NEW ITEMS AND RECENT IMPROVEMENTS; MOST RECENT AT TOP (with highest number)

IMPORTANT BOOK: "Hawaiian Apartheid -- Racial Separatism and Ethnic Nationalism in the Aloha State" by Kenneth R. Conklin, Ph.D. 302 pages. See cover, detailed table of contents, and entire Chapter 1, plus information on how to order the book; at http://tinyurl.com/2a9fqa

Wednesday June 18, 2008: Ken Conklin was interviewed for 25 minutes by Tom McAuliffe, Director of Communications for Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. The interview discussed Conklin's background, commitment to the principles of unity and equality, opposition to the Akaka bill, and hopes for the future.

90-minute wide-ranging radio interview of Ken Conklin, June 10, 2008 on KKCR Community Radio, Kaua'i.

Radio interview with Ken Conklin, 37 minutes, taped July 2007. Topics include Conklin's book, Hawaiian apartheid, racial separatism, ethnic nationalism, Hawaiian religious fascism used to justify racial supremacy, Kamehameha Schools admissions policy, how a historical falsehood was asserted on the floor of the U.S. Senate in June 2007 to push the Akaka bill.

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***** AKAKA BILL UPDATES FOR 2007 to 2008

THE AKAKA BILL WAS INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE ON JANUARY 17, 2007 (FOR THE 7TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR!). THE AKAKA BILL, H.R.505, PASSED THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES ON MAY 2 AND PASSED ON A VOICE VOTE. THE AKAKA BILL, S.310, HAD A HEARING IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS ON MAY 3 AND PASSED ON A VOICE VOTE. THE AKAKA BILL PASSED THE HOUSE ON OCTOBER 24, 2007 AND CAN BE CALLED TO THE FLOOR FOR ACTION IN THE SENATE WHENEVER THE MAJORITY LEADER (DEMOCRAT) CHOOSES TO SCHEDULE IT. PRESIDENT BUSH ISSUED AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT STRONGLY OPPOSING THE AKAKA BILL AND THREATENING TO VETO IT.

THE HISTORY OF THE AKAKA BILL IN THE 110th CONGRESS, JANUARY 2007 THROUGH DECEMBER 2008, IS BEING TRACKED, INCLUDING ALL SIGNIFICANT NEWS REPORTS, COMMENTARIES, AND SPEECHES. SEE:
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/bigfiles40/AkakaHist110thCong.html

WHY ALL AMERICA SHOULD OPPOSE THE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION BILL, ALSO KNOWN AS THE AKAKA BILL, S.310 and H.R.505 (5-paragraph summary plus extensive footnotes documenting all the main points)
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/bigfiles40/AkakaNationalSummary.html

For Media and the Public: Up-to-Date, Basic, Quick Information About The Hawaiian Government Reorganization Bill (Akaka bill), S.310 and H.R.505
http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/medianotes.html

"Killing Aloha" -- The 'Akaka Bill' is wrong for Native Hawaiians, wrong for the State of Hawai'i and wrong for the United States. Here's why. A section-by-section analysis of the bill (S.310/H.R.505 in the 110th Congress)" by Honolulu attorney Paul M. Sullivan

Major Published Articles Opposing the Hawaiian Government Reorganization bill (Akaka bill), 2000-2007
http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/AkakaPublishedOpposition.html

Full Text of the Current Version of the Hawaiian Government Reorganization Bill (Akaka bill)
http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/AkakaCurrentVersion.html

MEANWHILE OHA IS WORKING TO IMPLMENT "PLAN B" TO SET UP A RACIALLY EXCLUSIONARY "GOVERNING ENTITY" INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF STATE LANDS AND POLITICAL POWERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WHETHER OR NOT THE AKAKA BILL PUTS FEDERAL MUSCLE BEHIND HAWAIIAN APARTHEID.

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FOLLOWING ARE THE NEWEST WEBPAGES, AND MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, MOST RECENT AT THE TOP.

233. * New October 1, 2008: Selling the Ceded Lands -- The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the State cannot sell ceded lands without permission from ethnic Hawaiians; but the State appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court which agreed to decide the case.

232. * New September 11, 2008: Honolulu mayoral debate September 9, 2008 shows the power of OHA and the danger of the Akaka bill

231. * New September 6, 2008: Vicious Tita Threatens Palace Management, DLNR Chair Thielen, and the Public

230. * New August 18, 2008: Hawaii King Akahi Nui -- His coronation at Iolani Palace in 1998 and how he fits in with others claiming power

229. * New August 15, 2008: Proposed new rules for Iolani Palace and grounds -- testimony to DLNR offered by Ken Conklin in honor of Statehood Day, August 15, 2008

228. * New July 31, 2008: Kenneth R. Conklin, Ph.D. Who is Ken Conklin? What does he look like and sound like? What is his background? What does he believe in? Why did he come to Hawaii? Why does he pick on ethnic Hawaiians?

227. * New July 27, 2008: Obama vs. McCain on the Akaka Bill -- Words, Actions, Hypocrisy and Waffling

226. * New for July 4, 2008: July 4 double holiday for Hawaii -- 1776 and 1894 (including some internet links to important documents of the Republic of Hawaii)

225. * New June 23, 2008: Lies told on the U.S. Senate Floor by Senators Inouye and Dorgan Regarding the Akaka Bill

224. ** New May 13, 2008: The Aloha Spirit -- what it is, who possesses it, and why it is important

223. * New May 2, 2008: Insurrection (not mere protest) attempted at Iolani Palace on April 30, 2008, by so-called Hawaiian Kingdom Government

222. * New April 29, 2008: The Goebbels Award For Outstanding Use of Media for Propaganda Disguised As Fact -- Honolulu Star-Bulletin Wednesday April 23 2008, page 2 (The newspaper falsely stated that President Grover Cleveland signed a proclamation in 1894 that set April 30th as a day of prayer and remembrance for Queen Liliuokalani and the overthrown monarchy of Hawaii; and the newspaper refused to publish a correction despite being given proof of falsehood).

221. *** New April 9, 2008: INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAWAII -- Emperors, Kings, Queens, Princes, and Presidents of at least 19 foreign nations personally signed formal letters of diplomatic recognition de jure, received by the Republic of Hawaii between July 1894 and January 1895. Those letters are available in the state Archives. Photographs of them have been placed on a webpage at
http://tinyurl.com/4wtwdz
Historical significance and implications for statehood, Akaka bill, and ceded lands; are explained at
http://tinyurl.com/2pxqgz
along with a detailed example of the Hawaiian sovereignty lie that such letters do not exist.
A 23-page booklet can be downloaded in pdf format suitable for printing (caution: 18 megabytes!). It includes a one-page montage of photographs of the documents for each of 20 nations plus the Queen's letter of abdication and oath of loyalty to the Republic. Click here:
http://historymystery.grassrootinstitute.org/roh.recognition.pdf

220. * New April 7, 2008: Broken Rainbow: Hawaii's Racial Separatism Threatens America's Fundamental Principles

219. *** New April 5, 2008: KUROIWA v. LINGLE -- Lawsuit filed April 3, 2008 seeking to dismantle the Office of Hawaiian Affairs of the State of Hawaii. Legal documents, news reports, and commentaries.

218. * New April 1, 2008: April Fools Day 4-page flyer, poking fun at Hawaii Legislature for passing a resolution in 2007 which assumed that an April Fools joke from 1894 was actually true. The joke was sarcasm against President Grover Cleveland in the form of a fake proclamation by Cleveland calling for a national day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer in repentance for the U.S. role in overthrowing Liliuokalani.

217. * New March 22, 2008: PRICE OF APOLOGY: CLINTON, OBAMA, AND THE HAWAIIAN QUID PRO QUO

216. * New March 17, 2008: Anti-American rhetoric by Obama's pastor is accepted as normal in Hawaii

215. * New February 17, 2008: Abdication document signed by ex-queen Liliuokalani, January 24, 1895 formally giving up the throne and swearing her allegiance to the Republic of Hawaii

214. * New February 17, 2008: Republic of Hawaii Constitution adopted July 4, 1894

213. ** Updated and greatly improved February 13, 2008: Office of Hawaiian Affairs -- Watching the Moves It Makes in 2008 to Expand the Evil Empire (acquiring huge parcels of land; building a headquarters for its tribal nation; considering purchase of a TV station; making a settlement with Governor Lingle on ceded land back rent; taking control of Haiku Valley; demanding racial control and royalties for bioprospecting on public and private lands, etc.). YEAR 2008

212. * New January 24, 2008: Bovine flatulence -- Zero Shibai blog Kau Inoa cartoons (Overthrow victim, Kau Manua, Cow Inoa) cause OHA chair Haunani Apoliona to have a cow.

211. * New January 22, 2008: Should race or religion be used as a basis for granting, prohibiting, or otherwise restricting access to certain public lands of the state of Hawaii? Testimony of Ken Conklin for the Halawa-Luluku Interpretive Development Project, January 22, 2008.

210. * Improved, updated, reorganized January 19, 2008: Office of Hawaiian Affairs -- Watching the Moves It Makes to Expand the Evil Empire (acquiring huge parcels of land, building a headquarters for the "nation", considering purchase of a TV station, etc.)

209. * New January 10, 2008: The Most Important Issue Facing the Hawaii Legislature for 2008 -- Testimony by Ken Conklin for the Kaneohe Town Meeting of January 10, 2008.

208. * New December 11, 2007: B.J. Penn, famous ultimate fighter, beats up a police officer and then OHA makes him the star of a Kau Inoa commercial glorifying violence and racism.

207. * New December 8, 2007: Malia Craver Kau Inoa TV/radio commercials late 2007 -- Hawaiian and English transcripts and commentary. Also a Dennis Kamakahi commercial. Ms. Craver uses her prestige and Hawaiian language to ask ethnic Hawaiians to sign up on a racial separatist registry despite her previous speech to the United Nations urging love, forgiveness, and inter-racial unity. In English she scolds Caucasians for coming to Hawaii in the 1800s and not helping ethnic Hawaiians (false), inferring that Hawaiians were not capable of managing their own affairs; even while she supports a program whose purpose is supposedly to foster self-reliance and self-determination.

206. ** New November 27, 2007: Hawaii Bioprospecting -- Hearings by the Temporary Advisory Committee on Bioprospecting (late 2007), and testimony by Ken Conklin

205. * New November 26, 2007: Hawaii State Senate Education Committee informational briefing on charter schools, November 29, 2007, including testimony by Ken Conklin

204: * Important update November 26, 2007: Day v. Apoliona: Lawsuit against OHA by native Hawaiians with high blood quantum gets resurrected by U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in August 2007. A motion to intervene was filed in November 2007 by a group of 6 plaintiffs with no Hawaiian native blood seeking to protect the rights of a million Hawaii citizens to share in the ceded lands trust.

203. * New November 15, 2007: OHA published a 67-page document suddenly on November 13, 2007 which tried to smear the Hawaii Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights just two days before a scheduled public meeting. The document also tried to twist history to support the Akaka bill and tried to discredit earlier testimony opposing the bill. Civil rights activists rushed to produce a rebuttal to the OHA document one day later.

202. *** New October 27, 2007: Rumble in the U.S. House: History of the Akaka bill H.R.505, October 18-31, 2007. Full text of floor debate from Congressional Record; and yeas and nays from House Clerk on 4 roll-call votes. Followup news reports and commentary.

201. ** New October 24, 2007: Akaka bill -- U.S. House of Representatives Republican Study Committee official statement of October 24, 2007

200. **** New October 22, 2007: Akaka bill -- President George W. Bush issued a formal statement on October 22, 2007 on official stationery strongly opposing the Akaka bill and saying that his senior advisors recommend he should veto it if it reaches his desk.

199. * New September 20, 2007: Gerald Horne: "The White Pacific -- U.S. Imperialism and Black Slavery in the South Seas after the Civil War." Analysis of the Hawaii-focused portions of this book.

198. ** New September 9, 2007: Akaka bill -- major testimony presented to the Hawaii Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights during August and September 2007

197. * New August 18, 2007: Hawaii Statehood Day August 17, 2007 -- Holiday hijacked by Hawaiian sovereignty activists for celebration of 125th anniversary of Iolani Palace; Zero celebration of Statehood

196. *** New August 17, 2007: Akaka bill -- Testimony of Ken Conklin submitted August 17, 2007 for a hearing by the Hawaii Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

195. * New August 8, 2007: Lawsuit against OHA by native Hawaiians with high blood quantum. (Day v. Apoliona)

194. * New July 31, 2007: 37-minute interview of Ken Conklin is the first program placed on a new internet radio website. The website is still under construction, but the Conklin interview is fully activated.

193. * New July 25, 2007: OHA Racist Kau Inoa TV Commercials -- transcripts and analysis; plus background information about how the Kau Inoa program fits into strategy for the Akaka bill, and how much OHA has spent on lobbying

192. *** New July 20, 2007: Hawaiian Bones -- Rites For the Dead vs. Rights Of the Living

191. * New July 14, 2007: Hawaii Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights -- New members appointed July 13, 2007; Its history of supporting racial supremacy 1996-2006

190. * New July 9, 2007: OHA Brand-Recognition Commercials -- Big Bucks for Self-Promotion by a Government Agency With an Evil Agenda

189. * New July 7, 2007: Tribal sovereignty helps vote-count fraud succeed in changing the outcome of federal, state, and local elections

188. * New June 12, 2007: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii -- A June 8, 2007 attempt by Kamehameha Schools and OHA, led by Hawaiian sovereignty secessionists, to intimidate GRIH

187. * New May 3, 2007: Akaka Bill Testimony Pro and Con, 110th Congress, May 2007 (plus access to 2000-2006 testimony and hundreds of major publications in opposition)

186. * New April 29, 2007: Testimony opposing S.310 (Akaka Bill) by Ken Conklin for May 3, 2007 hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Includes addendum responding to testimony of Hawaii Attorney General Bennett.

185. * Major Update April 8-28, 2007: Twisting History -- 2006 Reverend Kaleo Patterson knowingly uses fake Grover Cleveland proclamation from 1894, cites it as fact, and uses it as basis for a media blitz calling for a national day of prayer for restoration of Native Hawaiians and repentance for overthrow of monarchy. 2007 Patterson pushes resolution through Hawaii legislature citing joke proclamation as real.

184. * New March 14, 2007: "Setting Shapiro Straight on Statehood and Iolani Palace"

183. **** New March 3, 2007: "Hawaiian Apartheid -- Racial Separatism and Ethnic Nationalism in the Aloha State" (a new book by Kenneth R. Conklin, Ph.D. 302 pages. See cover, detailed table of contents, and entire Chapter 1, plus information on how to order the book; at http://tinyurl.com/2a9fqa

182. ** New March 3, 2007: "Killing Aloha" -- The 'Akaka Bill' is wrong for Native Hawaiians, wrong for the State of Hawai'i and wrong for the United States. Here's why. A section-by-section analysis of the bill (S.310/H.R.505 in the 110th Congress)" by Honolulu attorney Paul M. Sullivan

181. *** Major update March 2, 2007: "Kamehameha School Racially Exclusionary Admissions Policy, and Tax-Exempt Status" -- The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review the 8-7 en banc decision of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld kamehameha's racially exclusionary admissions policy. See complete history of this case, plus news reports and commentaries.

180. * New February 24, 2007: Road Rage or Racial Hate Crime? (Thinking carefully about an actual incident of racial violence in February 2007, and how such violence can be used as a political tool to bolster demands for Hawaiian sovereignty)

179. ** New February 21, 2007: Violence and threats of violence to push demands for Hawaiian sovereignty -- past, present, and future

178. * New January 19, 2007: Akaka Warns: The Natives Are Restless (Schoolyard Bully Wants Your Lunch Money)

177. * New January 18, 2007: Akaka Bill and Ethnic Hawaiian Entitlements -- Dialog -- Jere Krischel vs. OHA Chair Haunani Apoliona and others, January 2007

176. * New January 17, 2007: Was Liliuokalani Really Like Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi? What really happened in the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy?

175. * New November 18, 2006: How Thanksgiving Came to Hawaii

174. * New October 22, 2006: Nutgrass Network Conspiracy -- OHA trustees put forward a conspiracy theory to attack civil rights activists who dare to oppose their nutty, racist agenda

173. * New October 4, 2006: Unconquerable Rebel: Robert W. Wilcox and Hawaiian Politics, 1880-1903 by Ernest Andrade, Jr. -- notes taken by Ken Conklin on topics of importance regarding current Hawaiian sovereignty issues

172. * New September 30, 2006: Kenneth R. Conklin, Ph.D. -- Scholarly Articles Published Before He Came Permanently To Hawaii

171. * New September 4, 2006: Statehood Day and Queen's Birthday, 2006 -- Which Is More Appropriate To Celebrate At Iolani Palace (Or At All)?

170. ** New August 19, 2006: Hawaii Statehood Day 2006 -- Celebration at Old Territorial Capitol Building (Iolani Palace) Disrupted by Hawaiian Ethnic Nationalist Wannabe-Terrorists

169. * New August 8, 2006: Ethnic Hawaiian Institutional Establishment Attacks Ed Case as Anti-Hawaiian -- Opportunity for Case to Step Forward to Oppose Akaka Bill

168. * New July 8, 2006: Office of Hawaiian Affairs -- Watching the Moves It Makes to Expand the Evil Empire (acquiring huge parcels of land, building a headquarters for the "nation", considering purchase of a TV station, etc.)

167. * New June 30, 2006: Native Hawaiian Businesses Booming -- U.S. Census Bureau report issued June 2006 shows that Native Hawaiians (and other Pacific islanders) are creating new businesses at triple the rate of other ethnic groups (and they are doing so without federal recognition of an Akaka tribe).

166. ** New June 24, 2006: KKK -- Klub Kanaka -- Office of Hawaiian Affairs confidential memo of June 2006 outlining OHA plans for setting up Hawaiian apartheid regime following failure of the Akaka bill

165. * New June 17, 2006: Akaka/Inouye Plan B -- Upcoming Consolation Prize --The Hawaii Racial Entitlements Protection Act of 2006

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164. **** New June 8, 2006:

**** A CLOTURE PETITION ON THE AKAKA BILL WAS FILED IN THE SENATE ON TUESDAY JUNE 6. THE CLOTURE PETITION WAS DEBATED JUNE 7; AND FURTHER DEBATED AND THEN DEFEATED ON THURSDAY JUNE 8. THE TRANSCRIPTS FROM THOSE DEBATES HAVE BEEN COPIED FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WEBSITE AND PLACED ON A DIFFERENT (USER-FRIENDLY) WEBPAGE HERE:
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/bigfiles40/AkakaHistJune2006SenateActionCongRec.html

Akaka bill yeas and nays for the cloture motion vote of June 8, 2006 (56 yea, 41 nay, 3 not voting) are displayed here:
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/bigfiles40/AkakaClotureVoteStats060806.html

News and commentary on the Akaka bill for all of 2005-2006:
http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/AkakaHist109thCong.html

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163. ** New June 7, 2006: Bush Administration "Strongly Opposes Passage" of the Akaka Bill -- Department of Justice letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on June 7, 2006

162. * New June 6, 2006: Akaka Bill Endorsements by Ethnic Spokespersons

161. * New June 2, 2006: Akaka Bill -- OHA flier "The Time is Now" mass-mailed May-June 2006 -- Comments and Corrections

160. * New May 24, 2006: Akaka Bill Survey by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii released May 23, 2006

159. * New May 24, 2006: What Does the United States Owe to Native Hawaiians? Two reports commissioned by Congress (Morgan 1894 and NHSC 1983) contain the answers, which are directly applicable to the Akaka bill.

158. *** New May 5, 2006: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights -- Report Opposing the Akaka bill

157. * New May 5, 2006: Akaka Bill -- Roundup of Evidence Showing Most Hawaii People and Most Ethnic Hawaiians Oppose It

156. * New April 23, 2006: Twisting History -- Reverend Kaleo Patterson Cites 112 Year Old Joke as Fact And Launches Media Blitz -- National Day of Prayer set for April 30, 2006 to support ethnic Hawaiian economic and political causes, based on fake 1894 proclamation attributed to President Grover Cleveland

155. * New April 21, 2006: Native Hawaiian Well-Being Statistics -- Suggestions for Improving How Data Are Gathered and Analyzed to Make Them More Useful for Scientific Study and Remedial Programs

154. * New March 13, 2006: PROTECTING CIVIL RIGHTS IN HAWAI'I -- Testimony by Ken Conklin to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding the Hawaiian Government Reorganization bill, S.147 and H.R.309 (Akaka bill)

153. * New February 27, 2006: Iolani Palace Rockpile -- Religious Shrine Or Political Symbol? (Vandalism raises questions)

152. * New February 18, 2006: Akaka Bill Dialogs (collection of several series of published articles where supporters and opponents engage each other)

151. * New February 18, 2006: Akaka Bill Dialog -- Robert K. Fukuda vs. Oswald K. Stender, January to February 2006

150. *** New January 17, 2006: THE MORGAN REPORT -- OFFICIAL U.S. SENATE REPORT OF 1894 REGARDING THE OVERTHROW OF THE HAWAIIAN MONARCHY. 808 pages of historical documents and testimony under oath in open hearings under cross-examination. BLOWS A BIG HOLE IN THE TWISTED HISTORY IN THE APOLOGY RESOLUTION OF 1993 AND THE AKAKA BILL. Morgan Report website released to the public on January 17, 2006 in honor of the 113th anniversary of the Hawaiian revolution. Please visit http://morganreport.org

149. * New December 22, 2005: Forbes Cave Controversy (12/22/05) -- A Nexus of Religion, Politics, and Law

148. * New November 26, 2005: "Newsweek" 11-28-05 Reports Karl Rove Connection with Patton Boggs $400,000 Contract with OHA to Lobby for Akaka Bill

147. * New November 12, 2005: Current Status of the Akaka Bill, Mid-November 2005 -- Stealth Tactics Ahead?

146. * New October 30, 2005: Hawaii State Legislature Hearings on How to Circumvent Court Decisions Unfavorable to OHA and Kamehameha Schools, October 2005

145. * New October 14, 2005: Federal Recognition Denied to Two Indian Groups in Connecticut on October 12, 2005 -- Implications for the Akaka Bill

144. * New October 5, 2005: Akaka Bill Amendment Formally Introduced in Senate by Conservative Republican Senator Brownback of Kansas on September 28, 2005 (Why did media ignore this for a week? Why did Senator Akaka not yet officially introduce his own alleged revision of Akaka bill published on his Senate website 3 weeks previously accompanied by great publicity?)

143. * New September 27, 2005: Native Hawaiian Population To Double by 2050 -- Lilikala Says Use Population Bomb to Blow Up Current Non-Native Majority

142. * New September 25, 2005: Akaka Bill Controversy Draws Congressional Attention to Illegal "Native Hawaiian" Entitlements -- House Republican Study Committee Proposes Killing $40 Million Per Year

141. ** New September 14, 2005: Hawaiian victimhood claims -- what are they, why are they being asserted, and how can the bad statistics be explained?

140. * Updated and improved September 5, 2005: Stryker Brigade Lawsuit -- Ethnic Hawaiian Activists Use A Religious Legend To Claim Racial Supremacy in Political Power -- Long-Range Attempt to Push the Military (and the United States) Out of Hawai'i

139. * New August 31, 2005: Akaka Bill: Replacing Democracy and Individual Rights With "Indigenous" Communal (Group) Rights

138. * New August 31, 2005: Charles Reed Bishop, philanthropist who donated far more money to found Kamehameha School than the value of the land donated by his wife (Bernice Pauahi Bishop)

137. * New August 22, 2005: Hawaii Statehood Day 2005 -- No Celebration on Any Island, But An Anti-Statehood Attempted Rally on Maui

136. * New August 9, 2005: Anti-American Hawaiian activist protesters -- photos and links to explanatory webpages

135. * New August 7, 2005: Kamehameha 9th Circuit Decision: the "Big Picture" and Some Brush-Strokes (demolishing Hawai'i's wall of apartheid one brick at a time)

134. * New August 5, 2005: Map of Hawaiian islands showing some of the lands likely to be demanded by an Akaka tribe, where different laws would prevail and businesses might operate exempt from taxes and regulation.

133. ** New August 2, 2005: Kamehameha Schools 2005 -- 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Against Racially Exclusionary Admissions Policy; Response from the Schools and the Community Note: Deeper background and analysis, including news coverage since year 2000, can be found at:
http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/kamschool.html

132. * New August 1, 2005: Neighbors Living Under Different Laws -- Example of State Sex Offender Registry

131. * New July 15, 2005: Akaka bill hearing before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, in Washington D.C., on Tuesday July 19, 2005. Audio tapes available for downoad.

130. * New July 15, 2005: Akaka Bill -- Three Important Articles Opposing It, Published July 15, 2005 Just Before Senate Consideration of the Bill -- Authors Bruce Fein, Ed Meese, Todd Gaziano, Brian McNicoll

129. * New July 14, 2005: The Hawaiian Grievance Industry -- Panhandling for Race-Based Handouts and Political Power

128. ** New July 13, 2005: Bush administration objections to Akaka bill -- complete letter on official stationery from Assistant Attorney General of the United States, William Moschella, to Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, John McCain, identifying major objections to the Akaka bill
For related news coverage see "History of the Hawaiian Government Reorganization bill in the 109th Congress (January 2005 through December 2006)" (chronological order) at:
http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/AkakaHist109thCong.html

127. * New July 5, 2005: "Forced assimilation may hurt Hawaiians" -- major analysis of a typical combination of junk history and junk science fueling the Hawaiian grievance industry

126. * New July 5, 2005: Akaka Bill Scientific Survey Report July 5, 2005 -- 67% OPPOSED out of 1696 who responded when 10,000 were called -- 45% feel strongly enough to hold it against politicians who support this bill. (Survey expanded to all 290,000 Hawai'i households reported similar results July 15.)
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/bigfiles3/AkakaScientificSurvey070505.html

125. * New July 4, 2005: 4th of July in Hawai'i 2005 -- Patriotism or What? (secessionist thrust of newspaper letters and editorials)
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/bigfiles3/july4th2005.html

124. ** On June 22, 2005 the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee issued a 13-page report on the Akaka bill entitled: "S.147 Offends Basic American Values -- Why Congress Must Reject Race-Based Government for Native Hawaiians." The report, on official stationery, can be downloaded in pdf format here:
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/bigfiles3/AkakaSenRepubPolComm062205.pdf

123. ** New June 21, 2005: Constitutional law expert Bruce Fein has published a booklet under the auspices of the Grassroot Hawai'i think-tank: "Hawaii Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand." Mr. Fein's essay is of special interest to scholars because of his analysis of the apology resolution of 1993 as well as the provisions of the Akaka bill. It can be downloaded in pdf format here:
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/bigfiles3/AkakaHawaiiDividedFeinJune2005.pdf
Senator Kyl (R, AZ) obtained unanimous consent to print Mr. Fein's essay in the Congressional Record in three installments on three consecutive days: June 14, 15, and 16 of 2005. Each installment was introduced by brief remarks by Senator Kyl. The relevant portions of the Congressional Record are copied here:
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/bigfiles3/AkakaFeinCongRec061405.htm

122. * New June 18, 2005: Kamehameha vs. Akaka -- Kamehameha unified Hawai'i 200 years ago; Akaka bill's main purpose is to divide Hawai'i (includes history of Kamehameha Day holiday, newspaper advertisement comparing Kamehameha's unification of a multiracial Hawai'i against divisiveness of Akaka bill)

121. * New June 13, 2005: Akaka bill -- would it be a unifying force for Hawai'i if it passes? The Akaka bill -- building a bridge to the Nineteenth Century.

120. * New June 13, 2005: Ken Conklin -- Personal background and anecdotes showing why the Akaka bill would be harmful to the unity of Hawai'i

119. * New May 30, 2005: Ethnic Hawaiians Refusing to Sign Up on a Racial Registry -- Only 18,000 out of 400,000 ethnic Hawaiians signed up after 17 months of intense advertising and community outreach

118. * New May 30, 2005: Religious Expression by Government Officials -- Is Hawai'i Becoming a Theocracy (May, 2005)?

117. ** New May 24, 2005: Racism in the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement (with special focus on anti-white racism)

116. * New May 23, 2005: Hawaii Legislature Informational Briefing Regarding the Akaka Bill by U.S. Senators Inouye and Akaka, and U.S. Representatives Abercrombie and Case, on March 31, 2005 (Hawaiian language, Christian prayer, Legislature's failure to perform due dilligence)

115. ** New April 16, 2005: The Akaka Bill And Secession: The Hawaiian Government Reorganization bill (Akaka bill) is seen by its supporters as a step toward total independence for all of Hawai'i

114. * New For April 15, 2005: April 15 Is Income Tax Day -- But Not For Everyone

113. * New March 24, 2005: Bruce Fein -- 3 published articles opposing Akaka bill inserted into Congressional Record by Senator Kyl on March 17, 2005 as Senator Kyl reaffirms his opposition to the bill

112. * New March 22, 2005: Documents submitted by Laakea Suganuma and the Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts for the NAGPRA Review Committee hearing in Honolulu in March 2005 regarding the dispute over artifacts from Kawaihae Cave (Forbes Cave)

111. * New March 20, 2005: Akaka Bill Public Opinion Poll of March 2005; and Previous Scientific Surveys

110. * New March 20, 2005: Attorney Hayden Burgess, alias Poka Laenui, Hawaiian sovereignty independence activist, supports the Akaka bill as a way of getting federal money while continuing to seek Independence.

109. * New March 15, 2005: Testimony of Professor Rubellite Kawena Kinney Johnson (highly esteemed native Hawaiian kupuna) opposing S.147, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization bill, delivered to U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for hearing on March 1, 2005

108. ** New February 28, 2005: Some Testimony in Opposition to the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization bill in the 109th Congress (S.147 and H.R.309), including a roundup of testimony from previous years, and published articles opposing the bill

107 *** New February 1, 2005: AKAKA BILL: A series of new or updated webpages were created toward the end of January 2005. The Akaka bill was introduced in both the Senate and the House of the 109th Congress on January 25, 2005. The bill numbers are S.147 and H.R.309. Full text of the bill is available from links below, along with a history of the bill in the 109th Congress that will be continuously updated. Honolulu attorney Paul M. Sullivan has updated his 61-page point-by-point analysis of the Akaka bill, including cartoons by Daryl Cagle. Speeches were given by Senators Akaka and Inouye, and Representatives Abercrombie and Case; and entered into the Congressional Record. Those speeches contain numerous historical, legal, and moral errors, along with misleading rhetoric. Professor Conklin got his red pen out of its trophy case and went to work. Conklin also did some "thinking out of the box" in a separate essay by proposing some serious amendments to make the bill less awful (given its purpose of creating racial separatism). Here are the new or updated webpages.

Professor Conklin's Red-Pen Corrections and Comments on Speeches by Dan Akaka, Dan Inouye, Ed Case, and Neil Abercrombie When Introducing the Hawaiian Recognition Bill on January 25, 2005

The complete text of the most recent version of the Akaka bill can always be seen here

The history of the Akaka bill related to the current 109th Congress will be continuously updated in chronological order; scroll to the bottom of the webpage linked here, for the latest news

Why all America should oppose the Akaka bill: A 5-paragraph summary followed by extensive documentation of all the main points

Honolulu attorney Paul M. Sullivan has updated his 61-page point-by-point analysis of the Akaka bill, including cartoons by Daryl Cagle

Improving the Akaka Bill To Leave No Hawaiian Behind (proposing some serious amendments to make the bill less awful, consistent with its purpose of creating racial separatism)

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106. * New January 14, 2005: Dr. Martin Luther King and Queen Lili'uokalani

105. * New January 3, 2005: Book Review: Noenoe Silva, "Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism"

104. * New December 21, 2004: Akaka bill "debate": Hawai'i Attorney General Mark Bennett vs. Burgess, Conklin, and Fein Re Constitutionality of Hawaiian Recognition Bill

103. * New December 1, 2004: Akaka bill "debate": The Washington Times newspaper, series of 3 articles focusing on issues of concern nationwide, written by constitutional law attorneys and activists pro and con

102. * New November 25, 2004: The word "'ohana" is only about 50 years old. The cultural concept it names has been cobbled together from ancient customs that varied widely from place to place. Today's concept was invented for political purposes. "'Ohana" is a buzzword, neither historically authentic nor descriptive of current practices.

101. * New October 11, 2004: John Philip "Pilipo" Souza -- state income tax evasion by a man with no Hawaiian native ancestry claiming to be a native-born subject of the still-living Kingdom of Hawai'i

100. * New October 7, 2004: The myth of the shredded Hawaiian flag -- a false claim that the Hawaiian flag removed from ‘Iolani Palace on annexation day August 12, 1898 was cut up into pieces distributed to the annexationists as souvenirs of their victory over the Hawaiian people

99. ** New October 4, 2004: Hawaiian Epistemology and Education -- A claim that anyone with a drop of Hawaiian native blood has genetically and culturally encoded unique ways of knowing and learning; and therefore ethnic Hawaiian children (and other ethnic minorities to a lesser degree) have special needs for uniquely tailored curriculum and instructional methods

98. * New October 3, 2004: Analysis of the terms "culture", "Native Hawaiian" and "oral history" -- Comments on NASA's Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Outrigger Telescopes Project by Honolulu attorney Paul M. Sullivan

97. * New September 17, 2004: Mauna Ala (Royal Mausoleum) -- History, Mystery, Ghost Stories, and A Claim of Continuing Hawaiian Sovereign Territory

96. * New September 7, 2004: Red-Shirt Pro-Apartheid March of September 6, 2004 -- "Die Jugend Marschiert"

95. ** New September 4, 2004: "Polynesian" Voyaging -- Political Agenda, Ethnic Dominance, Cultural Authenticity, and Blood Nationalism. An extended book review of Ben Finney, "Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors: Reviving Polynesian Voyaging." Is "Polynesian" voyaging really Polynesian? How does ancestral knowledge get transmitted to today's Hawaiians after centuries of being forgotten? Theories of racial memory, or deep culture. The importance of having ethnic Hawaiians as leaders and as a majority of crew members for perceptions of cultural authenticity. The role of Hokule'a as a logo or icon for an ethnic Hawaiian tribe or nation.

94. *** New August 21, 2004: Substantial upgrade of the Arakaki2 lawsuit webpage to include major briefs filed by plaintiffs and by defendants OHA, SCHHA, The United States, The State of Hawai'i and DHHL, and Hui Kako'o ‘Aina Ho'opulapula.

93. * New August 19, 2004: Stryker Brigade Lawsuit -- Ethnic Hawaiian Activists Use A Religious Legend To Claim Racial Supremacy in Political Power -- Long-Range Attempt to Push the Military (and the United States) Out of Hawai'i

92. ** New August 8, 2004: Hawai'i's Fifth Column: Anti-Americanism in the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement

91. * New August 8, 2004: The Treason Question -- Would you help a foreign enemy of the United States by committing espionage or sabotage against the United States in return for that country recognizing Hawai'i as an independent nation and/or pressing the case for Hawaiian independence at the United Nations?

90. * New July 30, 2004: One America, One Hawai'i -- Democrat Vice Presidential Candidate John Edwards' Speech at the National Convention Complaining about Two Americas and Calling for Unity and Equality in One America -- Implications for Hawai'i

89. * New July 12, 2004: OHA and DHHL Cost to State of Hawai'i Treasury: $1 Billion to Date. Estimate for Next Ten Years: $2 Billion More at the Current Expenditure Rate. See Spreadsheets On This Webpage for Details.

88. ** New July 5, 2004: Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights -- The General Theory, and Why It Does Not Apply in Hawai'i

87. * New June 18, 2004: How President Dobelle Politicized the University of Hawai'i Regarding Hawaiian Sovereignty

86. * New June 7, 2004: Analogy of the Stolen House and its mutation, Analogy of the Stolen Car

85. * New June 6, 2004: Local Pride -- How It Is Different in Hawai'i From Elsewhere; How "Local People" Get to be "American Idols"; The Role of the Aloha Spirit in Local Pride

84. ** New May 8, 2004: Racial Supremacy Government Policies Worldwide, Compared To Hawaiian Sovereignty Proposals

83. ** New May 8, 2004: Fiji and Hawai'i Compared -- Racial Supremacy By Law in Fiji Resembles What Hawaiian Sovereignty Activists Are Seeking (both Akaka bill and independence proposals)

82. ** ARAKAKI #2 (ARAKAKI V. LINGLE) -- Phase 2: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals -- Legal Documents and News Events From February 2004 to Now

81. ** New April 27, 2004: Three Choices For Hawai'i's Future: Akaka Bill vs. Independence vs. Unity and Equality

80. * New April 4, 2004: Department of Education Breakup And OHA's Evil Agenda In Supporting It. Includes a subpage about the "weighted student formula."

79. * New March 30, 2004: Hawai'i Bioprospecting Bill -- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (a bill to regulate biological research on public lands is a trojan horse for Hawaiian racial supremacy in land use policy)

78. * New March 17, 2004: St. Patrick's Day was chosen by King Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III to be his "official birthday." But why was it that neither he nor anybody else knew his actual biological birthdate?

77. * New March 1, 2004: Haole Collective Guilt for Hawaiian Grievances and Pain -- Major essay book review of "Then There Were None" by Martha H. Noyes (based on Elizabeth Lindsey Buyers TV docudrama)

76. ** New February 14, 2004: Hawai'i's Great Statehood Petition of 1954 -- 120,000 Signatures Gathered in 2 Weeks On a Petition for Statehood for Hawai'i

75. * New February 1, 2004: Native Hawaiian Bank -- How Bumpy Kanahele and Activists Seeking Reparations for Slavery are Blackmailing Bank of America as it Seeks to Merge With FleetBoston

74. * New January 28, 2004: Akaka bill, Alaska Oil money, Native Alaskan Corporations, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, Gambling Casinos, and Alaska Senator Ted Stevens -- How They're All Related

73. * New January 26, 2004: U.S. Office of Native Hawaiian Relations Established. The method whereby it was created shows a new strategy of breaking up the Akaka bill and passing individual pieces of it by hiding the pieces deep inside huge must-pass bills on unrelated topics.

72. ** Updated January 15, 2004: Arakaki #2 lawsuit to abolish OHA and DHHL as unconstitutional: webpage updated with summary and newspaper articles following the dismissal of the case. The dismissal will be appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

71. ** New January 12, 2004: WHY ALL AMERICA SHOULD OPPOSE S.344 AND H.R.665, THE HAWAIIAN RECOGNITION BILL. A short summary of the most important arguments against the bill for year 2004, and a lengthy set of "footnotes" leading to webpages explaining those points.

70. ** Substantially improved January 12, 2004: MAUNA KEA -- How the telescope campus serves the spiritual essence of this sacred place. A Hawaiian creation story, and the legends of the gods, help us understand why the best telescopes in the world should be welcome here. OHA lawsuit against NASA forces hearings in January 2004 for an environmental impact statement. News reports and testimony.

69. * New January 7, 2004: Should Judge Sandra Simms Be Retained in Office for Another 10 Years? Speak Out Now Or For 10 Years Hold Your Nose

68. * New December 28, 2003: "Kahana: How the Land Was Lost" by Robert H. Stauffer. Essay length book review. Stauffer says the usual myths are not true that haoles stole Hawaiian lands immediately after the Mahele through Hawaiian ignorance. However, he develops a new conspiracy theory to explain how Hawaiians lost their land to haoles, and he pushes the profound idea (true by definition) that if there were a law making native land unalienable then Hawaiians would not have lost their land. Well, duh!

67. ** New November 26, 2003: Sanford Ballard Dole -- Elected Legislator and Appointed Supreme Court Justice of the Kingdom of Hawai'i; President of the Provisional Government and of the Republic of Hawai'i; Governor of the Territory of Hawai'i, and Presiding Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Territory of Hawai'i

66. * New November 18, 2003: Red-Shirt Pro-Apartheid March of November 2003 -- A Clear Attempt to Intimidate Federal Judges and the General Public

65. * New November 3, 2003: Whose Land Is It? Hawaiian Spirituality, Kingdom Law, and Modern Law All Support Racial Equality

64. * New October 30, 2003: Red-Shirt Pro-Apartheid March of September 2003 and Follow-Up Newspaper Articles

63. * New October 23, 2003: Full-Page Advertisement in Honolulu Advertiser October 23, 2003 Asking President Bush to Oppose the Akaka Bill (And Published Articles Regarding Governor Linda Lingle's Lobbying of President Bush During His Visit)

62. *** New October 15, 2003: RELIGION AND ZEALOTRY IN THE HAWAIIAN SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT -- HOW RELIGIOUS MYTHS ARE USED TO SUPPORT POLITICAL CLAIMS FOR RACIAL SUPREMACY IN HAWAI'I

61. * New October 15, 2003: Noenoe Silva Tenure Decision by the Political Science Department at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa, Fall 2003

60. * New October 6, 2003: Senator Kyl -- complete text of his letter to voters explaining his reasons for opposing the Akaka bill (also includes links to the Sensenbrenner and Craig letters from 2001)

59. * New October 1, 2003: Playing Favorites -- Da Punahele Race

58. ** New September 23, 2003: Native Hawaiian Opposition to the Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill

57. *** New September 3, 2003: Hawaiian Nationalism, Chicano Nationalism, Black Nationalism, Indian Tribes, and Reparations - Akaka Bill Sets a Precedent for Balkanizing and Dismembering America

56. * New August 30, 2003: The Forbes Cave Artifacts Controversy: The official findings and recommendations of the NAGPRA National Review Committee from the May 9-11 meeting in St. Paul, MN.; released August 20, 2003:

55. ** New August 15, 2003: The Business Community in Relation to Hawaiian Sovereignty -- What Effects Has the Sovereignty Movement Already Had on Hawai'i Businesses? What Effect Would The Akaka Bill Have On Business? How Hawaiians-Only Programs Are Big Business and How They Lobby for the Akaka Bill. What Marketing Strategies is OHA Using to Sell the Bill?

54. * New August 11, 2003: The Sovereignty Biz -- OHA's Marketing of the Akaka Bill through Lobbying and Advertising

53. ** New August 10, 2003: If the Akaka bill passes, it would have disastrous effects on local businesses and local communities. Some of those effects are described here.

52. ** New August 10, 2003: If the Akaka bill passes, it will severely damage the democratic and constitutional rights of ethnic Hawaiians, both those who join the tribe and those who do not.

51. ** New July 29, 2003: Henry Opukaha'ia (Obookiah) -- Native Hawaiian Travels to New England in 1809, Converts to Christianity, and Persuades Yale Divinity Students to Come to Hawai'i as Missionaries in 1820 to Rescue His People From Their Heathen Beliefs and Lifestyle

50. * New July 2, 2003: The student body at the University of Hawai'i has a significantly higher percentage of ethnic Hawaiians than would be expected by their proportion of the state's population, while Caucasians and ethnic Chinese are significantly under-represented minorities. Therefore, race-based tuition-waivers and affirmative action recruitment to promote diversity at UH would be far more appropriate for Caucasians and ethnic Chinese than for ethnic Hawaiians.

49. * New June 25, 2003: PATRICK W. HANIFIN 1955 - 2003 -- His Work On Behalf of Unity and Equality in Hawai'i

48. *** New June 2, 2003: The Native Hawaiian Recognition bill (aka Akaka bill) is pork barrel ethnic politics at its worst. The primary purpose of the bill is to protect racial entitlement programs which otherwise will be ruled unconstitutional by the courts. Hawai'i's political power structure, and wealthy ethnic Hawaiian institutions, are willing to splinter Hawai'i's rainbow because of greed for money, land, and power.

47. ** New June 2, 2003: The "Perfect Title" scam. How Keanu Sai disrupted the land title and mortgage banking system for more than a year; how he established himself as Regent pro-tem of the Hawaiian Kingdom and made big bucks doing title searches and filing warranty deeds at the Bureau of Conveyances

46. *** New April 28, 2003: NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) as applied to Hawai'i -- Mokapu, Honokahua, Bishop Museum Ka'ai; Providence Museum Spear Rest; Forbes Cave Artifacts; the Hui Malama organization. FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE FORBES CAVE ARTIFACTS CONTROVERSY AT MEETING OF NAGPRA REVIEW COMMITTEE IN ST. PAUL MINNESOTA MAY 9-11.

45. * New April 6, 2003: Connecticut Senators Dodd and Lieberman, and Attorney General Blumenthal, oppose having more (phony) tribes recognized. Blumenthal's letter to Senator Inouye describes the bad consequences of tribal recognitions for states and local communities. Hawai'i Legislators should listen to the voices of experience. Connecticut newspaper article exposes nepotism between important Inouye advisor (Zell) and attorney representing a tribe seeking recognition.

44. ** Updated March 15, 2003: Hawai'I Statehood -- History and Current Problems. The Statehood Day Celebration resolution for 2003 has now been introduced in the Legislature. This webpage puts the resolution into the context of the current struggle to defend Hawai'i's status as the 50th State of the United States.

43. *** New February 12, 2003: A general analysis of how affirmative action leads to racial entitlements followed by balkanization and demands for independent sovereignty. Hawai'i is a case study where racial entitlement programs have created an extreme form of identity politics leading to balkanization and demands for a race-based separate government (Native Hawaiian Recognition bill)

42. ** New February 12, 2003: Hawaiian Racial Entitlement and Sovereignty Legislation, State of Hawai'i Legislature, Regular Session of 2003. An assemblage of bills and resolutions to give big bucks to OHA, to re-define the ceded lands and their revenues, to establish an apartheid school system, to support the Akaka bill, etc.; and testimony in opposition by H. William Burgess, Kenneth R. Conklin, and Paul M. Sullivan

41. ** New February 12, 2003: There are more than 160 racially exclusionary government entitlement programs benefitting only ethnic Hawaiians, in addition to private programs. These programs are valued in the Billions of dollars. The purpose of the Native Hawaiian Recognition bill is to protect these programs against court challenges that they are unconstitutional. HERE IS A LIST OF A GREAT MANY OF THESE RACIAL ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS, WITH DOLLAR VALUES FOR SOME OF THEM.

40. * New February 12, 2003: Ethnic Hawaiians and Non-Hawaiians Rank Priorities Similarly -- Education, Health, Housing, Environment Are Far More Important Than Native Hawaiian Rights, Racial Entitlements, and Ethnic Hawaiian Nationhood.

39. *** New January 27, 2003: The main reasons offered in support of the Native Hawaiian Recognition bill are either false or irrelevant. The bill's primary focus is racial separatism. The purpose is to protect racial entitlement programs from legal challenges, and to establish a separate apartheid government inside the State of Hawai'i restricted to ethnic Hawaiians. Supporters of the bill say it is not about race -- they say its purpose is to protect indigenous rights, self-determination, and cultural preservation; but careful study shows that is false. Claims about illegal overthrow of the monarchy, illegal annexation, and the apology bill raise the specter of secession but are not relevant to support a bill for establishment of tribal status for ethnic Hawaiians as a political entity inside the United States.

38. *** New January 21, 2003: An on-line petition opposing the Native Hawaiian Recognition bill was created. Ethnic Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians are signing this petition. We want to protect unity and equality. We love each other and we love America. We do not want a race-based separate government inside Hawai'i nor secession from America. Please help protect Hawai'i from being carved up along racial lines. Please sign the petition, and ask others to do so. Go to:
http://www.petitiononline.com/Aloha4HI/petition.html

37. ** Updated January 1, 2003: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on December 31, 2002 unanimously upheld the September 2000 decision by Judge Gillmor of the Honolulu District Court in Arakaki vs. State of Hawai'i (Arakaki#1) that it is unconstitutional for the State of Hawai'i to require that candidates for trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs must be racially Hawaiian.

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***** New December 21, 2002: A group of four new pages has been added, all related to the ceded lands issue which will be extremely important in the 2003 Legislature.

36. ***** Ceded Lands Belong to All the People of Hawai'i; There Should Be No Racial Allocation of Ceded Lands or Their Revenues. Extensive analysis of the origins of the ceded lands in the government and crown lands of the Mahele (1848), Annexation (1898), and Statehood Act (1959). Detailed explanation why there is no historical, legal, or moral basis for racial claims to ceded lands or their revenues. A shorter, simplified version is provided in an open letter to the Legislature (see below).

35. **** Thurston Twigg-Smith, "Hawaiian Sovereignty: Do the Facts Matter?" (Honolulu, HI: Goodale Publishing, 1998). Chapter 9: Land is Key. Mr. Twigg-Smith graciously allowed this chapter of his book to be reproduced here, because it is helpful to an understanding of the ceded lands issue. Interesting reading for historians and the general public.

34. *** Bellows Air Force Station -- 1995 Environmental Impact Statement considers and rejects typical sovereignty activists' claims that ethnic Hawaiians have a racial right to own the ceded lands or to determine public policy for the use of ceded lands.

** Ceded Lands -- Open Letter to Hawai'i Legislature for January 2003 urging that no ceded land revenues should be sent to OHA. This letter is a shortened, simplified version of the extensive analysis provided in the ceded lands webpage.

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33. **** New November 25, 2002: Core Attitudes of Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement -- Racial Separatism, Ethnic Nationalism, Anti-Americanism, Racial Supremacy

32. * New November 25, 2002: Professor Haunani-Kay Trask: Some Speeches and Writings Illustrating the Anti-American and Anti-White Attitudes of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement

* New October 27, 2002: Text and analysis of speech by Professor Haunani-Kay Trask at 'Iolani Palace, showing racial demagoguery on the issue of mandatory lease-to-fee conversion (Honolulu City Council bill #53)

31. ** New October 21, 2002: Text and Analysis of Bush Administration Actions and Statements on Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill: December 6, 2001 Dept. of Interior Markup of S.746; September 6, 2002 statement by Secretary of Interior Gail Norton

30. *** New October 11, 2002: University of Hawai'i and Hawaiian Sovereignty -- A Case Study in Political Correctness Run Amok. This is a story of academic freedom trampled: intimidation against offering a "politically incorrect" course; past and present threats of violence against "politically incorrect" professors, staffers, and students; a public university harnessed by its recently hired President Dobelle to serve political goals of racial separatism and ethnic nationalism.

29. Substantially improved August 17, 2002: HAWAI'I STATEHOOD. On August 16, 2002 Governor Cayetano issued a formal statement affirming Hawai'i's pride in being the 50th state, and the enduring commitment of our people to unity, equality, and aloha for all. The Governor's statement can be seen here, together with a lengthy list of the positive steps toward Hawai'i Statehood spanning 110 years, from 1849-1959. See also two competing resolutions in the Legislature of 2002, one pro-Statehood and one anti-Statehood.

28. New August 15, 2002: Was Hawaiian language ever illegal in Hawai'i? Was Hawaiian language illegal in the schools? The truth about this malicious claim.