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=[[Historical Issues]]= =[[Land Issues]]=

Most important is a deep love of the land, the Hawaiian people, and the spirituality that permeates everything here. ...hey qualify these opinions as "expert." Consider who stands to gain money, land, and power; whose selfish interests are at stake.

Sovereignty activists claim that millions of acres of land were stolen from kanaka maoli as a result of the overthrow, annexation, and ...o required to give several days of labor each month to work on the chief's land or on whatever communal projects the chief might assign, such as cleaning s

Attorney Patrick W. Hanifin specializes in civil rights, land use and environmental law. He is a partner in the Honolulu law firm of Im H The issues of citizenship, voting rights, and property rights are of concern in Hawai'

...created a racially restricted OHA and agreed to fund it with 20% of ceded land revenues -- a major error which the State can and should correct. ...ars of "military occupation" are invalid. Therefore, virtually all private land titles in Hawai'i are void, unless they are "perfected" (for a large fee) t

...e Legislature decided that 20 percent of all funds derived from the public land trust would go to OHA. ...f Hawaiian Home Lands, formed in 1921. The agency manages 200,000 acres of land statewide that it distributes to people of 50 percent or more Hawaiian bloo

...f Government. This webpage is a tribute to his scholarly and legal work on issues directly related to Hawaiian sovereignty and civil rights. Sub-pages provid ...Su Im and Chris Parsons. His specialties were environmental law, water and land use, eminent domain, and civil rights. He was the Hawai'i attorney for the

...Such a direct legal confrontation at such a high level over "sovereignty" issues was never repeated for 90 years, until the Rice v. Cayetano case. The decis ...l the inhabitants of Hawai'i (rather than simply adding these lands to the land bank of the U.S.). At the time of statehood in 1959, the ceded lands were r

...ts. Feeling a profound attraction to the culture, spirituality, people and land, I retired from teaching in the Boston area at the age of 49 in 1992 in ord ...tally different kind. Here was God's immanence. Here was God living in the land itself, visible in the clouds, rain, taro, fish, and the very rocks. Kanaka

...agree that the U.S. owes racially defined ethnic Hawaiians huge amounts of land and money to make up for the evils of the past. Figures in the trillions of Attorney Paul M. Sullivan's extensive legal analysis of the underlying issues in the PASH case, with 371 hot-linked footnotes.

Some kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiians) claim that the United States owes them land, money, and political recognition because of the overthrow of the monarchy ...ation shall be established. See the survey of sovereignty activists on the issues of who gets to vote and own property, included in a master's thesis: http:/

...to vote, to run for office, and to try to persuade others about political issues. Every adult citizen of the United States and of Hawai`i has these rights. .... For instance, the heirs of French King Louis XVI are not entitled to the land and power he lost when he lost his crown and head.

...rkshops in Waianae, Waimanalo and Papakolea last week to learn about these issues. ...Hanifin was a true renaissance man who took on unpopular and controversial issues such as the legality of government programs for native Hawaiian because he

...of Hawai'i and of the United States regarding historical, legal, and moral issues concerning the concept of Hawaiian sovereignty. Our founders are retired at ===THERE ARE NO SPECIAL LAND RIGHTS BASED ON RACE===

..., who helped overthrow the monarchy in 1893. The national church gave some land, and $1.5 Million, to the governing body of the United Church of Christ in ...titled to massive reparations for the “theft” of “their nation” and “their land” and “destruction” of their culture, that their “backs are up again

..., tells the U.S. MediVac team to stop bringing the victims of accidents on land and tragedy at sea to hospitals in Honolulu from off-island. ...nton Apology) is basically a retroactive priority for "aboriginal communal land tenures before 1778 A.D."

Hawaiian sovereignty: framing the problem. An introduction to the issues for newcomers. ...ho donated far more money to found Kamehameha School than the value of the land donated by his wife (Bernice Pauahi Bishop)

...Indian tribes, including cutting their budgets and even confiscating their land without compensation. ...e, the bill passed immediately before it was to transfer a small parcel of land in Gettysburg to the National Park Service from a different federal agency.

...ing the same, and from all claim of any nature whatsoever, upon the rents, issues and profits thereof. It shall be subject to alienation and other uses as ma ...d States the absolute fee and ownership of all public, government or Crown Land and other property, which cession was accepted by a joint resolution of the

The issues in the sovereignty debate are very complex, and require lengthy explanation ...ekly; 1913: Law requiring announcements relative to the sale of government land must appear in Hawaiian; 1913: $10,000 appropriated for publication of a Ha

...ies echoes the history of European and American colonialism and “theft” of land and culture in Hawai’i. The question might then be raised, whether hula s ...'i-Manoa's Kamakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies and author of "Native Land and Foreign Desires," sees Christianization as playing a part in the demise

...g Island called Protect Keopuka 'Ohana. The lead state agency for Hawaiian Issues, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, insists, fancifully, that Its acryonym OHA ...loped over many centuries into the current word 'aina, meaning (we think) "land."

...ellectual property rights should be thought of as comparable to aboriginal land title -- not written down or formally registered, but deserving of moral re ...ame theory applies to intellectual property, knowledge, or products of the land taken by a developed society from an indigenous group. An indigenous tribe

...ese occasions it was the Department of Interior which seemed wobbly on the issues. The DOI actions can be interpreted in various ways, but have already been ...d. Perhaps the Department of Justice, with its expertise on Constitutional issues, can help DOI and President Bush make a wise decision.

...e end of the process. The decision found in favor of plaintiffs on certain issues, and remanded this lawsuit back to the Honolulu District Court for further ...the document's convoluted title, there are some very important substantive issues which will be of interest to the general public. Non-lawyers might prefer t

...3/SB2477, a bill that allegedly clarifies the public land trust and public land trust revenues. Makes appropriations to the office of Hawaiian affairs. Set #Aloha For All offered testimony in a hearing of the Department of Land and Natural Resources regarding a proposal by the National Aeronautics and

...waiians owned no land in 1893 and had no political power. No Hawaiian lost land because of the Revolution and few permanently lost power. Those who lost no ...suggests that a billion dollars cash and several billion dollars worth of land would be a fair amount.5/ The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has suggeste

What follows is a discussion of some specific issues related to theories of a "deep culture" passed from generation to generatio Abstract: As the Hawaiian political and cultural movement continues to grow, issues of representation, power, and control are being critiqued--now by Hawaiian

May 16: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs finally issues its committee report to accompany the bill. June 22: U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee issues a 13-page report blasting the Akaka bill; Lingle, OHA, Inouye, Akaka, Aberc

...e ancestry. Many native Hawaiians came to feel like strangers in their own land, landless and living in poverty next to prosperous newcomers. Native Hawaii ...iles to work for low wages doing hard labor under the hot sun in a foreign land where he does not speak the language (either Hawaiian or English)? Why woul

...n Indian tribe, including a race-based government, race-based control over land, and megabucks from the federal treasury as reparations for historical grie ...cendants still live there today. The immigrants who came and took over the land, and the newer immigrants who came since then, freely chose to come (except

...s for local governments and local businesses in areas where the tribe owns land, and for the social fabric of nearby communities. Hawai'i business owners, ...ut denied to ALL others? That the State will lose lands from its sovereign land base, never to be returned for use by ALL citizens? That Congress would ess

...y 2003 the Maui News reported that a Christian wedding ceremony on private land next to an area containing Hawaiian burials was interrupted and forced to d ...2-5 as follows: "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before

...ative blood quantum file lawsuit against OHA for improperly spending ceded land revenue to lobby for Akaka bill; Former U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Harriet ...for improperly spending ceded land revenues to lobby for Akaka bill (ceded land revenues are earmarked by law for 50%+ native Hawaiians, and Akaka bill wou

...the project. The project had received a recommendation for approval, but a Land Board hearing officer denied approval of the state's three-page management "Scoping" provides the public with the opportunity to identify all of the issues that NASA must considered in the development of the EIS, including environm

...throughout all aspects of nature. The gods, the ancestral spirits, and the land itself speak to all living ethnic Hawaiians through racial memories encoded ...erefore, indigenous knowledge is owned by the group as a whole, and by the land and the gods. Individuals must seek group approval or validation for their

...al board member publishes commentary connecting that news report to NAGPRA issues in Hawai'i. One unstated implication is that passing the Akaka bill would a ...he Legislature's hearings; including my testimony, and discussion of legal issues by attorneys and Legislators, at the hearing in Kahaluu, Oahu on Oct. 28.

...ngly complex and contentious, leading to public awareness of other related issues. By the end of 2004, the webpage focusing on the NAGPRA Review Committee me ...ory of various conflicts involving the NAGPRA Review Committee in Hawaiian issues.

...an architectural design for a major real estate development in Kaka’ako on land owned by a wealthy Hawaiian activist. But in order for a logo to be accepte ...s actual content, is devoted to the political, cultural, and philosophical issues previously identified.

...ve to undergo," said Joy, a 1961 graduate of the school. "There are larger issues that need to be addressed in terms of ways to work on restoring justice. I ...that cap at $10,000 a year, the decision could also affect the far larger issues of constitutionality of the admission policy.