA: Federal Recognition is ‘The Most Viable Action’
By News Release @ 11:12 AM :: 5298 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Hawaiians give DoI 5 Noes, OHA gives 5 Yesses....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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Act 195 Stealing Hawaiian Assets
By Video @ 11:35 PM :: 5756 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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They've Never Told You One Thing But Done The Exact Opposite Before, Have They?
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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Survey: Majority Oppose Federal Involvement in Native Hawaiian Recognition
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:39 PM :: 6356 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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An overwhelming 67% of those responding voted "No," while only 33% supported the continuation of the DOI's efforts....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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Dr. Akina calls for State to get out of nation-building business
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:48 PM :: 5581 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...many people--including Native Hawaiians--find the nation-building efforts to be contrary to the spirit of the original Kingdom of Hawaii....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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New Native American Tribal Regulations Implicate Hawaiian Sovereignty
By Selected News Articles @ 5:23 AM :: 6962 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...a substantial revision of 25 CFR 83, was announced on April 14 and will be the gatekeeper of future admissions of new tribal organizations....
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
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OHA Trustees Vote to Proceed with ‘Aha in Six Months
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 AM :: 4332 Views :: OHA
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An agenda for a July 8th executive board meeting was posted on the OHA website and then removed shortly thereafter prior to the 8th....
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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Why You Should Vote in the OHA Election
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:24 PM :: 3357 Views :: OHA
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It’s been 14 years since the courts gave non-Hawaiians the right to vote in Office of Hawaiian Affairs elections....
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Sunday, July 6, 2014 |
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At Meetings Statewide, Hawaiians Unite Against the Akaka Tribe
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 7030 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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When the people are nearly 100% against that for which the political class is nearly 100% in favor there is a lesson in political cowardice for all who wish to learn it....
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Saturday, July 5, 2014 |
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Grassroot Institute Talking About Kakaako
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:39 AM :: 5251 Views :: Development, OHA
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Grassroot President Keli’i Akina and Jay Fidell, President of ThinkTech Hawaii discuss development in Oahu, beginning with Kakaako....
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Thursday, July 3, 2014 |
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Email Reveals Plan to Take Control of Hawaiian Homelands as Indian Tribe
By Selected News Articles @ 4:17 PM :: 7803 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...leaked email detailing plans to achieve US tribal federal recognition status for SCHAA homesteaders through the US Department of Interior....
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014 |
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Tribe? Secret DoI Meetings in Hawaii
By Video @ 5:42 PM :: 7697 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Which Organization Is Already Contacting Native American Tribes & Hawaiian Civic Clubs In The US Asking Their Support For Hawaiian Federal Recognition?
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Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
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Obama plan to tribalize native Hawaiians runs into trouble
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:07 PM :: 7829 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Native Hawaiian activists demanded the federal government leave Hawaiians alone....
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
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Angry Aloha
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 4:58 PM :: 6620 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Monday, I attended the U.S. Department of Interior's first of 15 scheduled public hearings....
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Monday, June 23, 2014 |
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DoI Hearing: 'A lot of noes' on Akaka Tribe
By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 PM :: 10016 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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One could tell this morning's hearings weren't going to go well for the Akaka Tribe when the first question from the audience was, "Under what authority do you have jurisdiction here?"....
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Monday, June 23, 2014 |
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At DOI Hearing, Grassroot Institute Disputes Department's Authority to Recognize a Hawaiian Nation
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:18 PM :: 7351 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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The expensive, time-consuming effort to tribalize Native Hawaiians has done little to help the state or the Native Hawaiian community....
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 |
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Tribal Agenda: Abercrombie led push to Exempt Akaka Tribe from State, Federal Laws
By Andrew Walden @ 11:09 PM :: 9969 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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In December, 2009, then-Representative Neil Abercrombie introduced an amendment to the Akaka Bill HR2314 which marked a sharp departure from previous versions....
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 |
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Hearings Mask Scheme to Seize Control of Hawaiian Homelands
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 8266 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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It means that OHA, the Danners and the SCHAA would end up with control of all Hawaiian homestead lands, the ceded lands and other assets....
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 |
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OHA Trustee Stender and Former AG Lilly question current efforts to create a sovereign Hawaiian nation
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:41 PM :: 7182 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Trustee Stender agreed with Mr. Lilly that pursuit of a "another government" is a waste of valuable financial resources that could be better used to meet the needs of Hawaiians....
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Friday, June 20, 2014 |
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Full Text: Feds Release 'Proposed Rule' for Creation of Hawaiian Indian Tribe
By News Release @ 6:41 AM :: 8102 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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This document has a comment period that ends in 60 days (08/19/2014)....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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Nation Building? "Who benefits from this strategy?"
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:56 PM :: 7141 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Announcement of Department of the Interior Hearings Raises Questions About Nation-Building Process....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Interior Department CNHA Tribe Bribe
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 6580 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Another Back Door Deal Has Now Been Revealed. We've Solved Who's Involved & Have The Facts On This Inside Contract....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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Feds Coming to Hawaii to Discuss Indian Tribe Plan--15 Public Meetings Set
By News Release @ 5:14 PM :: 10489 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA, Obama
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First Hearing Monday, June 23 -- Honolulu – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Hawaii State Capitol Auditorium....
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
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Tribe Bribe: OHA Payoffs to Sovereignty Activists
By Video @ 6:47 PM :: 6480 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...Payments Under The Table To Enable Pro-Independence Groups As A Bribe To Support The Native Hawaiian Tribe....
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
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Efforts to divide Hawaiians from non-Hawaiians
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:36 PM :: 6105 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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There is no tribe — only tribal leaders who stand to gain financially....
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Sunday, June 8, 2014 |
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Report Exposes Scheme to Funnel Interior Department Money to Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
By Andrew Walden @ 12:14 AM :: 14169 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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...even a failed grab for federal money has apparently been enough for CNHA to turn DHHL and OHA inside out....
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Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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Video: Proud Hawaiians, Loyal Americans
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:34 PM :: 8065 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, OHA
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Grassroot President Keli’i Akina interviews a young man and young woman who share what it means to them to be both Native Hawaiian and a proud American....
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Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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OHA Trustee: Hawaiian Nation "an attention-grabbing public policy issue"
By Selected News Articles @ 6:41 PM :: 5203 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The question of Hawaiian nationhood ... seems to be approaching the fish or cut bait stage....
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014 |
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Hawaiians Are Not A Tribe
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 PM :: 7460 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, OHA
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In 2000, the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Rice v. Cayetano case that Native Hawaiian is an ethnicity (like, for example, Portuguese or Hispanic) and not a tribal or political category....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Star-Advertiser Poll Indicates a Lack of Enthusiasm for a Native Hawaiian 'Nation'
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:26 PM :: 5593 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Only 31% favored federal recognition, while 6% chose "independence."....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Hawaiian Sovereignty by Fiat? Feds 'advance notice' not a serious proposal
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 AM :: 7360 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...there is no Constitutional theory which endorses an executive agency alone to conduct foreign relations with existing (and for that matter, former) sovereign nations....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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IDG Geothermal Scammers Could Score $0.195 per Kwh Sandwich Profits
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 AM :: 8390 Views :: Energy, Ethics, OHA, Cost of Living
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“In New Zealand we are trying to make new geothermal power stations work, competing with other forms of generation at probably 7.5 cents per KWh."
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Keli’i Akina to Run for OHA Trustee-at-Large
By News Release @ 7:40 AM :: 4941 Views :: OHA
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Pledges to oppose race-based nation plans and meet real needs of Hawaiians....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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OHA now claims no meeting took place in Washington
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 AM :: 5545 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...I wrote to OHA on May 15 asking for a copy of the agenda and minutes of the meeting. They had 10 working days to reply....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Am Samoa: Faleomavaega Losing Touch With Reality
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 AM :: 6363 Views :: Military, OHA, Politicians
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If anyone is looking for evidence that Faleomavaega really has lost his mind, perhaps his reaction to the growing Veterans Affairs crisis is providing it....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Will OHA Delay Kana'iolowalu? Live Stream Here
By News Release @ 6:50 AM :: 5493 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The meeting, to be held at 10 a.m. at the OHA boardroom in Honolulu, will be streamed live on the Web....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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Native Hawaiians would be 'Indians' under Obama plan
By Selected News Articles @ 10:22 PM :: 5803 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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"Neither Congress nor the president has to power to create an Indian tribe or any other entity with the attributes of sovereignty. Nor do they have the power to reconstitute a tribe or other sovereign entity that has ceased to exist as a polity in the past. Tribes are 'recognized,' not created or reconstituted."
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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CATO: Obama Administration Abuses Executive Power to Pursue Race-Based Government in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 5564 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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This would be an end-run around both Congress and the Constitution....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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OHA applauds Obama Administration's consideration of Administrative path to federal recognition
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 4324 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Colette Machado and Ka Pouhana/CEO Kamana'opono Crabbe issued a joint statement today commending the Obama Administration....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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Department of Interior Secretly Planning Native Hawaiian Recognition Since 2012
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:06 PM :: 6520 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Three previously undiscovered announcements were titled “Procedures for Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe.”....
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Sunday, May 25, 2014 |
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Feds Secretly “Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe”--Since 2012
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 AM :: 12488 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...the Interior Department has quietly launched “Procedures for Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe” three times since 2012....
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
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VIDEO: OHA Election Year Politics Behind Crabbe Letter
By Video @ 12:31 PM :: 5991 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA, Politicians
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What They're Really Trying To Save Explains How They Behaved....
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Friday, May 23, 2014 |
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Decision on CNMI Vote Demonstrates the Illegality of OHA's Nation-Building Process
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:53 PM :: 5497 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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A federal court has struck down a race-based voting scheme in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
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Seven Myths About the Office of Hawaiian Affairs
By Video @ 1:20 PM :: 6662 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Myth: Most Hawaiians want a separate political nation for advancement....
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Monday, May 19, 2014 |
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OHA: Most Speakers at Maui Meeting Supported Crabbe—Molokai Next
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 4329 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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... OHA sends out an old-news press release while the Trustees hash it out with Crabbe ....
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