Little
Known History of Hawaii
Preface
I write this story as a former US Marine who served in the Gulf War.
A Marine who earned a "Combat Action" ribbon in that theater.
Some may not appreciate all that follows, but let there be no mistaking
the truth it holds.
The Hawaiian Islands
were first settled roughly around the time of the birth of Christ, by
the worlds finest navigators then and now, the Polynesians. First contact
with Western Civilization occurred in 1778 with the arrival of Captain
James Cook. Within 100 years the kanaka maoli (Hawaiian) population
was depleted by 95%! Mostly due to disease.
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Within that time
however the Sovereign Hawaiian Nation was born. Despite the destruction,
the kanaka maoli were 95% literate and quite well educated. Their Nation
had 90 Consulates worldwide and Treaties (contracts) with twenty-six
different Nations including five with the United States (one was a "Treaty
of Friendship"). In 1893 the US was complicit in the conspiracy
to overthrow the Sovereign Nation of Hawaii. Backed by US Warships and
Marines. A modern day equivalent would be the invasion of Kuwait by
Iraq. After the overthrow the US systematically set about destroying
much of the Hawaiian culture. Laws were passed outlawing the hula, and
even the Hawaiian language. The ramifications of these genocidal policies
are felt to this day. Hawaiians are as a racial group at the top of
all the worst categories statistically and at the bottom of all the
best
In 1993, (the 100 year anniversary of the illegal overthrow) the United
States formally apologized to the Hawaiian Nation by ratifying Public
Law 103-150, witch was passed by both the Congress and Senate and signed
by then President Clinton. The two key points of the law are the admissions
to actively participating in the overthrow and most importantly that
the "Hawaiian people never directly relinquished their claims to
their inherent sovereignty, nor title to their National Lands
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It is important to note that there is no statute of limitations for
the international crime of conspiracy to overthrow a Nation. Accordingly
International Laws are in place to protect smaller Nations from bigger
ones. Without these laws no Nation could protect itself from the likes
of China,
or the United States. Would it not be right for the
US to honor its constant professions of truth, justice, and freedom
for all by adhering to those principles? Israel reinstated its Nation
after 1500 years and now the kanaka maoli who have not been completely
colonized wish to do the same. They have nonviolently and lawfully committed
themselves to the pursuit of justice through Public International Law.
They are not naïve about what this goal involves, and the dangers
are obvious to anyone who knows what covert operations the US is capable
of. Given the fact that the United States is a massive nation with incredible
natural resources, is it right to steal the only place the Hawaiian
people can call home? Furthermore, is it right to have placed approximately
3000 nuclear weapons in the land of aloha, because of US designs for
world domination? The bottom line is that the US cannot have it both
ways, either we respect international law, or we do not. To hypocritically
follow law when it suits us is shameless. Please understand that I mean
no disrespect to the many fine Americans who believe in the virtues
of "Democracy and Freedom" that gave the Nation its birth,
and release from the tyranny of the British Crown. Today those virtues
hold just as true. I believe that true patriots honor justice, not governments.
Patrick Henry, Sam Adams, and Thomas Jefferson along with all fifty-six
who signed the Declaration of Independence were either traitors and
felons, or courageous patriots,
depending on your perspective.
From my perspective the individuals who Reinstated their Lawful Hawaiian
Government on March 13, 1999, are no less courageous than the founding
fathers of America. They represent the modern day David, confronting
the "Mother of all Goliath's". Valesa, Mandela, and Gandhi
live in spirit in Hawaii today. I have been honored as family (ohana)
by these people of Hawaii, and I shall steadfastly stand with them in
their seemingly impossible, but ever so noble fight for truth, justice
and the most valued commodity of all; FREEDOM!
For more information
on the Lawful Hawaiian Nation, go to www.reinstated.org, or call their
Office of Communications at 808-732-3849.
Also, you can purchase
a documentary of this struggle entitled "The United States of Hypocrisy-Hawaii,
the Tibet of the Pacific". The cost is $20 and all proceeds go
directly to the Lawful Hawaiian Government.
The views expressed
in this article are that of the author and the author alone.
Written by Ken Nichols
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