Vision and Plan

The Vision and Plan forthe Restored

Kingdom of Hawaiʼi

Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka ʻAina I Ka Pono

This is an official publication of the Hawaiian Kingdom PressOctober 22, 2011

Nou ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawai'i1760 Mahani Loop. Honolulu Hawaii 96819

The Gift of Love from Hawaiʼi

" The world has reached a crisis point where people in all nations are recognizing a need to reorganize Human civilization to incorporate principles of (1) sustainability, (2) self-reliance, (3) community, (4) respect for the Natural World, and (5) peace. The Kingdom of Hawai’i has developed a vision to respond to that need and a plan to implement that vision. What the Kingdom of Hawai’i needs are (1) financial support to implement the plan and (2) protection from outside attempts to unduly influence, coopt, or otherwise interfere with the Hawaiian experiment. For those who would commit funding to the Hawaiian experiment, the “return on investment” must be found in the contributions to the whole world that emerge from our experiment. Donations should be an unselfish act supporting an effort that can potentially bring huge benefits to all people. The Kingdom also needs a shield of nations committed to respecting the integrity of the Kingdom and the experiment that the Kingdom will be conducting. The Hawaiian experiment cannot take place if the Kingdom is constantly having to fend off attempts by other nations to replace the United States as an occupying force. The Kingdom must be shielded as a non-aligned nation existing in a demilitarized zone, with no attempts to draw the Kingdom into taking sides in the conflicts of others. To the contrary, a primary goal of the Kingdom experiment is to bring peace making techniques (ho’oponopono) to bear to help resolve conflicts in other parts of the world. That peace is particularly necessary at this time. Those who have brought forth the Armageddon interpretation of the Book of Revelations have shown the Human Family where the story of division ends up. Prophecy, which is changeable through Human action, is replaced with destiny, which is inevitable. To choose a story that requires suffering, rather than a story that is informed by joy, would reflect the lack of self respect preventing Humans from becoming fully who they are. "Overall, the Armageddon prophecy, if followed, would represent the failure of Humans to become truly conscious of their potential. " The Kingdom prefers the story the ends with Humanity being congratulated for rising above its divisions to achieve peace and harmony both within the Human Family and with the Natural World. Hence the Kingdom has offered its services in mediating disputes within the Human Family. The Kingdom extends Aloha to all nations and people while pursuing its divinely ordained mission.

This booklet in its entirety and various sections of the booklet as separate documents are available at www.KingdomofHawaii.info.

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Table of Contents

The speech delivered by His Majesty Edmund Keliʼi Silva, Jr." at the gathering of the Imperial & Charitable Orders of " Constantine the Great & Saint Helen on October 22, 2011 . . . . . . . . . .

His Majestyʼs Cover Letter laying out the Kingdomʼs future path " and a budget for realizing the Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

An Executive Summary of the Vision and Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Proposal for Rebuilding the Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom . . . .

Hawaiian Kingdom Treaties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Proposal for the Aloha ʻAina Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

His Majestyʼs Letter to the United Nations " regarding peace in the Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

His Majestyʼs Letter to the government of Great Britain " regarding peace in the Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Apology Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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October 22, 2011

The Pasadena Masonic Lodge200 South Euclid AvenuePasadena, California 91101

Speech – Investiture of Knights and Dames

" Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, and the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change. President Kennedy.

Aloha Kakou,

" May the Lord bless you and your ʻOhanaʼ; May the Lord bring peace and healing into your life and into the lives of the whole Human Family; and may the Lord also bring peace between the Human Family and the rest of the Natural world. At the request of Hawaiian Kupuna (elders), I agreed to serve as Aliʼi Nui Moʼi (High Chief/King) and to restore Ke Aupuni O Hawaiʼi (The Kingdom of Hawaiʼi.)" Those who know the history of Ke Aupuni O Hawai'i understand that, in 1893, a small group of people overthrew the government of the Kingdom. The perpetrators were United States citizens, who in some cases had intermarried with indigenous Hawaiians to gain influence within the ruling Hawaiian families and to use that influence to undermine the existing Hawaiian civilization. Their goal was to avoid paying tariffs on sugar exported to the United States by annexing Hawai'i to the United States. They pronounced themselves the Provisional Government when their actual purpose was destruction of the nation." In order to avoid bloodshed, Queen Liliʼuokalani, the Constitutional Monarch and matriarch of the Hawaiian Nation, stepped aside temporarily, putting her unwavering faith in God that the United States Government would restore her to the ʻThroneʼ. Her deep rooted Christian Faith sustained her even through her darkest hours, hoping that the President and the United States Congress, would do the right and honorable thing. Within a few months, the President of the United States ʻPresident Clevelandʼ declared the insurrection illegal and called on the U.S. Congress for the restoration of the Queen and the unlawful Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom dissolved." Before the Queen could be returned to her throne, President Grover Cleveland, a beloved friend of the Queen, was replaced by duly elected President William McKinley, an opportunist seeing the great value Hawaiʼi would become for the United States. President McKinley did not ʻHonorʼ the wishes of President Grover Cleveland. Unfortunately, that restoration did not take place during the following 118 years. " In 1993, the United States Congress passed and President Clinton signed what is now known as the Apology Resolution (see page *). Public Law 103-150 apologizes on behalf of the United States for the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʼi government. The resolution admits that the Hawaiian people never gave up their

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sovereignty, their right to worship God and to live in harmony with nature and natures gods. Nor did they give up their language, lands, culture, traditions and way of life. " The findings of fact in this resolution are indisputable proof of the Kingdomʼs right to be restored to its full independence and its rightful place in the community of nations. " The resolution established a moral obligation on the part of the United States to aid in that restoration." This apology did not, however, lead to any positive actions by the United States to restore the independence of the Hawaiian Nation. To date, our sacred burial grounds are being dug up and the remains dishonorably trashed. Our culture and traditions exploited for profit and Hawaiians forced to live wherever they can and the medical expense are so high that many are simply choosing to die as to not burden family members with large medical bills. " Aside from all these horrible results of the overthrow, the lands have been stolen away from Hawaiians that was given to them by King Kamehameha III. These lands are allodial titled and protected under the seal of the King.Numerous well-meaning groups and individuals tried over the years to restore at least some level of independence. In doing so, they kept Ke Aupuni O Hawaiʼi alive in the hearts and minds of its people. I, Honor and Cherish them for their beautiful spirit of aloha and personal sacrifice to make a difference in the lives of our people." In 2005, as Aliʼi Nui Moʼi (King/High Chief), I issued a Declaration of Independence, my personal messenger, Aliʼi Manaʼo Nui Lanny Sinkin, a Federal U.S. Attorney; hand carried this important document to the President of the United States and the Secretary General of the United Nations. He was successful in his mission and deliverance was properly made." Blessings and Miracles abound – Ke Aupuni O Hawaiʼi is restored. As the recognized Moʼi, I have traveled among the people to determine their needs, studied the national and international situation to determine how our restored nation can best meet the challenges of our times, consulted with numerous advisors to plan the future policies of our country, and secured major resources of World Leaders, Ministers, Clergymen, Christians throughout the globe and native Hawaiians to fulfill our plans for our Nationʼs Independence, recognized amongst the nations of the world. " Indeed, there are many challenges and concerns to be addressed as the restoration proceeds. With good will and understanding, we can overcome all obstacles and build a new nation that will be a Light unto the World." We have developed a special plan to restore the health, improve the education, and rebuild the pride of the Original Kanaka Maoli and of the nation in general; reincorporating traditional culture into daily life." The vision for the Aupuni reaches beyond restoring the political independence and healing the internal wounds of the past. The vision includes our nation as a non-aligned nation bringing the spirit of Aloha to the other nations of the Earth." The biggest challenges we face are those challenges that arise within the Human Family and between the Human Family and the rest of the Natural World.The conflicts within the Human Family arise from religions, ethnic groups, economics, and many other sources. These divisions threaten to destroy the world as we know it. With weapons of mass destruction in the hands of those who preach hate, we stand on the edge of an abyss into which such leaders would plunge us all.

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" The conflicts between the Human Family and the rest of the Natural World pose a similar challenge. Rather than living on the fruits of Nature, we are ripping out the fruit trees. We are destroying ecological systems at an ever-alarming rate. Our technology is being used to more efficiently exploit the Natural World with little concern for the many species that share this planet with us or for the well-being of future generations, we can end up turning the world into a place inhospitable to Human existence and that would be terrible for the generations that would follow us." The Hawaiian Kingdom offers its services to bring peace where there is conflict anywhere in the world within the Human Family and to restore balance to the relationships between families, friends, strangers and the Natural world.Edmund Burke said: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." " It would be my honor to send each of you copies of the documents that contain our vision and plan. To fulfill our mission and implement our vision, we need support. Those who wish to be directly involved with helping us to complete the restoration process can volunteer their services to the Kingdom. " Those who are part of governments or political networks can share our vision and plan with others to spread word of our reemergence as a nation. Those who are blessed with financial abundance can share that abundance with the Kingdom and see their contributions unfold a new civilization harmonizing the wisdom of the past with our modern understandings." We welcome all people of good will to join with us in leading Humanity away from the precipice of darkness and fear and into a light filled harmonious world.May God bless each and every one of you with his divine wisdom, peace, love compassion, forgiveness and, health. Aloha Ke Akua,

Aliʼi Nui Moʼi Edmund Keliʼi Silva, Jr. Nou Ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawaiʼi

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Knights: " His Grace Michael, Duke of Gardham Grandmaster, O.C.G & S.H." " His Excellence Michael Teilmann, Grand ChancellorRoyal Minister:" " Chief Advocate and Spiritual Advisor Aliʼi Manaʼo Nui Lanny Sinkin

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Ali’i Nui Mo’i Edmund Keli’i Silva, Jr.Nou Ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawai’i

"All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Secondly, it is violently opposed and lastly, it is accepted as self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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To Whom It May Concern

Aloha mai kakou,

As Ali'i Nui Mo'i Edmund K. Silva, Jr., King and Head of State of Ke Aupuni O Hawaii (the Hawaiian Kingdom) I respectfully request from you assistance in the form of US $2.5 Billion for the purpose of rebuilding the Hawaiian Kingdom as an independent nation as the United States withdraws from its prolonged occupation of Hawaii.

The funds will be used for two purposes: 1) to assist in reactivating and reinstating our lawful Hawaiian Kingdom national government and repatriating and organizing the body politic (citizenry) of our nation; and 2) to assist in transitioning the Hawaiian nation into a thriving, self-reliant, secure island community; raising our own food, generating our own energy, operating our own economy, managing our own political affairs, including engaging in international trade and foreign relations.

Through its illegal actions and policies over the past 119 years, the United States usurped our national lands and subjected our people, making Hawaii completely dependent on importing almost all our food, goods, energy, human resources, governance and policy-making from the United States.

_______________________________________________________________Royal Chambers, Ka Pu’uhonua O Na Wahi Pana O Hawai’i Nei

1760 Mahani Loop Honolulu, Hawai’i 96819

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After many years of sacrificial and monumental efforts by numerous Hawaiian patriots, we are close to peacefully bringing an end to the United States’ illegal occupation of Hawaii. To achieve a lawful and orderly changeover requires that the Hawaiian Kingdom government be as fully operational as possible. In addition, transitional programs must already be in place to transform Hawaii into a truly independent, self-reliant, sustainable and prosperous nation. Thus, the urgent need for the funds being sought through this request.

Attached to this letter are: 1) an Executive Summary of the purpose for this request; 2) descriptive Narratives, including projected costs; 3) background information on the historical, legal and moral premises for the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Respectfully yours,

Ali’i Nui Mo’i Edmund K. Silva, Jr.

Nou Ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawai’i

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYHawaiian Kingdom Request

PREFACE

This Request for US $2.5 Billion is being made by Ali'i Nui Mo'i Edmund Keli’i Silva, Jr., King, Head of State and Chief Executive of Nou Ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawaii (the Hawaiian Kingdom), on behalf of all the people living in the Hawaiian Islands.

The Hawaiian Kingdom is in the process of being reactivated and restored after having been under foreign occupation by the United States for over one hundred years. The objectives of the King and Hawaiian nationals are: to end the occupation, restore the lawful government and build a peaceful, stable, prosperous and secure society for all the people living in the Hawaiian Islands.

Fortunately, the infrastructure and mechanisms in operation during the occupation will remain with the Hawaiian Kingdom and its people. But there are some systemic deficiencies to resolve, legal problems to unravel and new national objectives and directions to adopt and implement. As we transition to independence, it is imperative that we have the financial resources to prepare properly for the future of our nation.

The King of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Edmund Keli’i Silva, is requesting US $2.5 Billion in assistance for the purposes outlined in this summary. The funds will be administered by specially chosen financial officers and panels of advisors to ensure responsible, judicious and expeditious use of the funds. The funds are to be expended through two primary categories, namely:

1) REBUILDING the GOVERNMENT to ensure that vital governing mechanisms are maintained, improved upon, implemented and transitioned into the new kingdom government. (20% ($500 Million) of funds to be applied for this category)

2) ALOHA AINA PROJECT, a special initiative of King Edmund Keli’i Silva for the Hawaiian Kingdom government to accelerate the development of sustainability programs to ensure food security, renewable energy, land use reforms, economic development, wise-use environmental policies, a Pacific health and wellness center, a Pacific education center, a Pacific economic trade and banking center and a world peace center. (80% ($2 Billion) of funds to be applied for this category)

The following pages of this Executive Summary by Ali'i Nui Mo'i Edmund Keli’i Silva present the basic description of these two categories. More detailed information is available in the attached Narratives.

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PART 1

REBUILDING the GOVERNMENTPOLITICAL RESTORATION — Contrary to popular belief, Hawaii is not a part of the

United States! In essence, the Hawaiian Islands is a sovereign, independent nation whose people have been suppressed and whose lands have been occupied by the United States through a series of deceitful and illegal acts spanning the past 119 years.

However, after many years by many Hawaiian patriots campaigning for the restoration of their nation, the Hawaiian Kingdom is on the verge of achieving that breakthrough to freedom. The Hawaiian Kingdom government has been reactivated and local and international awareness of Hawaii’s situation is approaching the ‘critical mass’ that would trigger the release of Hawaii from U.S. occupation.

The anticipated result would be freedom for the Hawaiian Kingdom and its people, allowing them to determine how to rebuild into a peaceful, stable, prosperous and secure nation and reengage as a participating member of the world community.

The near-term goal of King Edmund Keli’i Silva is to facilitate the reconstruction of the necessary governing structures for the Hawaiian Kingdom to be prepared to step in to when the transition occurs.

It is the plan of King Edmund Keli’i Silva to accomplished this by applying 20% ($500 Million) of the requested funds toward:

1) Reconstructing the various branches of the kingdom government, the central bank, the currency, the courts system, etc. Identifying and documenting the ‘body politic’ (citizens) of the Hawaiian Kingdom; holding elections for the legislature; convening a constitutional convention, etc.

2) Beginning examination and evaluation of land titles to create an accurate account of Hawaii’s lands. Identifying existing state/federal infrastructure and operations that would be transitioned into the kingdom.

3) Building international relations through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Developing a robust local and international information network and dissemination of collateral materials.

The King’s basic plans for rebuilding the government structure include the following:• Government Offices and Operations

Reconstructing the various branches of the kingdom government such as:

The Executive Branch – Fund interim offices, staff and operating expenses for the King and the ministries of his cabinet, the administrators for the Kingdom government whose

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activities include:

Monarch – Establishing the office and duties of the King, including providing leadership as head of state; asserting the authority of the crown; selecting and overseeing the operations of the cabinet members and their departments; organizing national security (including a military force and protection of Hawaii harbors, fishing grounds and other ocean resources, economic zone, etc.); receiving foreign dignitaries; signing treaties and trade agreements; serving the people by making sure everything is peaceful and in order.

Ministry of the Interior – Educating the public of the restored Hawaiian Kingdom, helping people to claim their citizenship in the Hawaiian Kingdom. Identify, validate, register and document the ‘body politic’ (citizens) of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Provide education on the duties and responsibilities of citizenship. Provide registration of vehicles, vessels, businesses, etc. Issuing various certificates and documentations. Repatriating lands into the Hawaiian Kingdom and into the hands of the proper heirs.

Ministry of Finance – Reactivating the treasury of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the central bank and formats for chartering financial institutions. Reviving the tax system and creating entrepreneurial opportunities for the Hawaiian Kingdom. (see other items related to finance and banking below)

Attorney General – Producing documents consistent with Hawaiian Kingdom laws. Providing counsel, filings and legal recourse for Hawaiian Kingdom nationals improperly prosecuted under foreign (unlawful) jurisdictions. Issuing lawful notices and filings to protect the Hawaiian Kingdom and Hawaiian Nationals from “State of Hawaii” and U.S. Federal agencies and representatives. Establish the offices of law enforcement, sheriffs, marshals, magistrates, etc.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Re-establishing diplomatic relations with treaty countries. Developing international relations, formulating treaties, establishing diplomatic legations. Maintaining foreign correspondence. Being the lead agency in reconciliation and negotiating the terms to end the illegal occupation and the peaceful, orderly withdrawal of the United States from Hawaii.

The Judicial Branch – Hiring international legal consultants to organize and certify a competent, reactivated Hawaiian Kingdom judicial system. Fund interim offices, staff and operating expenses for the Kingdom courts to function. Actively assert the jurisdiction and laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Rebuilding the court system by educating and recruiting officers and personnel to staff the various courts, enforcement agencies, etc. Validating kupuna council and other tribunal actions made in exigency during the occupation. Preparing to formally try and adjudicate cases in the Hawaiian Kingdom courts. Operate the penal system.

The Legislative Branch – Using the rolls of registered Hawaiian Kingdom nationals provided by the Ministry of the Interior, organize and conduct elections to select

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representatives from each district of the Hawaiian Islands to serve in the national legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom; call and convene the legislature into session to enact laws and policies; draw up and adopt operating budgets for government services; assist in the selection of key government officials; as necessary, organize and convene a constitutional convention, etc.

• Central Bank

Reactivate the Hawaiian Kingdom Postal Savings Bank (the lawful central bank for the Hawaiian Kingdom); secure a site and staff; install safeguards against foreign interference or encroachment; secure initial capitalization; seek substantial clientele of investors and depositors. Reactivate membership in the Universal Postal Union, issue postage stamps and provide mail services.

• Currency and Monetary System

Reactivate and bring forward the official (gold-standard) currency of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Activate printing, minting capabilities; participate in international currency trading platforms; attract foreign capital.

• Pacific Development Bank

Establish a Pacific-centric investment and development bank to assist Pacific Islands with development projects (infrastructure, health, energy, food, environmental, etc.). Establish secure operations and staff; partner with other development programs; protect assets from foreign encroachment.

• Communications

Develop and build an extensive communications network to keep Hawaiians and the rest of the world well informed of the activities, events and other matters pertaining to the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Claim and maintain the rights to Hawaii airspace, including airplane routes, satellite positioning and telecommunication transmissions. Claim and maintain the rights to land/sea communications that pass through Hawaiian territory and economic zones.

Create and produce TV programs, documentaries, movies, books, pamphlets, art, music, theater, etc. to educate and inculcate in the people of Hawaii positive visions and expectations regarding the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Develop and produce similar materials to inform and garner support from the international community.

The Kingdom, will use the finances to infuse the organizational and operational expenses of the government for the Hawaiian Kingdom, which in turn will help to develop and facilitate the programs to activate long-term benefits to the health and welfare of the people of Hawaii, through the programs summarized in the next section of the King’s Executive Summary.* ! *(See Narratives for more details).

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PART 2

ALOHA AINA PROJECT A Special Commission of the Hawaiian Kingdom

TRANSFORMATION — The image of paradise and the trappings of modern society, only serve to mask the true precariousness of life in these islands. Except for air and water, Hawaii is entirely dependent on importing everything, transporting them from more than 2,000 miles away by ship. Should this lifeline be disrupted or severed, Hawaii would be but two weeks away from complete depletion of food and energy, and four weeks away from total collapse.

Even if Hawaii does not encounter a circumstance that would trigger sudden collapse, the present conditions of eroding resources, crippling economic pressures, deteriorating health, degradation of family, culture and community, greatly diminish the ability of the society to sustain itself. Whether suddenly or slowly, if current conditions continue, the people of Hawaii are facing a catastrophic future.

A crucial priority of the Hawaiian Kingdom government is to take Hawaii off its current path to disaster by initiating pro-active measures that meet Hawaii’s immediate needs and provide long-term, integrated, systemic solutions. This would be accomplish by:

1) Creating a special Aloha Aina Project commissioned by King Edmund Keli’i Silva to foster and manage Sustainable Development

2) Identifying worthy existing programs and infusing them with sufficient resources to insure their effectiveness and success, and

3) Creating and activating ideas, practices and programs to reduce or eliminate systemic problems, replacing them with renewable, sustainable solutions.

Beginning immediately, the Hawaiian Kingdom government will implement the transformation of Hawaii by applying 80% ($2 billion) of the requested funds to the Kingdom’s Aloha Aina Project to promote significant advancements in the seven project areas identified below:

• Agriculture and Food

Aloha Aina will provide leadership and supplemental resources to reverse Hawaii’s current dangerous level of 95 percent dependency on imported food, to a healthy 80 percent self-reliance on domestic (Hawaii-grown) foods. The plan includes adding another 50,000 acres on to the current 13,000 acres, for the production of grains, fruits and vegetables for local consumption. The 50,000 acres would be reclaimed and re-activated from the 200,000 acres of former sugar and pineapple lands presently lying fallow. This significant increase in Hawaii’s food production is achievable, given Hawaii’s fertile lands, two-crop growing season, favorable climate, excellent agricultural-research capabilities, innovative farming methods and motivated farmers.

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In addition to the farmlands, the Kingdom will help to bring into production: 600 acres of traditional Hawaiian shoreline fishponds capable of producing over 1,200 tons of fish per year; open-ocean fish-farming operations with a yield of 2,400 tons of fish per year; and ranching operations to triple the present livestock production. To support this rejuvenation, Aloha Aina will assist in developing: motor pools of heavy farm

equipment available to co-op farmers on the six major islands; upgraded and well-maintained water supply, irrigation and road systems; additional food processing operations (poi factories, fruit drying, fish and meat packing, etc.); expanded distribution and delivery systems, and so forth.

• Health and Wellness

The people of Hawaii — native Hawaiians in particular — are facing a serious health crisis, a large part of which is diet-related diabetes, heart diseases and cancers. It has been proven that these afflictions can be significantly alleviated if (along with exercise) Hawaiians returned to eating their traditional nutrient-rich foods such as taro, sweet potato, fresh fish, banana, breadfruit, and so forth. But because of the shift in people’s eating habits over the years (due to cheap, convenient imports) local cultivation of traditional island foods drastically dwindled.

The Kingdom will address this two-fold problem by: 1) vigorously supporting initiatives to change people’s eating habits back to healthy traditional island foods, and 2) ensuring a plentiful supply is readily available to everyone at affordable prices. (See preceding section on Agriculture and Food)

Of course not all health issues are diet-related.

Aloha Aina will assist Hawaii in becoming the healing center of the Pacific through: 1) helping to expand the network of neighborhood family clinics dedicated to general and alternative health care for every one in need; 2) increasing the number of top-notch regional medical centers for treatment of serious, chronic and long-term illnesses of peoples of the Pacific; 3) supporting effective prevention and remedial programs; and 4) promoting cutting-edge medical research and the integration of ancient traditional techniques of the East, along with native, folk, and alternative-healing methods.

• Housing and Community

Hawaii is in a severe housing crisis. Years of profit-driven real-estate developments have boosted the median price of a single-family home in Hawaii to over $650,000 — essentially excluding all but the wealthy from new home-ownership and triggering an exodus of young people from Hawaii and a tremendous increase of “homeless” and “near-homeless” families. This crisis exists despite the fact that Hawaii has the lowest unemployment rate in the United States.

To stamp out homelessness in Hawaii within the next ten years, Aloha Aina will actively participate with various government, private and faith-based agencies to: 1) provide

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emergency and transitional shelters and services for the homeless; and 2) repatriating housing formerly occupied by the US military, instituting low-cost housing solutions by affecting the release of public lands for housing, assisting with providing the necessary infrastructure support and sponsorship of efficient, self-help construction systems.

The persistent housing crisis, the high cost of living and other economic pressures have caused serious damage to Hawaii’s families and sense of community. The Kingdom will use strategies to restructure communities to be conducive to the lifestyle of neighborhood clusters instead of suburban sprawl. Aloha Aina would encourage new developments to be designed as villages, placing each home within short walking distance to common facilities such as stores, schools, recreational and entertainment areas. This would bring people closer together as a neighborhood, fostering friendships, caring for one another and reducing crime. The walking-distance proximity would also dramatically decrease the current dependency (90%) on automobiles for personal or family errands and activities.

• Science and Technology

Within the global community, Hawaii has an impressive record for innovations in science and technology. Hawaii researchers are on the verge of revolutionary breakthroughs in renewable energy, bio-technology, marine-culture, medicine, software development and so forth.

For example, Hawaii bio-tech researchers developed and Hawaii farmers produce 95% of all the seed stock for corn grown in North America. Hawaii is a world leader in tropical agriculture. Hawaii provides the brood stock for the vast shrimp-exporting operations of China. Advanced business systems, security systems, defense systems, and so forth, around the world, operate on Hawaii-created computer software.

Aloha Aina intends to carry Hawaii’s cutting edge scientific research into practical applications that will address pressing problems facing humanity and society.

High on Aloha Aina’s priority list is the elimination of Hawaii’s perilous dependency on oil-generated energy. This can be accomplished by utilizing renewable energy such as wind, solar, ocean, geo-thermal, bio-fuels (i.e. ethanol); all of which are in advanced stages of development here in Hawaii. These, coupled with highly innovative proprietary technology for electro magnetic field generation would effectively fulfill Hawaii’s energy needs, and provide renewable energy systems for nations around the world.

• Economy, Resources

Aloha Aina will help shape Hawaii’s strategic mid-Pacific position, its multi-national composition and its broad range of expertise, into a hub of international trade, hosting clearinghouse and central banking services, stock and commodities markets, and other world-trade activities.

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At the same time, Aloha Aina will use its resources to encourage micro-bank services, consulting systems and other kinds of programs geared to build lively, innovative and diverse local enterprises, and provide Hawaii with a strong complement as well as a hedge to the current economic generators of tourism, military and agricultural exports. Aloha Aina will encourage capitalization of marketable products derived from Hawaii’s innovative advances in science and technology. (See preceding section on Science and Technology)

Aloha Aina will emphasize stewardship of our vital resources and environment by replenishing Hawaii’s ecosystems and ensuring that endangered species and natural habitats are maintained and protected. Aloha Aina will support a vigorous program to eliminate dangerous invasive alien plants, animals, and sea life. Aloha Aina will also assist programs to remove chemical contamination, explosive ordinance and other hazardous residues from Hawaii’s lands, fresh water systems and ocean.

An island society also faces unique challenges: from limited resources, to limited space, to the critical problem of waste treatment and disposal. Aloha Aina will ensure that practices are adopted so that such human demands on Hawaii’s resources and infrastructure can be effectively managed and sustained.

• New Vision, Education

As Hawaii experiences transformation, a new vision among young and old will begin to take hold— a vision of self-reliance; a spirit of independence; a sense of confidence and hope for the future. This positive shift in attitude is a crucial factor to triggering systemic changes throughout the institutions of Hawaiian society — family, community, lifestyles, business, industry, policy-making and so forth.

Utilizing this climate of optimism, Aloha Aina plans to participate in overhauling Hawaii’s educational system by providing financial support and incentives to shift it from its current bureaucratic stagnation, into an exciting, challenging, productive enterprise, yielding excellence in mathematics, science, technology, social sciences and business.

Aloha Aina will also direct significant resources for teaching and training in traditional knowledge and skills, along with industrial arts, farming, fishing, aqua-culture, ranching; ensuring those with productive talents and skills are an integral and dignified part of Hawaii’s society.

• Conflict Resolution

What the world needs now is Aloha. The late respected Hawaiian elder Pilahi Paki, once said: “… in the next millennium the world will turn to Hawaii as they search for world peace because Hawaii has the key… and that key is Aloha.” Aloha is more than a word that means hello, goodbye or love. It is an invocation of the Divine, the acknowledgement of, and respect for, the sacredness of life in another. Based on this fundamental truth of Aloha, Hawaiian society developed many profound concepts that

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embody the highest ideals for society: peace, harmony, unconditional love, respect, tolerance, cooperation and much more. One of the derivatives of Aloha is a highly effective method used for conflict resolution called, Ho‘oponopono.Aloha Aina plans to develop an international reconciliation center that shares, teaches, instills, and activates the practice of ho’oponopono as a way that individuals, factions, people groups and even nations, can pursue conflict resolution. The international reconciliation center will utilize all available technology — mass media, the world wide web, the arts, and so forth — to broadcast, disseminate, inculcate and otherwise spread Hawaii’s message of peace with the world community.

We believe that while the symptoms certainly need to be treated, the problems will only be solved when the causes are eliminated. Thus, while providing relief for immediate needs, Aloha Aina’s real thrust will be to attack the systemic problems by providing visionary leadership and resources necessary to institute long-term solutions; to literally transform Hawaii into a model modern society yet still based on time-honored traditional values and truths.

Aloha Aina, will use the finances to infuse: 1) the operational expenses of the above projects and 2) the seeding, development and facilitation of programs to activate long-term benefits to the health and welfare of the people of Hawaii, through the programs of the seven project departments summarized above.*

*(See Narratives for more details)

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Rebuilding the Governmentof the Hawaiian Kingdom

About Rebuilding the Government Contrary to popular belief, Hawaii is not a part of the United States! In essence, the Hawaiian Islands continues to be a sovereign, independent nation even though it has been occupied by the United States through a series of deceitful and illegal acts spanning the past 119 years. The unlawful occupation resulted in the suppression of the Hawaiian people and seizure and deprivation of their lands.

Hawaii is in an excellent position to realize the restoration of its lawful government. The facts of the United States’ prolonged violations of Hawaii’s sovereignty are known, documented and irrefutable. Even two presidents of the US have formally admitted that their actions that affected the takeover of Hawaii were illegal.

After many years by many Hawaiian patriots campaigning for the restoration of their nation, the Hawaiian Kingdom is on the verge of achieving that breakthrough to freedom. The Hawaiian Kingdom government has been reactivated and local and international awareness of Hawaii’s situation is approaching the ‘critical mass’ that would trigger the release of Hawaii from U.S. occupation.

The anticipated result would be freedom for the Hawaiian Kingdom and its people, allowing them to determine how to rebuild into a peaceful, stable, prosperous and secure nation and reengage as a participating member of the world community.

The immediate goal of Ali'i Nui Mo'i Edmund Keli’i Silva, and the Hawaiian Kingdom government is to facilitate the reconstruction of the necessary governing structures for the nation, to be ready when the transition occurs.

It is our plan to accomplish this by applying over the next two years, 20% ($500 million) of the requested funds toward:

1) Reconstructing the various branches of the kingdom government, the central bank, the currency, the courts system, etc. Identifying and documenting the ‘body politic’ (citizens) of the Hawaiian Kingdom; holding elections for the legislature; convening a constitutional convention, etc.

2) Beginning examination and evaluation of land titles to create an accurate account of Hawaii’s lands. Identifying existing state/federal infrastructure and operations that would be transitioned into the kingdom. Building international relations through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Developing a robust local and international information network and dissemination of collateral materials.

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Current Status

The physical mechanisms and operations of government are already functioning under the “State of Hawaii” and US Federal government. Most of these government services are staffed and run by Hawaii residents; local people fully capable with the skills, knowledge and experience to continue serving under the Hawaiian Kingdom government. In essence, government services would continue without disruption. Any major policy changes would be phased in gradually.

Due to the efforts of many people over the years, the Hawaiian Kingdom is already in the process of being restored. Numerous legal notices have been filed and actions taken to assert and reactivate the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign, independent nation in continuity. Many Hawaiians have stepped forward to serve as officials of the interim re-emerging government. Educational and recruitment programs are underway to awaken, grow and certify the body politic of the nation. The Hawaiian Kingdom has been actively engaged in carrying on discourse with other nations, international bodies and agencies. Lawsuits are being prepared to press our case before international courts; notices, complaints and petitions for remedy will be presented to international forums.

We have made considerable progress, but to really bring our case forward will take considerable finances. The chronic lack of finances is the main factor that is hindering our movement. A sizeable infusion of funds is crucial at this point, in order to overcome the two main obstacles to our freedom: 1) the reluctance of the United States to withdraw from our nation and 2) the tendency of the rest of the world to not take our struggle for freedom seriously. An infusion of funds is needed to develop, actualize and empower a valid kingdom government; to organize our people into a cohesive, credible political entity; and to tell our compelling story and present our case to the international community.

• Government Offices and Operations The Executive Branch – Fund interim offices, staff and operating expenses for the Monarch and the ministries of his cabinet, the administrators for the Kingdom government. These interim facilities will be necessary only until such time as the US withdraws its puppet government (the State of Hawaii), at which point all their offices (the Capitol, office buildings, courthouses, work-yards, motor-pools, service facilities, etc., etc.) become property of the Kingdom government. The ‘State Capitol Building’ becomes the Hawaiian Kingdom Capitol Building, etc.

Monarch – As the Kingdom of Hawaii, the most important position is that of the Monarch. Establishing the position and duties of the monarch, involves supplying

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the monarch with the budget and operating facilities necessary for him to carry out his functions of providing leadership as head of state; asserting the authority of the crown; selecting and overseeing the operations of the cabinet members and their departments; organizing national security (including a military force and protection of Hawaii harbors, fishing grounds and other ocean resources, economic zone, etc.); receiving foreign dignitaries; signing treaties and trade agreements; serving the people by making sure everything is peaceful and in order.

Ministry of the Interior – This is the biggest department in the government that will require offices and staff through the interim period. Once the kingdom government is restored, the facilities of the many agencies and departments of the ‘State of Hawaii’ and US Federal government, will revert to the Ministry of the Interior. In the interim, the Interior Minister will need operational facilities to conduct his duties of: educating the public of the restored Hawaiian Kingdom, helping people to claim their citizenship in the Hawaiian Kingdom. Identifying, validating, registering and documenting the ‘body politic’ (citizens) of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Provide education services on the duties and responsibilities of citizenship. Provide registration of vehicles, vessels, businesses, etc. Issuing various certificates and documentations. Repatriating lands into the Hawaiian Kingdom and into the hands of the proper heirs.

During the interim the Ministry of the Interior must also conduct an assessment and evaluation of the public education system, transportation system, airports and harbors, public lands (forests, watersheds, shoreline and near-shore, parks, etc.), land titles, natural resources, agriculture, business licensing and regulations, the health care system, etc., etc. In order to do this assessment and evaluation, Interior will have to hire many consultants and experts.

Ministry of Finance – The Ministry of Finance will be responsible for reactivating the treasury of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the central bank and formats for chartering and regulating financial institutions. The finance minister will re-institute the Hawaiian Kingdom tax system and create a finance-friendly environment for entrepreneurial opportunities in the Hawaiian Kingdom. The interim period should be utilized to set up the following financial mechanisms:

• Central Bank

Reactivate the Hawaiian Kingdom Postal Savings Bank (the lawful central bank for the Hawaiian Kingdom) under the jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Kingdom; engage a professional competent staff; obtain a secure site for the central bank; install safeguards against foreign interference or encroachment; secure initial capitalization; seek investors and depositors. Install sophisticated firewalls and

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other asset protection systems. Reactivate membership in the Universal Postal Union, issue postage stamps and provide mail services.

• Currency and Monetary System

The Hawaiian Kingdom had its own currency based on the gold standard. It was discontinued by the United States after the so-called “annexation.” It is our intent to reactivate and bring forward the “Hawaii Kala,” the official currency of the Hawaiian Kingdom, which in these economic times, would become very attractive to all investors, large and small, as well as foreign capital and collectors. The finance ministry will establish printing and minting capabilities; participate in international currency trading and exchange platforms. Install asset protection systems.

• Pacific Development Bank

The Hawaiian Kingdom was once an integral part of the family of Pacific Island nations. As a restored, independent nation we would renew those ties and resume a position of active participation in Pacific affairs. It is our intent to establish a Pacific-centric development bank that would invest in and assist Pacific Islands with development projects to improve infrastructure, health, energy, food, water, etc. The development bank would also address environmental concerns, support entrepreneurship (macro and micro business), inter-island trade, etc. The Pacific development bank would also partner with other regional and global development funds. This would require establishing secure operations protecting assets from foreign encroachment and recruiting managers and staff knowledgeable in Pacific Islands matters.

Attorney General – The office of Attorney General, like the other ministers, has been active over the past few years, operating with practically no funds to accomplish wonders in protecting Hawaiian Nationals by challenging the jurisdictions of the “State of Hawaii” and the United States. Funding would allow the AG’s office to increase its ability to function better in maintaining the integrity of the Hawaiian Kingdom, producing documents consistent with Hawaiian Kingdom laws; providing counsel to the government and the people; filing documents seeking legal recourse and restitution for Hawaiian Kingdom nationals who were improperly prosecuted under foreign (unlawful) jurisdictions, and so forth. Interim funds would help in the issuing lawful notices and filings to protect the Hawaiian Kingdom and Hawaiian Nationals from further harassment by agencies and agents of the “State of Hawaii” and U.S. federal government. It would enable the AG to establish and staff the offices of law enforcement, sheriffs, marshals, magistrates, etc. Sufficient funding would enable the AG to go on the offense and mount major lawsuits against the

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United States in the appropriate venues, whether they be the Hawaiian Kingdom Supreme Court, US Supreme Court or the International Court of Justice.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been active over the past dozen years working in many areas. Its efforts are aimed at re-establishing the Hawaiian Kingdom’s status, position and presence in the community of nations. To that end, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is endeavoring to reactivate diplomatic relations with countries with whom our nation had treaties; developing and expanding international relations; formulating treaties and trade agreements with newly emerged nations, restoring and establishing diplomatic legations and missions (in the 1890s we had over 90) around the world; maintaining communication and dialog necessary for effective foreign relations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would also be the lead agency for conducting reconciliation and the lead agency for negotiating the terms for the peaceful, orderly withdrawal of the United States from Hawaii to end the illegal occupation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would also be the lead agency for establishing a world peace center to be based in Hawaii. Adequate funding would greatly expedite matters for the Kingdom to realize its foreign affairs objectives.

The Judicial Branch – In 1996, the Hawaiian Kingdom published public notices to reactivate the lawful judicial system of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Since then the court has been operating, but in a very limited capacity due to lack of funding. In order for the Judiciary to be fully functional and credible, the Kingdom would need to engage professional international legal consultants to organize and implement a certifiable, competent Hawaiian Kingdom judicial system. Funds would be needed to provide offices, staff and operating expenses for the Kingdom courts to function during the interim period and to eventually make the transition to take over the facilities of the “State of Hawaii” and US Federal courts. A functioning court of competent jurisdiction, asserting laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom validates the existence and lawfulness of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Rebuilding the court system would require educating and recruiting officers and personnel to staff the various courts, enforcement agencies, etc.

A special land court would be needed to unravel the tremendous confusion caused by over a hundred years of questionable practices in maintaining titles and conveyances of land.

The Kingdom Supreme Court would have to address whether or not to validate the rulings made by kupuna (elders) councils and other tribunal rulings made in exigency by Hawaiian nationals invoking Hawaiian Kingdom laws and jurisdiction during the occupation period.

Even in this interim period, the Hawaiian Kingdom courts will have to formally try and adjudicate cases as they are brought to them. It is also the court’s responsibility to

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operate the penal system. A considerable amount of time and resources would have to be expended to evaluate and devise a smooth transition for the change over of prison operations from the “State of Hawaii” to the Hawaiian Kingdom. The courts would also have to set up a special review panel to reevaluate the prison population and determine which persons were wrongfully incarcerated and how to affect the release of those held for political reasons rather than actual crimes.

The Legislative Branch – The formation of the legislative body for the Hawaiian Kingdom government is already underway. An interim legislature was elected in 1999 and has been periodically updated and operating since then. At present a major drive needs to be mounted to register and enroll a larger number of Hawaiian nationals. Using the rolls of registered Hawaiian Kingdom nationals, a new election will be organized and conducted for voters to select representatives from each district of the Hawaiian Islands (delineated by the Hawaiian Kingdom constitution and statutes) to serve in the national legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The king will then call the legislature into session for them to bring proposals from their districts, discuss and enact laws and policies, draw up and adopt operating budgets for government services assist in the selection of key government officials, and otherwise conduct the business of the Hawaiian Kingdom. As necessary, the legislature will also authorize the organizing and convening of a constitutional convention to update the Hawaiian Kingdom constitution.

• Communications and Public Relations

It is tantamount in this day and age, that the Hawaiian Kingdom develops and builds a sophisticated and extensive communications network to keep Hawaiians locally and abroad, and the rest of the world, well informed of the activities, events and other matters pertaining to the Hawaiian Kingdom.

It is also important that Hawaii maintains and exploits its position as the “crossroads of the Pacific” in becoming a communications hub for international trade and foreign relations, particularly for Asia and the Pacific.

As the Hawaiian Kingdom is restored, it assumes the responsibility to own, regulate and maintain the rights to Hawaii airspace, including airplane routes, satellite positioning and telecommunication transmissions. The Hawaiian Kingdom would also own the rights to land/sea communications that pass through Hawaiian territory and economic zones.

Funding would be expended to secure and develop these telecommunications and territorial resources.

Special funding will also be designated for a public relations department whose purpose would be to educate and promote positive ideas, visions and expectations

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regarding the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The department would create and/or produce TV programs, documentaries, movies, books, pamphlets, art, music, theater, etc. These would be geared for Hawaiians (local and abroad) and international audiences to educate, inform, maintain and enhance a positive image of Hawaii.

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Projected Yearly Operationand Rounded Budget

The $500,000,000 of funds allocated for “Rebuilding the Government” are to be expended over five years to assist in the transition from the occupation period to the full restoration of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The funds will be disbursed according to the policies and goals set by Ali'i Nui Mo'i Edmund K. Silva, and his panel of advisors…

First Year – $100,000,000

During the First Year, the Kingdom government will acquire, renovate, occupy and bring its interim capitol office building into operation. The Government will retain services of the various administrative personnel (monarchial staff, Cabinet Council members and their staff). The four members of the cabinet Council will pull together their teams to assess, identify, prioritize and produce strategies for immediate and long-term action for their respective departments.

The public relations department will begin producing and disseminating materials for a protracted campaign to inform and persuade the public to embrace the concepts of independence and the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

During the First Year, the Government will have also begun allocating finances and resources to implement immediate-priority projects (e.g. expanding activities in foreign ministry, interior ministry, setting up financial mechanisms, the court system, etc.). The Government will have begun operations of its neighbor island offices and citizenship enrollment. By the end of the First Year, the Government will have expended $100 million toward administrative operations and the designated government projects.

Second Year – $100,000,000

During its Second Year, the Government will continue building necessary government infrastructure and mechanisms to advance the Kingdom toward restoration and independence. Several treaties with foreign governments will have been enacted, the central bank started, talks with the US begun, elections held and the legislature convened. By the end of the Second Year, the Government will have expended another $100 million toward rebuilding the Hawaiian Kingdom government.

Third Year – $100,000,000During its Third Year, the administration, the courts and the legislature should be in full operation and plans made and dates set to transition the operations of the “State of Hawaii” into the Hawaiian Kingdom. Plans would also be made and dates set to transfer the operations of the United States government to the Hawaiian Kingdom. By the end of the Third Year, the

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Government will have expended another $100 million toward rebuilding the Hawaiian Kingdom government.

Fourth Year – $100,000,000

During its Fourth Year, the Hawaiian Kingdom would step in to take over the government operations of the former “State of Hawaii,” the counties and the domestic services of the US. Most of the officials and workers serving in “state” positions would be retained. All businesses in Hawaii would be registered under the Hawaiian Kingdom. Tax and other revenues formerly paid to the “State of Hawaii” would be collected by the Hawaiian Kingdom under the Kingdom’s tax laws. By the end of the Fourth Year, the Government will have expended another $100 million.

Fifth Year – $100,000,000

During its Fifth Year, it is expected that the U.S. will meet the terms negotiated* for its withdrawal and the Hawaiian Kingdom would be in full control of the Hawaiian Islands. As with the “state,” many of the officials and workers serving in “federal” positions would be retained to serve the Kingdom. By the end of the Fifth Year, the Government will have expended its final $100 million from the original allocation.* Depending on negotiations, US military installations in Hawaii will either be vacated or considerably reduced.

Project CompletionAt the end of five years, the Hawaiian Kingdom government will be in full control of the Hawaiian Islands and operating as an independent nation. The $500,000,000 of assistance from this request will have been expended to get to this point and to position the Hawaiian Kingdom government to be able to function independently on revenues from taxes, fees, trade, restitutions, leases, business enterprises and other sources of supplemental revenues.

Please read the following article titled The Basis for the Restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom for background and the legal and moral reasons this endeavor is worthy to pursue.

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THE BASIS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

A REPORT FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDSby

Ali‘i Nui Mo‘i, Edmund Keli‘i Silva, Jr.in collaboration with

Ke Kuhina O Na ‘Aina E, Leon Kaulahao SiuAli‘i Mana‘o Nui, Lanny Alan Sinkin

In 1994, after having been impaired for 100 years under an unlawful occupation of our homelands by the United States, we the people — the surviving remnants of Ke Aupuni O Hawaii, the Hawaiian Kingdom — began the process of peacefully restoring our country’s rightful standing as a sovereign, independent, neutral nation. This is a thumbnail sketch of the basis for the restoration.

BRIEF HISTORY

By the mid-Nineteenth Century, the Hawaiian Kingdom was a progressive, literate, flourishing, peaceful, independent, Christian nation, conducting lively trade and discourse among the nations of the world. Hawaii’s enlightened leaders had instituted a constitutional form of government in 1840 (long before many other nations), and became the first non-Euro/American member of the Family of Nations. The Hawaiian monarchy also entered into formal relationships with the crown heads of Europe, Asia and the Pacific. The Hawaiian Kingdom initiated an association of the nations of Oceania. The Hawaiian Kingdom had more than 90 diplomatic legations around the world.

In January 1893, without provocation and without warning, the United States landed marines in Honolulu to support a coup d’etat of the Hawaiian Kingdom government by a handful of powerful businessmen. To avoid needless bloodshed, the Queen, Lili’uokalani, wisely yielded to the superior power of the United States — not to the insurrectionists — thus placing the responsibility to rectify the unlawful action, squarely upon the shoulders of the United States.

After concluding an official investigation, U.S. President Grover Cleveland, in an address to the U.S. Congress, admitted that the United States’ actions in supporting the illegal takeover of the Hawaiian Kingdom was unlawful and constituted “an act of war” against a friendly nation, an egregious violation of international law. To rectify this

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regretful action, Cleveland pledged U.S. assistance to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom. That pledge has yet to be honored.

Up until that admitted illegal action, the United States had consistently and unconditionally recognized Hawaii as a sovereign national state. This was affirmed by several treaties and conventions made between these two countries. Though they have since been repeatedly ignored by the United States, these treaties have not been rescinded or annulled. Thus, they still stand.

The sovereign status of the Hawaiian Kingdom was also undeniably confirmed by duly executed treaties with 17 other nation states including Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, Samoa and so forth.

The overwhelming resistance (public discourse, protests, petitions, lobbying) mounted by the leaders and subjects of the Hawaiian Kingdom, as well as the intrinsic illegality of the U.S. actions caused the U.S. to fail in two attempts (1893 and 1897) to annex the Hawaiian Islands. However, in 1898, under the guise of ‘military necessity’ (the Spanish American War) the U.S. resorted to unlawful means to seize Hawaii without a treaty of annexation.

Since that 1893 coup d’etat, the United States has admitted twice — first in President Grover Cleveland’s address to the U.S. Congress in 1893, then in the Apology Law (USPL 103-150) issued by U.S. President William Clinton and the U.S. Congress in 1993 — that the U.S. wrongfully participated in the unlawful takeover of the national government of the Hawaiian Kingdom and that the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom was never relinquished.

These two admissions of wrongdoing, spaced a hundred years apart, prove that the U.S. has known all along that its various claims of hegemony (regarding title or jurisdiction) over Hawaii are false. It also means that all subsequent governing entities installed in Hawaii by the U.S., namely the former “Territory of Hawaii” and the present-day “State of Hawaii,” are unlawful fabrications.

THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM STILL EXISTS

The historical facts and points of law pertaining to the nationhood status of the Hawaiian Kingdom are clear. Despite the procession of U.S.-installed, puppet governments since 1893, the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom was never relinquished or extinguished, and the Hawaiian Kingdom continues to exist as a sovereign national entity.

In December 2000, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague (The World Court) heard a case involving a subject of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the government of the

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Hawaiian Kingdom, thus establishing that both parties — the subject and the government — possessed standing in international court. In that case, the World Court regarded the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign national governing entity.

In July 2002, Dr. Matthew Craven, Reader of International Law SOAS, University of London, issued a legal opinion titled The Continuity of the Hawaiian Kingdom, confirming that, according to the standards of international law, the Hawaiian Kingdom is in “continuity” — it still exists. Dr. Craven’s scholarly analysis was published in the Hawaiian Journal of Law & Politics: Summer 2004.

The continuity of the Hawaiian Kingdom is also supported by: …a 1994 legal brief by the prominent expert on nationhood, Professor Francis A. Boyle; …a 1994 tribunal convened under the auspices of the United Nations; and… numerous legal filings in various jurisdictions that attest to the fact that the Hawaiian Kingdom is still in existence. The matter is currently under review by the Secretary General, the Security Council and various commissions and agencies of the United Nations.

Furthermore, the Hawaiian Kingdom still exists because neither title to the lands or governing authority of the Hawaiian Islands was ever lawfully conveyed or transferred to the United States or any other governing entity, domestic or foreign. All ceremonies, documents, organic laws and so forth made after January 17, 1893 are invalid, as they were conducted under false pretenses, in unlawful jurisdictions, by dishonest persons bent on perpetrating fraud. These measures, instituted and executed by the United States for its own purposes, lack lawful authority over the still extant Hawaiian Kingdom and its people.

Therefore, the United States’ presence in Hawaii and its claim of jurisdiction over the Hawaiian Islands is not merely defective, it is patently fraudulent. Furthermore, by forcibly applying U.S. domestic laws to Hawaii (a sovereign nation, foreign to the U.S.) and the people of Hawaii (nationals foreign to the U.S.), the United States is in utter violation of international laws regarding occupation and trust responsibilities.

Most importantly, the Hawaiian Kingdom still exists because the people still exist. The people of Hawaii have never relinquished their God-given rights of citizenship in the Hawaiian Kingdom.

THE CURRENT SITUATION

While admitting complicity in, and responsibility for the takeover of Hawaii, the United States has thus far refused to respond to polite and reasonable demands to return the nation. Instead, the U.S. has chosen to arrogantly dismiss the matter, to ignore all references to Hawaiian nationhood and to deviously deflect the focus from a citizen-

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based “national identity” to that of racially-based “aboriginal (native, indigenous) rights.”

By using this tactic of substituting ethnicity for nationality, the United States masks the real issue of Hawaiian independence with “Native Hawaiian rights” and U.S.-granted entitlement programs. Though the Hawaiian Kingdom still exists, most of the people of Hawaii have succumbed to the 100-plus years of unrelenting U.S. propaganda and indoctrination embedding the deception that Hawaii is a “state” of the United States and that the people of Hawaii are United States citizens.Even many of those who know the facts —that the “overthrow,” “annexation” and “statehood” were unlawful fabrications — have come to regard the U.S. occupation of Hawaii is so entrenched that restoring the Hawaiian Kingdom is either inconceivable, unrealistic, or impossible.

Add to that the confusion and obfuscation caused by the United States’ persistent, deliberate blurring of the issue, substituting “native Hawaiian (indigenous) rights” for that of “Hawaiian national rights.”

The U.S. and its puppet, the State of Hawaii, deliberately use this confusion in order to keep the focus off the United States’ illegal occupation of a nation, turning it to illusory concepts like, “federal recognition,” “tribal status” and “Native Hawaiian Governing Entity.”

The recent stampede to “save” native-Hawaiian entitlement programs through a measure commonly called, the Akaka Bill, being considered by the U.S. Congress, is a case in point. The bill invokes “native rights” sidestepping the real issue — the theft of a nation and the capture of its people — and thus seeks to invoke an insufficient remedy. The good news is that after 10 years of failure, the prospects of Akaka Bill being passed by the US Congress is highly remote.

United States-created agencies like the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Organizations like the Kamehameha Schools and other “ali‘i (royalty) trusts” (initially formed as trusts under the Hawaiian Kingdom but now operating as U.S. non-profit corporations) continue the futile quest for protection and redress in the U.S. courts system. However, since these are racially defined “Native Hawaiian” entities, and since U.S. discrimination laws prohibit race-based programs, the U.S. Courts will not rule favorably for these Native Hawaiian entities.

More importantly, since the U.S. Courts have no lawful jurisdiction in the Hawaiian Kingdom, they will not — indeed, they can not — render justice in Hawaii for the simple reason that American laws, except by fraud, do not apply in the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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THE CURRENT CONDITION

Colonization is so thorough that economically and practically, Hawaii is almost entirely dependent upon the United States for sustenance. Over 90% of Hawaii’s food and consumer products are imported from or through the United States. Transportation, communications, utilities, trade, monetary system, education, land use, natural resources, human resources, law enforcement, administration of justice, national defense and all other vital components of a modern society are completely controlled by the United States and its agencies.Hawaii has become, for the most part, a clone of American culture. Value systems, lifestyles, language, dress, work objectives, goals, aspirations and so forth, all mirror the American template. As a result, many native Hawaiians have never quite fit the mold, and in the process of being sifted through the sieve of the American system, Hawaiians end up populating the bottom layer of society; downtrodden, disenfranchised and homeless in their own native land.

The theft of a nation and the prolonged occupation has created not just economic and cultural injuries, it has left deep wounds on the psyche and spirit of the native Hawaiian people. The injury to the host people of the islands permeates all of society in the form of a spiritual imbalance; a sense that an offense left unresolved is a curse upon all of society. It is systemic in nature.

Ironically as more problems arise to the detriment of the Hawaiian people, more and more of the people awaken to the truth about Hawaii’s situation. Many have come to identify the problem as stemming from the theft of their nation and the false pretenses of the United States’ presence in Hawaii.

The growing sentiment is: We were led to believe we were adopted, but now find out had been kidnapped!

Discontent has been growing, but so has optimism. The momentum is mounting at the grassroots level to directly address the core problem, causing more and more people to believe that an independent Hawaiian nation is not only desirable, but achievable.

RECLAIMING A NATION

At no other moment in world history has the emphasis been so strongly upon encouraging nations and people groups to invoke and assert their rights to self-determination. The United Nations maintains several agencies and mechanisms to promote independence and self-determination.

All modern American Presidents have repeatedly declared that the overarching objective of U.S. foreign policy is to foster freedom and democracy (self-governance) throughout the world. It is even the United States’ officially articulated rationale to

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justify its military incursions into unstable foreign countries, including the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

In this regard, the United States’ hundred-plus years’ illegal occupation of the Hawaiian Islands, is an unjustifiable, indefensible, hypocritical and extremely embarrassing violation of international laws and standards.

The time is ripe for Hawaii to peacefully press to regain its independence and to once again build a thriving, lawful, prosperous, neutral, nation. Conditions are right to gain the sympathy and support of the international community.

It is also time for the United States to demonstrate its sincerity and commitment to the cause of freedom and self-determination. By honorably, peacefully and gracefully ending to its unlawful occupation of Hawaii, the United States can turn this disgraceful foreign policy episode into a positive example of goodwill and peace making.

REINSTATEMENT

Even though the transition of Hawaii from occupation to independence could be a long and complicated process, nevertheless, the journey has begun.

In recent years the “Hawaiian Sovereignty” movement has gone through a metamorphosis. What began as factions of justifiably angry and hurt people demanding retribution for injuries sustained from the theft of their nation, has matured into a lawful, organized society of Hawaiian nationals methodically and confidently asserting their lawful, sovereign nation, the Hawaiian Kingdom.

In 1996, the national government of the Hawaiian Kingdom was formally brought out of its 103-year-long state of limbo and reinstated as the lawful governing entity of the Hawaiian Islands according to the still extant Constitution and laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Ke Aupuni o Hawaii formed an interim government to assert jurisdiction and restore lawful governance; and to reactivate the body-politic (subjects, citizens, nationals) of the Hawaiian Islands.

STRUGGLES IN THE REBIRTH OF A NATION

It has not been an easy undertaking. The corporate entities, the U.S. Federal Government and the “State of Hawaii” have adopted practices to deal harshly with anyone questioning, challenging or exposing the illegal occupation. Hawaiian Kingdom nationals attempting to live under the laws of their own nation are routinely persecuted and prosecuted by the police and agents of the courts of the U.S. Federal Government and the “State of Hawaii.” Hawaiian Kingdom subjects, living peacefully within their own country are arrested and forcibly dragged into the unlawful, rogue jurisdictions of the U.S. Federal Government and the “State of Hawaii,” convicted on false charges and ordered to pay steep fines and/or serve inordinately severe jail sentences. Some

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Hawaiian Kingdom subjects have even been incarcerated for years without formal charges or trials. The court systems of the occupation force have inflicted financial ruin, vilification, personal abuse and even physical torture upon Hawaiian Nationals held as political prisoners.

Judges in the “State of Hawaii” and U.S. Federal courts have refused to provide proof that their jurisdiction in Hawaii is lawful; and State and Federal judges have refused to acknowledge the lawful jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the rights of Hawaiian nationals living in their own nation, under their own laws. This refusal to allow Hawaiian Nationals to challenge the jurisdictions of State of Hawaii and Federal U.S. courts, and to assert the jurisdiction of their own Hawaiian Kingdom government, enables the state and federal judges to conspire to violate their own laws when necessary. In blatant violation of their own (U.S.) laws, state and federal judges ignore legal motions, affidavits, interrogatories and even habeas corpus filings by Hawaiian Nationals, thus depriving Hawaiian Nationals of due process and other basic constitutional protections afforded to even the worst criminal offenders, foreign or domestic.

To avoid persecution, Hawaiian Kingdom nationals living in Hawaii have had to exist furtively in the shadows on the fringes of society, covertly flying below the radar of the authorities of the hostile occupation forces.

This condition of hostile occupation makes it difficult for Hawaiian nationals to conduct many of their everyday activities. Driving a vehicle, opening a bank account, purchasing or renting a car or a home, cannot be easily done in Hawaii by those who identify themselves as Hawaiian Nationals. Even though these options are available to foreign nationals (e.g. Japanese, Canadians, British, French, etc.), Hawaiian Nationals living in their own nation (Hawaii) are shut out, unless they can find a way to work around the discriminatory prohibitions and barriers. In reality, the U.S. treats Hawaiian Nationals living in Hawaii as having the status of illegal aliens and worse.

Being a Hawaiian National is not easy, yet those who pursue independence continue to do so with the expectation that in the end, justice will prevail and freedom will return to our island nation.

As the Hawaiian Kingdom transitions to being fully operational, it is hoped that despite its present reluctance, the United States will honor its treaties and covenants with Hawaii and conforming to international laws, begin to peacefully and honorably withdraw from its prolonged illegal occupation of Hawaii.

IMPLICATIONS OF RESTORATION

The restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom represents more than the return of stolen property. It is more than restoring the proper governing entity. It is more than restoring

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the sovereign political status of a nation. The restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom is a matter of making things pono — making things right before God. It is correcting a wrong and bringing restoration, and healing. It is restoring spiritual balance, order and peace.

Making things right by restoring the Hawaiian Kingdom will have a far more profound effect than mere political and economic benefits to Hawaii’s people. The restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom would resolve a long-standing offense, a grievous act gone unanswered for over 100 years.

The restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom would bring resolution and vindication to the hearts of those Hawaiian patriots who stood for the sovereignty of their nation over the past hundred years. It would bring healing to our land. It would bring relief and absolution to the downtrodden and the wrongly persecuted. It would mean living as free men in charge of our own nation and our own destiny… replete with all its challenges, rewards and responsibilities.

In addition, freedom for Hawaii would produce freedom for the United States from the curse of living under hewa (wrongdoing) as the perpetrator of a prolonged and terrible injustice.

RESOLUTION

This is a complex issue. The only way restoration of the independent nation of Hawaii can be realized is through reliance on the still intact Hawaiian Kingdom laws and the supernatural powers of Aloha.

Apologies mean nothing unless they are followed by corresponding actions. The appropriate action to undo its unlawful violation and occupation of Hawaii would be for the United States to conduct a peaceful and orderly withdrawal from Hawaii and allow the true independent nation, the Hawaiian Kingdom, to resume its separate and equal station among the nations of the Earth.

It is hoped that the American people will soon come to realize the truth about what occurred in Hawaii and will petition their government to act justly and with compassion to release this small nation.

It is hoped that the nations with whom Hawaii enjoyed treaties will also honor their hundred-plus years’ commitments and support the restoration of Hawaii’s independence.

It is hoped that the U.S. and other foreign countries will provide sufficient grace and assistance to the people of Hawaii as we rebuild our nation.

The mechanisms of law and spirit are already in place, put there by the wise men and women who birthed our nation and lovingly nurtured it into being a significant

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participant upon the world stage. They helped to forge the concept of international neutrality, and demonstrated the ideal that Aloha is a better way to resolve disputes than armed conflict — even if it takes over a hundred years!

It is this amazing power of Aloha that Queen Lili‘uokalani invoked and set into motion, that has preserved Hawaii as a people and a nation. Hawaii has acted with honesty and grace throughout this long ordeal. It is this Aloha that will carry Hawaii forward over the coming hurdles, and stand as a testimony to the world — a testimony of justice and a truly shining example of the awesome reconciling and healing power of Aloha.

— Aloha ke Akua —

Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono

This is an official publication of the Hawaiian Kingdom PressNou ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawaii

1760 Mahani Loop. Honolulu Hawaii 96819

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HAWAIIAN KINGDOM TREATIES

Upon uniting all the Hawaiian Islands in 1810, Kamehameha the Great conducted trade with vessels from various foreign countries and entered into formal nation-to-nation trade agreements and treaties.

In 1843, Hawaiian diplomats succeeded in securing recognition of the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom from Great Britain and France. The United States followed suit the next year. As a result, the Hawaiian Kingdom established treaties with the major nations of the world and by the latter part of the 19th Century had established over ninety legations and consulates all over the world. None of these treaties have been abrogated, so they are actually still in effect. Following is a partial list.

• Austria-Hungary in 1875

• Belgium in 1862

• Denmark in 1846

• France 1846 and 1857

• Germany in 1879

• Great Britain in 1836, 1846 and 1851

• Italy in 1863

• Japan in 1871 and 1886

• Netherlands in 1862

• Portugal in 1882

• Russia in 1869

• Samoa in 1887

• Spain in 1863

• Swiss Confederation in 1864

• Sweden and Norway in 1852

• United States in 1849, 1870, 1875, 1883, 1884

This is an Official Publication of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government Press

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Aloha Aina PROJECTA Hawaiian Kingdom Commission

About Aloha Aina Project The Hawaiian term, “Aloha Aina” literally means, love of the land. In its deeper sense, Aloha Aina means love of the people, family (past, present and future), the community, nature, the environment, and all that physically and spiritually comprise Hawaii. Hawaiian traditional values reflect Aloha Aina, incorporating the ancient Hawaiian practice of utilizing the talents and skills of everyone in the community, all working responsibly together in harmony, with a commitment for the present and a heart for future generations.

We believe that the time-honored traditional approach of shared vision, shared responsibility and industriousness also holds the key to a vibrant, modern society. It is upon this love for Hawaii and its people that Aloha Aina Project is built.

Organizational StatusAloha Aina Project, is a special commission established and appointed by, and under the direction of, Ali’i Nui Mo’i Edmund Keli’i Silva, Jr. to be a catalyst in developing and implementing urgently needed sustainable practices and programs for the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Mission The mission of Aloha Aina Project is to help build the people of Hawaii into a vibrant, healthy and prosperous society, by using a comprehensive approach to raise and improve the overall quality of life in the Hawaiian Islands.

Impending Crisis Despite outward appearances, Hawaii is at risk of experiencing a devastating societal collapse due to serious flaws inherent in the systems, structures, programs and policies that currently prevail in Hawaii.

Philosophy Aloha Aina believes the solution to the problem of dependency is — self-reliance.

Aloha Aina believes the best way for Hawaii to mitigate the harm that would follow from being cut off from the lifeline of imported goods, is to stop being so dependent on imported goods; to become essentially self-reliant.

Aloha Aina believes that Hawaii’s health problems must be addressed and resolved, and that a large part of that solution is through a healthy diet and healthy lifestyles.

Aloha Aina believes that Hawaii’s housing and high cost-of-living crisis is a reflection of a dysfunctional economic system that must be resolved.

Aloha Aina believes the best way to provide Hawaii’s people with a bright and meaningful future is for Hawaii to become inherently self-reliant. Not only would this put us out of danger,

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but the process of achieving self-reliance would serve to build a much stronger, more productive and caring community.

Primary ObjectivesThe primary objectives of Aloha Aina Project are: to extricate Hawaii from its current vulnerable state of abject economic slavery (dependence on imported food, fuel, commodities, etc.); and to transform Hawaii into a self-reliant, thriving, productive, prosperous, safe and vibrant island community.

The Aloha Aina Project proposes to achieve this by being a catalyst to initiate pro-active measures to meet Hawaii’s most crucial needs in the following two ways:

1) To carefully identify, evaluate and select those existing programs that are contributing to the improvement of the health and well-being of Hawaii’s people, and to channel financial and human resources to infuse said programs with sufficient means to ensure their effectiveness and success; and

2) To bring together and mobilize ideas, practices, programs and people to eliminate (or at least, greatly reduce) those systemic problems that are the root causes of the impending crisis, and to establish sound policies and practices that will ensure sustainability and continued effectiveness for the long-term.

Partnerships Aloha Aina will act as a catalyzing partner to assist the various agencies and organizations to formulate an integrated, comprehensive strategy to facilitate, coordinate and mobilize a concerted effort to turn Hawaii from its present high-risk track into a productive, invigorated, stable and sustainable society.

The key to success for Aloha Aina Project will be its willingness to work together with others for the betterment of all the people of Hawaii. This will be done by carefully listening to the people, carefully assessing the problems, carefully formulating proposals to address the problems, and respecting the work and knowledge of those who are already “in the field.”

Voluminous studies and profuse discussions involving government agencies, scholars and experts, business round-tables, private think-tanks, in-the-field individuals, and hands-on practitioners, have already identified the seriousness of Hawaii’s vulnerabilities. Many worthwhile programs to solve these problems have been proposed and many initiated. But because of chronic under-funding, disjointed bureaucracy, misplaced priorities, lack of urgency and lack of cohesive, long-range vision, practical implementation of these crucial programs have been marginalized and otherwise seriously hampered.

For example, in the area of alternative energy, Hawaii has reached and passed the proverbial “tipping point” to replace oil-generated electricity with alternative, renewable sources such as solar energy. The technology is here; the private sector and utility companies have mounted excellent marketing campaigns to sway public support and encourage individual homeowners to convert to solar energy. The cost of generating electricity from photo-voltaic (solar) cells is practically free, but the high hurdle is the steep initial cost of the photo-voltaic panels. Aloha Aina will help to institute government-provided incentives, industry rebates,

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low interest loans from banks, direct grants from the private sector and foundations, etc. to offset the initial cost of conversion.

(See Project Departments in this narrative for more details)

Style For all the impact that Aloha Aina Project intends to exert, whenever possible, it will operate with a low profile, in the background, to quietly and effectively support and empower those people, organizations, co-ops, companies, who are really doing the hands-on work.

Structure The Commission

The seven commissioners of Aloha Aina Project will be appointed by Ali’i Nui Mo’i Edmund Keli’i Silva, Jr. and will meet regularly to set the direction, policies and objectives and to insure the project is on track with its mission.

Executive Director

The job of the Executive Director of Aloha Aina Project is to carry out the objectives and policies set forth by the Commissioners.

Chief Financial Officer

Aloha Aina will appoint a Chief Financial Officer responsible for overseeing its financial activities and practices. The CFO’s responsibility would be to develop proper management and accounting systems for the various accounts of the project, including the main operations and the individual departments.

Department Chiefs

Aloha Aina will appoint seven Department Chiefs, each one eminently qualified to head his or her department. Their duties will be to define their departments’ key projects, identify the factors involved (budget, timetables, personnel, etc.), set the priorities, create the networks (consultants, implementers, etc.) and direct their projects to accomplish the objectives set forth by the Commission and executed by the Executive Director.

Qualifications

The Department Chiefs will be capable and experienced experts in the area relating to their departments. They will have strong management skills and the ability to set the course of action to meet goals and milestones. They will come under the supervision and guidance of the Executive Director of Aloha Aina.

There will also be frequent inter-action among the department chiefs and other leadership staff including regularly scheduled meetings, retreats and brainstorming sessions to keep each other appraised of progress in their respective areas, to cross-pollinate and incubate ideas, and to maintain focus and continuity of the overall objectives of Aloha Aina.

Consultants

The scope of activity of Aloha Aina is expansive. To achieve its objectives will require seeking input, advice and guidance from experts in the sub-fields of the designated project

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categories — from academics to research and development to hands-on-the-ground practitioners to public policy makers. Special attention will be given to education and development of public awareness and support.

Operations The Headquarters of Aloha Aina will be located in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. The 3,000 square feet of space will house the offices of the Executive Director, the Assistant Executive Director, the Chief Financial Officer, the seven Department Chiefs, the Commissioners, support staff and conference and planning/operations rooms. Headquarters will also be outfitted with the necessary computer and communications equipment, furnishings and two mini-van or SUV vehicles.

Aloha Aina will operate satellite offices on Hawaii (2), Maui, Kauai, Molokai and Lanai. The six satellite offices will each house an Office Manager and appropriate staff to serve as a two-way conduit for field operations. The six satellite offices will each be outfitted with the necessary office equipment, furnishings and a mini-van or SUV.

As necessary, there will also be field project facilities (office trailers, warehouses, etc.), operated and funded through the budgets of the individual departments. An example would be the motor pools of co-op farming equipment located at strategic points across the islands for co-op farm use.

Aloha Aina will also acquire and maintain a conference center for seminars, workshops, training, retreats, public meetings and other uses for the project and the community.

Projected Yearly Operations Guided by the policies and goals set by its Commissioners…

First Year – $400,000,000During the first half of the First Year, Aloha Aina Project will secure, occupy and bring its headquarters into full operation. Aloha Aina will retain the various administrative personnel (Assistant Executive Director, the Chief Financial Officer, the seven Department Chiefs, and support staff). The seven Department Chiefs will pull together their teams to assess, identify, prioritize and produce strategies for immediate and long-term action for their respective departments.

The public relations department will find ways to engage potential partners and network them together with Aloha Aina. The public relations department will also produce and implement a protracted campaign to inform and persuade the public to embrace and adopt the concepts of self-sufficiency, sustainability, community and healthy lifestyles.

By the end of the First Year, Aloha Aina will have begun allocating finances and resources to implement immediate-priority projects (e.g. activating partnerships to provide homeless shelters, low-cost housing, import composting systems to begin rejuvenating agricultural lands, subsidizing food programs, supporting energy programs, and healthcare, etc.). Aloha Aina will have begun operations of its satellite offices and continue developing plans and bringing cooperative projects online.

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By the end of the First Year, Aloha Aina will have allocated $50 million toward administrative operations and initiating designated projects of the seven departments.

Second Year – $400,000,000During its Second Year, Aloha Aina Project will continue developing plans and strategies and continue networking and funding cooperative projects, both immediate-priority and long-range. By the end of its Second Year, Aloha Aina will be actively supporting new projects as well as those started from year one.

Third Year – $400,000,000During its Third Year, the departments will each realize a significant increase. As additional projects come online, initial projects and enterprises will begin to become more self-supportive. Thus, there will be a net expansion of programs and projects in all areas. During this period, projects will reach their stride and begin to produce positive results.

Fourth Year – $400,000,000During its Fourth Year, Aloha Aina will see each of the initial projects and programs up and running and self-sustaining. New projects will continue to be added with the goal of self-support by the end of the five years. During this year, Aloha Aina’s budget will gradually scale down as the projects succeed in carrying themselves.

Fifth Year – $400,000,000At the end of the fifth year, it is expected that the momentum and success of the projects will carry the transformation forward. That most of the innovative programs, practices and policies advocated by Aloha Aina will be integral to the workings of a transformed Hawaii.

Project CompletionAt the end of five years, the Aloha Aina Project will have distributed or otherwise allocated the $2 Billion in proceeds from this request, along with supplemental funds from partnerships and revenues from the projects.

This means Aloha Aina will have also succeeded in accomplishing its mission of putting Hawaii on track to a self-reliant, prosperous, healthy, self-sustaining community. The operating mechanisms of the programs assisted by Aloha Aina will be in the hands of the people, the private sector and government.

Thus, the King will have accomplished his purpose of having the Aloha Aina Project effectively jump-start Hawaii’s adoption of sustainable programs and practices, to be carried forward as integral policies of the Hawaiian Kingdom government.

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Aloha ‘Aina Project A Hawaiian Kingdom Commission

Note: This narrative was originally written in 2006. Conditions have greatly worsened since then. The recent global fuel crisis and current economic meltdown are serving to underscore the urgency to implement immediate measures to save Hawaii from collapse and chaos.

History Beginnings

The concept for Aloha Aina Project germinated in 1993, but the impetus to create the commission was demanded by the shocking events of September 11, 2001 when the World Trade Center and The Pentagon were attacked. It was then that Hawaii was rudely confronted by the prospects of its acute vulnerability.

The Aloha Aina Project was formed in the months following September 11 as it became evident that Hawaii was not prepared for this particular kind of emergency, and that the people of Hawaii were in grave danger from many different fronts as well.

The Problem

For many years now, concern has been growing in the private and public sectors regarding Hawaii’s dangerous dependency on importing practically all its goods and commodities. Hawaii imports about 90 percent of its fuel to generate electricity; 100 percent of fuel for automobiles, trucks, ships, airplanes and other means of transportation; 90 percent of construction materials; and so forth.

This dependency places Hawaii in an extremely vulnerable position across the board and on all levels. Even a relatively small adverse shift elsewhere in the world could precipitate a major crisis for the people of Hawaii.

But the most threatening reality is the fact that over 90 percent of the food consumed in Hawaii is imported from sources thousands of miles away. This means any interruption or severance of the delivery (shipping) system could place the people of Hawaii not only in a state of hardship, but even in mortal danger. Hawaii’s greatest point of vulnerability is its food supply. In an emergency Hawaii will not be able to feed itself. There is no food security.

Myopic Solutions

Although occupation (US) government and businesses have convened numerous studies, commissions, task forces and the like to address the problem, they continually misconstrue the root of the problem. They persist in regarding the problem as one of supply and delivery. Therefore, their solutions are aimed at ensuring that the supply and delivery systems remain operational. Unfortunately, this myopic approach only guarantees and intensifies dependency. Furthermore, it does not take into account the many uncontrollable factors that could disrupt both supply and delivery. Factors such as bad weather in far-off American

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farms, rising international oil prices, global economics and so forth, would have a devastating affect on remote Hawaii; literally at the end of the food-chain.

Thus far, the conventional approach has been: to build up the economy to continue to afford purchasing the imported goods and services. Hawaii’s current leaders have apparently determined that the problem is not the dangerous dependence on imports itself, but a chronic need for more money to continue importing. Therefore, the primary recommendation made by their studies is to boost the cash flow, so that more dollars are available to import more food and goods. Conventional thinking is: 1) as long as there is enough money, there is nothing to worry about; and 2) the U.S. has the capacity to rescue us if such a crisis arises.

The Domino Effect

This myopic conventional approach ignores two very important factors: 1) What if the supply dries up? And 2) what if the delivery system is cut off? The current system is completely susceptible to the domino effect, which can be triggered in several ways.

Here’s one scenario… Tourism is Hawaii’s number one industry. It generates the lion’s share of the dollars in Hawaii’s economy. Suppose the price of oil were to sharply rise. Airlines would be forced to increase airfares to accommodate the cost of fuel for their airplanes and the increased cost of airport operations (heating, cooling, ground services, and personnel). With higher airfares, passenger counts would drop, particularly on long trans oceanic vacation flights. Higher fuel costs (from increased cost of oil-generated electricity) would trigger higher hotel operations cost, pushing room-rates higher, further deterring travel to Hawaii.

Visitor arrivals would plummet sending the over-extended tourist industry into a downward spiral, forcing layoffs and business closures, putting hotel, tour operators, and other industry support workers out of jobs, sending them into financial crisis, resulting in defaults, foreclosures and bankruptcies. (Despite the relatively good employment rate in Hawaii, the even higher cost of housing and cost of living already have nearly everyone in Hawaii living precariously from paycheck to paycheck.)

The high cost of oil that would trigger the drop in tourism would also cause a spike in cost of electricity, gasoline, food (shipping) and everything else, adding another burden to laid-off hotel and tourism-related workers. But not only hotel workers would be affected. All the businesses that supply the hotels with goods and services would also be cut back, forcing layoffs, foreclosures, etc… Tax revenues would fall, forcing cuts in government spending, triggering more layoffs…foreclosures… Construction would grind to a halt causing more unemployment, etc… Virtually everyone in Hawaii would be affected and Hawaii’s people already living on the edge, would be pushed off the precipice to… price-gauging… food shortages…panic…crisis.

Hawaii has no safety net. It has no contingency plan for this magnitude of emergency except to hope that America will mount something similar to the fifties and sixties Berlin Airlift. But Hawaii is more than 2,000 miles away from the West Coast of America, making it impossible to sustain with airlifts for any length of time….

Here’s another scenario. This one already occurred following 9/11.

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Hawaii’s extreme vulnerability was underscored by the shocking attacks on the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. Airlines were grounded and shipments by sea to Hawaii from the U.S. West Coast stopped abruptly, raising the specter of food shortages along with shortages in fuel, energy and other necessities. Tourism plummeted from 80+ percent room-occupancy to under 20 percent, causing acute layoffs and anxiety about shortages. Hawaii teetered on the brink of catastrophe. Had the crisis lasted another week or so, conditions would have become desperate.

Fortunately, Hawaii was able to “dodge the bullet” that time and as things settled down, was able to receive food shipments and the immediate crisis was averted. But it still took Hawaii’s visitor industry fully 3 years to recover.

The problems are inherent to the same degree in all other areas critical to life in these islands. Energy, transportation fuel, clothing, building materials — virtually everything — is imported.

Emergence of Aloha Aina Project

It was during that crisis in 2001 that groups now affiliated with Aloha Aina, proposed an emergency food production program that would begin to restore food security in Hawaii. The idea, though not entirely new, gained traction particularly among those in government as well as those in the farming community. Aloha Aina seeks to expand that concept into a coordinated, integrated, comprehensive campaign to transform Hawaii on all critical levels and areas.

Aloha Aina believes the solution to the problem of dependency is — self-reliance.

Aloha Aina believes the best way to prevent Hawaii from being harmed by being cut off from the lifeline of imported goods, is to stop being so dependent on imported goods… to become virtually self-reliant.

The best way to provide Hawaii’s people with a bright and meaningful future is for Hawaii to become essentially self-reliant. Not only would this put us out of danger, but the process of achieving self-reliance would serve to build a much stronger, more productive and caring community.

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DepartmentsNarrative

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• Agriculture and FoodThe Ahupua‘a Project

When Captain James Cook arrived in Hawaii in 1778, he found a group of islands with a sophisticated agricultural and social system that fed a thriving population of up to a million people (according to the estimate of some of his crew). In his journal, Cook himself marveled at the robust health of the people and the bountiful supplies that were provided to his ships.

The ancient Hawaiian “ahupua’a” system of management of land and other natural resources produced an organized agrarian system unmatched both in its sophistication and simplicity. From miles of stone aqueducts to terraced taro fields, to huge estuarial fishponds, to ocean resource management, Hawaiians produced a yield unmatched in all of Polynesia.

Beginning with Cook’s arrival, foreign diseases and social upheavals and displacements decimated the native Hawaiian population, eventually reducing it down to roughly 40,000 at the turn of the 20th Century… four percent of the original population.

Although Hawaii remained an agrarian society, for the next 60 years, the form of agriculture changed drastically from subsistence (food) farming to vast plantations raising cash crops (commodities) for export to world markets. Large numbers of Asian and other farm hands were brought in to work the sugar and pineapple plantations operated by a handful of powerful families and companies.

As Hawaii transitioned from producing its own food, to the agri-business of plantations, to the service-dominant tourist trade, the lifestyles and habits of society shifted from a homegrown, to a consumer, “store-bought,” society. Today the family’s food is most likely to come from the supermarket, not from their own gardens, or from a garden in their community, or even a farm in the islands. Highly convenient, plentiful and cheap, the food comes to the table in a much more circuitous way. Typically, parents work in service jobs to earn money to purchase food shipped to Hawaii from farms and processing plants thousands of miles away. It is a marvel of coordination of logistics involving mega-farms and the shipping industry.

Today, Hawaii’s population is 1.2 million. Less than 13,000 acres is in active food cultivation. Over 90 percent of the food eaten in Hawaii is imported.

The cheaper imported foods have had two extremely negative effects on Hawaii’s people, 1) poor nutrition resulting in chronic, debilitating health problems and 2) utter reliance on imported rather than local farm products, resulting in fewer acreage

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dedicated to raising food, resulting in diminished local food-raising capacity, resulting in more imports…

It is an insidious cycle. Operating on a massive economy of scale, American mega farms and mega processing, makes it cheaper to import foods — even with the 20 percent surcharge Hawaii pays for shipping. But the current system sacrifices freshness and nutritional value and seriously stunts local food production. These two factors lead to poor health and an agricultural system that is incapable of providing enough food for Hawaii’s people in either good times or in an emergency.

The high cost of shipping and storage inhibits building up emergency stockpiles. Under the current system, at any given time, Hawaii has one week’s worth of food in the markets. Any back-up supplies in warehouses would be depleted in two weeks. Local-grown foods may sustain people another week or two. After that, panic and desperation would ensue.

This is a threat that must and can be averted.

If more than two hundred years ago, the native Hawaiians, using only hand tools, were able to provide food for a population of a million people, it is entirely within Hawaii’s capability to produce enough of its own food to feed today’s 1.2 million population.

Drawing from expertise from many agencies and individuals, Aloha Aina plans to spark a revitalization of agriculture in Hawaii by adding significantly more acres into production, incorporating accelerated reclamation methods and assertive agricultural programs. Aloha Aina will provide leadership and additional funding to augment infrastructure, land reclamation, work force, and distribution and delivery systems.

The Plan

This is a basic outline of what this department seeks to achieve. The specific activities of this department will be determined by the project director, in consultation with the departments’ advisory board, experts and other resource people.

Ten years from now… Aloha Aina will have provided the initial leadership and supplemental resources to dynamically reverse Hawaii’s current precipitous level of 90 percent dependency on imported food, to a safe 80 percent self-reliance on domestic (Hawaii-grown) foods.

Ten years from now… Aloha Aina will have assisted in adding a minimum of 75,000 acres to the current 13,000 acres under cultivation, dedicated for the production of fruits, vegetables and grains for local consumption. The 75,000 acres would be reclaimed and re-activated from the 200,000 acres of former sugar and pineapple lands presently lying fallow. This significant increase in Hawaii’s food production is achievable, given Hawaii’s fertile lands, two-crop growing season, favorable climate,

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excellent agricultural-research capabilities, innovative farming methods and motivated farmers.

To support this rejuvenation, Aloha Aina will assist in developing and establishing: motor pools of heavy farm equipment available to co-op farmers on the six major islands; accelerated composting systems; upgraded and well-maintained water supply, irrigation and road systems; additional food processing operations (poi factories, fruit drying, fish and meat packing, etc.); expanded distribution and delivery systems, and so forth.

In addition to the farmlands, Aloha Aina will help to bring into production: 1,200 acres of traditional Hawaiian shoreline fishponds capable of producing over 2,400 tons of fish per year; open-ocean fish-farming operations with a yield of 2,400 tons of fish per year; and expansion of present open-ocean fishing and land-based aquaculture operations. Aloha Aina will actively support ocean management, replenishment and fishing policies that would ensure healthy yields and avoid depletion of Hawaii’s ocean resources.

Aloha Aina will actively engage in reviving ranching operations to triple the present livestock production. This would include open range and feedlot operations. Currently, Hawaii’s beef production entails raising the cattle in Hawaii, shipping them to feedlots and slaughterhouses on the West Coast, and selling the beef to markets in Japan and elsewhere. Practically none of the locally raised beef actually reaches Hawaii’s tables.

The tripling of beef production, along with similar increases in dairy, poultry and hogs for local consumption, will serve to drastically reduce Hawaii’s current dependency on imports.

Traditional Foods

Aloha Aina will pay particular attention to the re-cultivation and expansion of traditional foods such as taro, sweet potato and breadfruit. These highly nutritious Hawaiian staples are key to the anticipated resurgence of homegrown foods in Hawaii.

On their traditional diet, Hawaiians were among the healthiest people in the world. But after the ravages of foreign diseases and the decimation of the native population, another more insidious disease crept in — cheap, seductively tasty and filling, but low in real nutrition, processed foods. As native Hawaiians’ eating habits changed from traditional foods to processed, imported foods, they developed afflictions such as diabetes, heart disease and the like. Today Hawaiians as a people group have the highest incidence of these diseases, widely attributed to poor diet.

Studies have proven that when Hawaiians return to eating their traditional foods, their health dramatically improves; and in many cases, the diseases disappear. Thus, a major

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turning point can be reached if 1) people can be persuaded to break away from bad eating habits and 2) if the traditional foods are in sufficient, affordable supply.

Ten years from now… Aloha Aina will have assisted in adding a minimum of 10,000 acres to the current 500 acres, dedicated for the production of taro. The lands would be reclaimed from the ancient taro farm sites that are presently unused. Just on the Windward side of Oahu are suitable lands such as: 1,500 acres in Kawainui, 600 acres in Waiahoe-Waikane, 300 acres in Kahaluu and so on. Even more lands suitable for taro cultivation are available on Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Maui and Hawaii.

In conjunction with the increased acreage, Aloha Aina will have taken steps to assure that the greatly increased taro supply is translated into significantly reduced cost and, thus, more widespread consumption.

Exports

As overall agricultural production exceeds levels sufficient for local consumption, surplus food can be exported to markets in other countries, along with commodities such as macadamia nuts, coffee, fruits, sugar, and tropical plants.

Partnerships

In developing its strategies, Aloha Aina will utilize the expertise, research, information, recommendations and methods found in the tremendous amount of work achieved over many years by State and Federal agencies, individual researchers, growers associations and so forth.

In the area of agriculture, Aloha Aina will consult and, whenever possible, partner with the University of Hawaii School of Tropical Agriculture, the Hawaii State Department of Agriculture, the United States Department of Agriculture, the State Department of Land and Natural Resources, the State Department of Health, the various county boards of water supply, environmental groups such as Malama Hawaii, the Nature Conservancy, the State Department of Education, the State Land Use Commission, the various county councils, the State Legislature, the Taro Growers Association, existing agricultural associations and co-ops, individual farmers, ranchers, dairymen, land owners and so forth. Periodic consultations will also be organized with representatives from the international community.

In the area of fish farming, Aloha Aina will partner with traditional Hawaiian aquaculture projects, Kamehameha Schools, Partners in Development, the Oceanic Institute, the NOA Sea Grant Project, Federal and State departments of fisheries, commercial fishermen, commercial fish farm operations and many others.

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In the area of ranching and livestock production, Aloha Aina will likewise consult and develop strategic plans with the pertinent government departments, organizations, associations and those with practical, hands-on experience.

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• Health and Wellness The Ola Pono Project

The Need

The people of Hawaii are facing serious healthcare problems. Hawaii is party to the national health crisis brought on by the increasing incidence of major illnesses and vulnerability to more virulent strains of diseases.

Hawaii also shares in the national problem of rising health care costs, coupled with shortages of health care facilities and workers. Hawaii’s hospitals and clinics are overflowing, and its resources are already being taxed beyond capacity. It is a ticking time bomb.

Conventional “Western” medicine is struggling to keep up with the increasing demand. As diseases intensify, the response is also intensifying — stronger drugs, more invasive treatments such as radical surgery, chemo and radiation therapies. Health care costs have risen at an alarming rate, making it less accessible to many people. Without health care insurance, many put off getting treatment until the condition becomes critical, thus making it more difficult (and costly) to treat.

Besides this escalation, modern medicine’s focus on drug and technology-based treatments and after-the-fact remedies has limited its ability to address Hawaii’s overall health problems from a broader perspective.

There are many health problems that can be treated in ways other than drugs or clinical medical procedures. A more “holistic” approach takes into consideration (besides physiology) dietary, environmental, social, emotional and even spiritual factors.

Native Hawaiians in particular, and Hawaii’s population in general, are facing serious health challenges, many of which are fundamentally diet-related — diabetes, heart diseases and cancers. Sedentary lifestyles are also contributors to these problems.

It has been proven that these afflictions can be significantly alleviated if people returned to eating their traditional nutrient-rich foods — in Hawaii, that would be taro, sweet potato, fresh fish, banana, breadfruit, and so forth. The double-blind tests conducted in the nineties among native Hawaiians showed remarkable rates of recovery when those afflicted with these diseases changed to eating traditional foods.

Of course not all health issues are diet-related.

There are many diseases, injuries and infirmities that require treatment in general and specialty hospitals and clinics using the most advanced medical technology available. These conventional health facilities serve a tremendous purpose in our island

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community and in the Pacific. The John Burns School of Medicine, its research pursuits and those of related private companies, are yielding very promising advances.

In addition, because of Hawaii’s cosmopolitan composition, it is becoming increasingly evident that, along with conventional clinical medicine, a wide array of un-conventional but effective treatments could be incorporated — traditional (native cultural and home-remedies), alternative treatments (pressure points, acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, etc). A few health centers in Hawaii have already incorporated these traditional and alternative methods with very positive results.

The Plan

This is a basic outline of what this department seeks to achieve. The specific activities of this department will be determined by the project director, in consultation with the advisory committee, experts and other resource people.

The challenges of health and wellness in Hawaii require a concerted effort by both “conventional” and “un-conventional” disciplines. It requires a strong emphasis on both prevention and treatment. Even though many needs are being aggressively addressed by private and community healthcare agencies, there are large areas that are not being sufficiently engaged by mainstream healthcare providers.

During the next ten years, Aloha Aina plans to take an active role in supporting a comprehensive and integrated approach by assisting the following: the advancement and expansion of conventional treatment centers (hospitals, clinics and mobile units); the promotion of diet, exercise and lifestyle choices and other natural preventive and remedial methods; and the acceptance and incorporation of proven, effective native traditional and alternative spheres of healthcare.

Diet and Lifestyle

There is conclusive proof that diet is the major factor in affecting one’s health. Aloha Aina will mount an extensive healthy-eating campaign that would revolutionize the eating habits of Hawaii’s people. Along with standard foods, the plan includes placing substantial emphasis on the profoundly positive benefits of highly nutritious traditional native foods such as taro, sweet potatoes and so forth.

During the next ten years, Aloha Aina will use its resources to mount an overall healthy-living campaign to:

1) Vigorously support initiatives to encourage Hawaii’s people to consume nutritious locally-grown foods and, in particular, to resume eating healthy traditional island foods. These efforts would include educational programs in

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schools and in the community; media promotion and advertising campaign; free samples at festivals, celebrations, trade shows and other community gatherings; creating new product lines for micro-businesses and other incentives, etc.

2) Ensure that a plentiful supply of nutritious food is readily available to everyone at affordable prices. This ties in to the Aloha Aina agricultural plan as outlined in this proposal, where extraordinary measures will be taken to boost food production. This Health and Wellness department of Aloha Aina, will work to popularize healthy eating, creating a corresponding boost in consumption. If necessary, Aloha Aina will subsidize the growers and/or the consumers to get the product distributed and established.

3) Educate and enlighten people to alternative healing methods. A great part of healing is in enlisting the patient to actively participate in his or her own healing. “By introducing alternatives and educating people about their bodies they become more confident to take an active role in their own health care. This allows them to focus on overall wellness, rather than passively accepting treatment for each health concern. Recognition of choice in one’s own health care is empowering…that is a first step toward wellness.” — Malama First

Health Centers

Aloha Aina will assist Hawaii in providing an easily accessible, affordable, integrated, professional health care system to support Hawaii’s announced aspirations of becoming the healing center of the Pacific. Aloha Aina will assist in providing augmenting support that will result in:

1) Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped to expand the network of clinics from the current 13 regional clinics to 24. Aloha Aina will help to increase the number of neighborhood family clinics, in both urban and non-urban areas.

2) Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped to contribute to increasing the number of top-notch medical centers for treatment of serious, chronic and long-term illness. These facilities will be healing centers serving and impacting the entire Pacific community.

3) Ten years from now... Aloha Aina, through a vigorous scholarship program, will have helped to educate and train dozens of doctors and other healthcare professionals from among students from Hawaii and the Pacific. Scholarships will also be available to students training in non-conventional and traditional healing methods.

4) Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have implemented effective prevention and remedial programs to significantly reduce the incidence of diabetes, heart diseases,

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cancer and other debilitating illnesses. These programs would involve strengthening the body’s natural defense and healing capabilities, thus successfully resisting disease.

5) Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped with supporting cutting edge medical research. Through the John Burns School of Medicine, its affiliates and other research institutions, Hawaii’s medical researchers have been making significant contributions to the world of medicine and are on the verge of breakthroughs in several areas.

6) Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped to develop and establish safety nets to provide for those with insufficient health-care coverage. Included in that safety net will not only be the problems of the poor; but also those problems of extended and catastrophic healthcare for the elderly. (Programs in this area are linked to the department on Housing and Community of this narrative.)

Alternative Methods

Over the past few decades, it has become evident that many of the traditional native and folk remedies that had been previously dismissed by the mainstream of Western medical science, are actually quite valid and beneficial to good health. Ancient healing disciplines that had been used in Asia for centuries bring a different approach to healing, with a whole array of “exotic” treatments that have proven very effective.

In recent years, some of these Eastern systems (pressure points, meridians, chakra, chi) have been accessed through the technology of the West (bio feedback, electro-magnetic fields, computers) yielding some amazing new developments in non-invasive healing therapies.

1) Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have contributed considerably to develop and disseminate hybrid treatments that utilize the best features from different disciplines. Aloha Aina will work to expand Hawaii’s healthcare system to include and integrate ancient traditional techniques of the East with modern technologies of the West.

2) Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have placed devices such as the I-Health bio-energetic therapy devices (proven to be an extremely effective treatment that triggers the body’s own natural healing systems to fight diseases and ailments), into use in neighborhood clinics throughout the islands, making it readily accessible to all. To increase accessibility, Aloha Aina will have also provided funding for this and other alternative treatments to make them available to everyone at low cost.

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3) Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have added greatly to the utilization of native healing techniques such as kahuna lapa’au, the use of herbs and other natural remedies, to treat the ailments of the people. Aloha Aina will have provided financing and other assistance for schools to train young, prospective practitioners and to establish farms to raise the high quality medicinal plants required for this type of treatment.

Waste

An island society faces limited resources and limited space. One of the major problems facing Hawaii is the critical problem of waste treatment and waste disposal.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped to ensure that the waste problems are successfully addressed and that practices are adopted so that such human demands on Hawaii’s resources and infrastructure can be effectively managed and sustained.

Partnerships

Aloha Aina will develop its health and wellness strategies by paying close attention to the expertise, research, information, recommendations and methods found in the many years of discussion and planning by the healthcare industry. Aloha Aina will seek ways to be a productive partner with the conventional programs, complementing and augmenting, as well as seeking, inviting and encouraging innovative ideas to improve the health of the people of Hawaii.

• Housing and CommunityThe Kaulana Kauhale ProjectThe Need

Housing. Hawaii is in a severe housing crisis. Years of profit-driven real-estate developments have boosted the median price of a single-family home in Hawaii to $650,000 — essentially excluding all but the wealthy from new home-ownership and triggering an alarming increase in what is commonly called “homelessness.”

The reality is that many of the people classified as homeless do not fit the classic definition of the “chronic homeless” — unaccompanied individuals, homeless continually for a year or more, or multiple episodes of homelessness over a two-year period; disabled by addiction, mental illness, chronic physical illness, or developmental disability; frequent histories of hospitalization, unstable employment, and incarceration.

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Indeed, the “face” of homelessness in Hawaii has changed to include many children, parents, grandparents…families… decent people who simply can no longer afford the rents in Hawaii’s inflated real estate market.

“Hundreds of the homeless living on the Wai'anae Coast are school-aged children. Kamaile Elementary has the largest numbers. Of a student body of 650, officials at the school estimate that as many as 60 percent of its students are homeless.” (Honolulu Advertiser 11/1/06) If we were to extrapolate that figure to encompass all the islands, the number of homeless children would be in the thousands.

The irony is that Hawaii has the lowest unemployment rate in the U.S., but the highest percentage of homeless. Many of the so-called “homeless” are families, with working adult members who simply cannot afford Hawaii’s exorbitant rents. They are still holding down jobs, trying to care for their families, but their paychecks cannot stretch far enough to provide food, clothing and shelter. Rather than “homeless,” the more accurate term in today’s reality would be “houseless.”

The “houseless” find places to live wherever they can and wherever government tolerates. The most visible are the ones camping along the beaches such as Nanakuli, Maile and Waianae on Oahu. There are also those who are hidden in the brush in remote places all over the islands. Then there are those who have crowded into the houses and backyards of relatives and friends. And finally there are those living in terribly sub-standard shacks, carports and sheds with no water, electricity or toilets.

There is no way to accurately count the number of houseless persons. Estimates run from 5,000 to 16,000. The spike in real estate prices over the last few years has raised the cost of housing far beyond the reach of a great number of people, pushing them out onto the beaches and byways. At risk are those who are still hanging on in the rental market, living paycheck to paycheck. Every month, the pressures of Hawaii’s economy topple more of them over the edge.

The Hawai'i Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, a ten-year plan unveiled by the governor of Hawaii nearly two years ago, estimated that Hawaii will need 30,000 affordable rental units by end of the ten years. The operating term here is “affordable.” As the last few years have shown, in Hawaii’s real estate market “affordable” is a relative and basically meaningless term. Very few people in Hawaii can actually “afford” a house. What they can afford is a tent on the beach.

Aloha Aina advocates that meaningful action be taken to address the immediate problems of “houselessness” and the long-term provision of low-cost housing.

Family and Community

The current housing conditions can also be attributed to a systemic dependence on imports. Importation of food, fuel, energy, goods, etc. demands a great amount of

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cultural adaptation. The change from a subsistence (self-providing, self-sustaining) society into a commerce-oriented (having to buy everything with money) society, affects not just the economics, but the entire lifestyle, dynamics and psyche of the community.

The persistent housing crisis, the high cost of living, the constant scramble for more money, have compounded into social pressures causing serious damage to Hawaii’s families and sense of community.

Although vestiges of familial foundations can still be found, modern society itself has basically abandoned the social principles that in earlier times, made families and communities strong and resilient. The immersion into a completely commerce-oriented society has taken its toll on family life resulting in a deteriorated community with its litany of ills: broken families, drugs, alcohol, crime, violence, financial defaults, bankruptcy, evictions, poverty, disease, suicide and so forth.

The beneficial dynamics of neighborhoods have disappeared. Most so-called planned communities are but strangers living next to each other, disconnected and desperately struggling to survive.

It would be senseless to talk of solving problems of housing and building communities without also addressing Hawaii’s underlying social problems.

The Plan

This is a basic outline of what this department seeks to achieve. The specific activities of this department will be determined by the project director, in consultation with the advisory committee, experts and other resource people.

To stamp out homelessness in Hawaii within the next ten years, Aloha Aina will actively participate with various government agencies, private organizations and faith-based groups that are mobilizing to provide emergency and transitional shelters and services for the homeless/houseless; and institute low-cost housing solutions.

1) Within its first year, Aloha Aina will assist in supporting key community-based programs providing emergency shelters and food and aid centers, with particular emphasis on children and families. Aloha Aina will financially augment privately initiated programs such as the Institute for Human Services, the Food Pantry, the Hawaii Food Bank, the Salvation Army and the many faith-based organizations, to help maximize their effectiveness.

2) Within its first year, Aloha Aina will address the housing crisis by assisting the Hawaii Coalition of Christian Churches in their newly approved state-funded transitional and low cost housing projects in Waianae, Oahu. Aloha Aina will help to fund the building of other innovative, self-contained model developments such as the Hale Imua project in Kalaua-Kona; the Waimanalo Puuhonua project; and the Partners in Development pole-house kits.

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3) Within its first year, Aloha Aina will push to affect the release of public lands such as State (of Hawaii) lands, Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaiian Kingdom Lands, along with private lands, for housing purposes.

4) Within its first year, Aloha Aina will identify and sponsor the development of efficient, low-cost, self-help construction systems and programs for Hawaii.

5) Within five years, Aloha Aina will assist in providing the necessary infrastructure for new houses.

6) Within five years, Aloha Aina will have helped Hawaii turn the corner of the immediate crisis, allowing for its resources to be used to sustain recovery and to provide remedy for the systemic causes of poverty in Hawaii.

For the long-run

Having immediately addressed the most critical needs, ten years from now, Aloha Aina will have helped Hawaii overcome the problems of hunger and lack of shelter, and implemented strategies to restructure communities (whether new or refurbished) to be conducive to the lifestyle of neighborhoods instead of suburban sprawl.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have shifted the trend of developments to designed (or re-designed) villages, placing each home within short walking distance to the common facilities such as stores, schools, recreational, entertainment areas and so forth. This physical design change will have affected community dynamics by bringing people closer together, fostering friendships, and caring for one another. The walking-distance proximity would increase exercise and dramatically decrease automobile usage (currently 90%) for short personal or family errands and activities. Another benefit of residents knowing one another, circulating around their neighborhoods, would be a dramatic increase in responsibility (watching out for one another) with a corresponding reduction in crime.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have supported educational programs and activities that strengthen families and community including values-driven character education in our schools and homes. Aloha Aina will campaign for and support public policies that work in favor of strengthening families, particularly those that enable parents to provide their children a safe, stable, loving environment in which to grow.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped to fund community-based parent training and support groups, children’s activities, home-care for pre-school children (programs like Tutu and Me, and so forth), to have effectively revived the mechanisms, motivations and incentives to foster stronger families.

• Science and TechnologyHoamana Akeakamai

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High on Aloha Aina’s priority list is the elimination of Hawaii’s perilous dependency on oil-generated energy. This can be accomplished by utilizing renewable energy such as wind, solar, ocean, geo-thermal, bio-fuels (i.e. ethanol, bio-diesel); all of which are in advanced stages of development here in Hawaii. These, coupled with highly innovative technology for electro magnetic field generation would not only effectively fulfill Hawaii’s energy needs, but would provide systems that can be utilized by nations around the world.

Hawaii is a technologically modern society with cars, cell phones, computers, ATM machines, air conditioning, television, refrigerators, washing machines, high rises… the whole gamut of modern conveniences.

Hawaii’s scientists, researchers and inventors are involved in developing world-class, cutting-edge technology. Every year, the University of Hawaii and other scientific research institutions and companies are realizing significant breakthroughs in computer sciences, electronics, software, ocean and earth sciences, alternative fuels, medicine, dietary sciences, agriculture and so forth.

The Need

Energy. Though technologically advanced, Hawaii is still extremely vulnerable because of its profound dependency on fossil fuels to produce energy.

The energy that runs all of Hawaii’s technology is — electricity. And nearly all of Hawaii’s electricity is generated from imported fossil fuels — mostly oil, a little coal and some natural gas.

Should the fossil-fuel supply stop, electricity would drop to a trickle and Hawaii’s technologically sophisticated infrastructure would turn in to a dangerous liability.

Electricity would have to be severely rationed, closing down factories, businesses, hotels and offices that depend on machinery, air conditioning, pumps, elevators, and so forth. Homes with electrical appliances could no longer function. Soon, what little electricity still being generated would be reserved for only emergency agencies (water supply, fire, police, national guard). Without swift relief from the outside, desperation, panic, lawlessness and anarchy would ensue.

Fuels refined from oil, drive all of Hawaii’s air, sea and ground transportation. Thus, any interruption to the flow of oil will plunge Hawaii into an immediate transportation crisis, seriously curtailing delivery of goods and services. If the situation were to be prolonged for longer than a week, the domino effect will begin to occur, quickly toppling Hawaii over the edge into disaster.

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The stoppage of the oil supply would trigger a stoppage in shipping, causing food supplies to dwindle down to critical levels in two weeks, making the specter of starvation an even greater danger than the lack of air conditioning or hot water.

Hawaii is completely unprepared to face a disaster of this magnitude. Hawaii’s only contingency plan is to rely on emergency relief from the U.S. mainland. Even then, the cost and effort just to prop up both the food supply and the energy grid could be maintained only for an inadequately short time.

To avoid total collapse and chaos, people would have to be evacuated from Hawaii to reduce the population to a level to that which these islands could sustain.

Meeting the Challenge. The good news is that Hawaii has taken this challenge seriously and over the past few years has become a leader in the quest for alternative energy. In addition, Hawaii already has a growing reputation as a key player in bio-tech, tropical agriculture, marine and aqua culture, computer sciences and much more. Hawaii has the potential for contributing greatly to the many disciplines of the natural and applied sciences.

Software. Hawaii-created software including advanced business systems, security and defense programs, animation programs, scientific research programs and so forth, are operating in computers around the world.

Bio-Technology. Unfortunately, Hawaii’s bio-tech industry has produced much potential for harm to global food sources. The Kingdom would ban GMO production and return to the traditional methods that made Hawaii a world leader in tropical agriculture. Hawaii would concentrate on developing strains and procedures for growing healthy food crops, medicinal plants, construction materials, bio-fuels and so forth. In aqua-culture, Hawaii provides the pristine brood stock for the vast shrimp-exporting operations of Asian nations. Hawaii is the world’s foremost producer of deep-ocean-water blue-green algae and hopes to become a leader in developing environmentally safe, sustainable open-ocean fish farming.

The Plan

This is a basic outline of what this department of Aloha Aina seeks to achieve. The specific activities of this department will be determined by the project director, in consultation with the advisory committee, experts and other resource people.

Aloha Aina intends to carry Hawaii’s cutting edge scientific research into practical applications that will address pressing problems facing society and humanity.

Hawaii’s science and technology industry is in a strategic position to address the vulnerabilities of oil dependency and the promise of alternative renewable energy sources. Hawaii researchers are also on the verge of revolutionary breakthroughs in bio-technology, marine-culture, medicine, astronomy, software development and so forth.

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Hawaii is quickly building a reputation as a productive incubator for science and technology.

Renewable Energy

In the first year, Aloha Aina will actively work with the various agencies, industry associations, private companies, scientists, inventors, researchers and so forth, to identify and compile a definitive inventory of the various systems, devices, theoretical and practical, that would move Hawaii toward energy independence. Aloha Aina will evaluate and prioritize the systems to determine which are the most promising systems for the immediate and long-term energy needs of Hawaii.

In the first year, Aloha Aina will create and activate a strategic plan to expedite the shifting of Hawaii to renewable energy sources.

The plan will include strategies to individualize electrical generation at the point of consumption, whenever possible. This would entail a ten-year program to outfit homes, businesses, public buildings, with renewable energy devices such as photo voltaic (solar) cells, Gates Mechanical Motors, etc. that would enable the consumers to generate their own electrical power. Excess power generated from these tens of thousands of individual house sites can be sold back as a net gain to the main power grids.

The plan will also include strategies to join efforts with government and the power industry to shift the generation of electricity for the main power grids, to renewable energy sources, thus, eliminating Hawaii’s dependency on oil for the purpose of power generation.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have eliminated the dependency on oil to generate electricity by: 1) joining with government, the energy industry and other alternative energy advocacy organizations, to build and activate renewable systems such as solar arrays, wind turbines, ocean-thermal exchange, geothermal, hydro-electric, bio fuels, etc. to generate electricity for the power grids, 2) supporting the installation of tens of thousands of individual renewable energy systems in households and small businesses to either take them completely off the power grid or greatly reducing their dependency on the grid.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have also helped to revolutionize energy generating systems by supporting research and development in innovative technologies such as those found in the electro-magnetic and anti-matter effects published by Hawaii-based mathematician, Marko Rodin; magnetic field generators; and mechanical motors.

Bio-Fuels

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina, emulating the Brazil model, will have participated in converting all standard automobiles, trucks and heavy equipment in Hawaii to using

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bio-fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel. Aloha Aina will produce bio fuels from sugar cane, palm oil, candle-nut oil and other rapid-growth, high-oil-content plants.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped to resurrect the manufacture of solar vehicles in Hawaii and increase the use of hybrid vehicles that run on solar power or a combination of solar and renewable bio-fuels; particularly for use in short-run errands around the neighborhood.

Bio-Tech

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped to expand Hawaii’s bio-tech accomplishments to include native foods, open ocean fish farms, genetic research, medical treatments and other new avenues of bio-science.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have significantly assisted in developing and implementing bio-tech procedures for the eradication of pests (Mediterranean fruit fly, apple snails, etc.) and diseases (pocket rot, bungee top rot, papaya ring spot, mosaic etc.) that attack, damage and decrease Hawaii’s food production. Using science, Aloha Aina will also seek to eradicate dangerous invasive plant and animal species, and, conversely, to protect and restore endemic and indigenous species.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have significantly assisted in utilizing science and technology in improving the overall quality of life in Hawaii. Shifting to renewable energy will save Hawaii over $2 billion dollars a year that is currently being spent on importing oil. A portion of these savings can be fed back “to the grid” to expand development of renewable energy.

Sharing:

Aloha Aina will assure that vital technologies developed in Hawaii will be marketed to all, and particularly shared, at-cost, among the nations of Oceania and other developing countries.

Partnerships:

Aloha Aina will work with various State of Hawaii and U.S, agencies, Science and technology associations such as Hawaii Science & Technology Council, domestic and foreign tech companies, individual scientists, inventors and developers.

• Economy, ResourcesThe Kumu Waiwai ProjectThe Need

Modern Hawaii is a decidedly American society, closely reflecting American ties and influences on all levels. Hawaii’s economic condition is a product of American commerce and by and large, functions closely to that model. However, Hawaii being a

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geographically remote cluster of islands, assumes some special challenges that have required adopting special ways of functioning to make the economy work. Hawaii’s economy is extremely vulnerable because of two over-arching factors: its utter dependence on shipping and its utter dependence on tourism.

Dependence on Shipping

Gradually over the decades, all aspects of life in Hawaii became either directly or indirectly dependent upon shipping. If shipping were to be suddenly severed, the economic structure of Hawaii would collapse, bringing down the entire social order as well. This places Hawaii in great danger of suffering from circumstances completely beyond its control, affecting the lifeline of shipping.

Business and government have persisted in regarding the problem as one of supply and delivery. Therefore, their solutions are aimed at ensuring that the supply and delivery systems remain operational. Unfortunately, this narrow approach does not take into account the many uncontrollable factors that could easily disrupt either supply or delivery or both. Factors such as bad weather in far-off American farms, rising international oil prices, global economics and so forth, can have a devastating affect on remote Hawaii; literally at the end of the food-chain.

Thus far, the conventional approach has been: to build up the economy so Hawaii can continue to afford purchasing the imported goods and services. Hawaii’s leaders tend to believe that the problem is: the chronic need for more money to continue importing, not the dangerous dependence on imports. Therefore, all their policies and actions are aimed at boosting the cash flow, so that dollars are available to import more food and goods. The conventional thinking goes: 1) as long as there is enough money for goods to be bought and shipped in, there is nothing to worry about; and 2) the U.S. has the capacity to rescue Hawaii if such a crisis were to arise.

Dependence on Tourism

The second position of peril is Hawaii’s dependence on tourism as its main economic driver, placing practically all of its eggs in one basket. Seven and a half million visitors a year generate about 80 percent of Hawaii’s gross revenues. Fluctuations in the visitor count cause immediate fluctuation in Hawaii’s economy. Incidents like the 9/11 attacks can (and did) cripple Hawaii’s economy from 5,000 miles away.

The concentration on tourism as the main economic activity in Hawaii has stifled other areas of economic development and entrepreneurship not related to tourism. Local small businesses have complained bitterly for many years about the government’s anti-business policies: punitively high taxes and business fees; inordinate regulations and restrictions (mandatory health insurance, workmen’s compensation, etc.); and extremely slow processing rates. In fact, Hawaii’s anti-small-business climate has been

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cited in numerous stories in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and many business publications.

The major banks have also contributed to this situation by limiting the scope of financing almost exclusively to land development and big businesses (tourism, construction, plantations), virtually abandoning such unglamorous but vital activities as small farms and mini-businesses.

On the other hand, Hawaii is already home to several multi-national corporations and other companies that conduct their business on a global platform. Its central Pacific location and its multi-ethnic composition places Hawaii in an advantageous position for international trade. Communications technology provides full links to other market centers as well as every nook and cranny around the world. Hawaii is fully wired and has been plugged in to international trade for many years.

The Plan


Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have implemented its integrated plan to build self-reliance (locally grown food, renewable energy, etc.). In doing so, Aloha Aina will have also helped to produce a stable diversified economy, making Hawaii less vulnerable to the dictates and whims of trans-oceanic shipping and a single-industry revenue source.

Tourism

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped to improve Hawaii’s visitor industry by providing tourists with a better product and better value as a result of achieving stability in food and energy supplies. Though tourism will remain Hawaii’s primary source of revenue, Hawaii will not be so completely susceptible to its mood swings. Aloha Aina will also support adopting measures to prudently maintain both resident and visitor populations at levels that Hawaii’s resources and infrastructure can reasonably sustain.

World Trade

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have provided programs and incentives to greatly expand Hawaii’s presence as a world trader. Aloha Aina will have helped to shape Hawaii’s strategic mid-Pacific position, its multi-national composition and its broad range of expertise, into a hub of international trade, hosting clearinghouse and central banking services, stock and commodities markets, and other world-trade activities. Today’s global telecommunications networks allow participation in the constant flow of trading of stocks and options around the world. Likewise, because of

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its unique, international status, Hawaii has great potential to host robust international banking operations.

Small and Micro Business

Ten years from now... in partnership with various Hawaii banks and financial institutions (macro and micro), departments of business and economic development, chambers of commerce, small business associations, etc., Aloha Aina will have affected a lively, strong and diverse local, sustainable entrepreneurial economy by implementing financing programs geared to help small and micro businesses. Aloha Aina will also use successful models such as the Blackfoot National Bank, the Grameen Bank and the Elk River Bank as templates. Aloha Aina will have invested in and helped to establish credit unions and full-service banks for native Hawaiians.

Dividends

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have encouraged the capitalization of marketable products and proprietary rights derived from Hawaii-based science and technology — from alternative energy sources to agricultural research to marine farming to software development and so forth — technology that will benefit people everywhere.

More economic dividends would result from other Aloha Aina targeted projects such as the change to renewable energy. The savings Hawaii would realize from not importing oil would be over $2 billion dollars a year. These savings can be rebated to the people, used to continue renewable energy development and fund other projects to expand the economy. Dividends could be realized from exporting surplus food, even at discounted rates.

Natural Resources

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have worked together with numerous government agencies and advocacy groups to successfully implement programs that emphasize stewardship of our vital resources and environment; to replenish Hawaii’s ecosystems, to ensure an adequate supply of fresh water and to ensure that endangered species and natural habitats are maintained and protected.

Aloha Aina will support a vigorous program to eliminate dangerous, invasive alien plants, animals, and sea life. Aloha Aina will also assist programs to remove chemical contamination, explosive ordinance and other hazardous residues from Hawaii’s lands, fresh water systems and ocean.

Partnerships:

Aloha Aina will work with the State Department of Business and Economic Development, State Tourism Authority, Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau,

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various chambers of commerce, Small Business Hawaii, Small Business Administration, banks, financial institutions (local and international) and myriad trade and professional associations.

• New Vision, Education‘Ike Hou ProjectWithout a vision, the people perish.

As Hawaii begins its transformation, people, young and old, will begin to see a new vision; a vision of self-reliance, a spirit of independence, a sense of confidence, optimism and hope for the future.

With this momentum, Aloha Aina intends to affect and overhaul of Hawaii’s education system to achieve excellence in math, science, technology, social sciences and business, along with traditional knowledge, the applied arts, industrial arts, practical arts and social skills.

The Need

During the days of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Hawaii was the most literate nation on earth with over 90 percent literacy. In the ensuing hundred-plus years, that rate has plummeted to one of the lowest in the nation. Hawaii has basically two educational systems, the public and the private. The private far out-performs the public, thus, those who can afford it, send their children to private schools. It is the public schools that are in deep trouble.

Although there are some hopeful signs of turning, the momentum of the long years of constant decline is difficult to overcome. The state government is finally admitting that the key problem is not simply the lack of funding; it is the obstinate bureaucracy that refuses to change. It is a systemic problem that, from curriculum to operations, needs to be overhauled.

The state budget has sufficient funds to make those changes to the public schools, but the legislature lacks the political will to initiate those changes. The main reason is the tremendous power wielded by the educators unions, the public workers unions, and other unions, that influence the legislators’ ability to win elections. With the entrenched educational bureaucracy and the political status quo, change in the educational system would be very difficult to achieve.

The plight of the public schools in Hawaii has placed another obstacle to reform. That is lack of confidence in the state’s ability to carry out the reforms. In other words, unless the people believe things can change, they become skeptical and ambivalent and will not press for those changes, thus, perpetuating the cycle of stagnation.

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The stalemate over educational reform in Hawaii is due to a lack of hope, which is due to a lack of vision. If an appealing new vision for educational excellence is placed before the people, and they catch hold of it, they will push inexorably toward it. The changes will happen.

As Hawaii experiences invigorating transformation in the areas of food production, energy self sufficiency, affordable housing, and so forth, a new vision among young and old will begin to take hold— a vision of self-reliance; a spirit of independence; a sense of confidence and hope for the future. This positive shift in attitude is a crucial factor to triggering systemic changes throughout the institutions of Hawaiian society — family, community, schools, business, industry, policy-making bodies and so forth.

The Plan


Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have utilized this climate of optimism, to cause an overhaul of Hawaii’s educational system by providing financial support and incentives to shift it from its current monolithic bureaucratic stagnation, into a decentralized, localized, community driven, exciting, challenging, productive, two-way proposition.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have contributed to the improvement of public secondary educational curricula, programs and governance so they yield a high degree of academic excellence with demonstrable skills in mathematics, science, technology, social sciences, business and the fine arts.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have supported alternative learning programs, charter schools and schools of choice to expand the avenues for diversified educational opportunities for Hawaii’s children.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have directed significant resources for teaching and training in the hotel and restaurant trades, technical and industrial arts, farming, fishing, aqua-culture, ranching; ensuring those with productive talents and skills are an integral and dignified part of Hawaii’s society.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have invested in establishing a number of halau (places of learning) throughout the islands for training in Hawaiian culture and language, traditional knowledge and skills. Within these halau, will be schools of carving, canoe crafting, and house building. There will also be training in Hawaiian traditional water management systems, agriculture and fishpond stewardship. Also, celestial navigation, native healing arts and so forth.

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• Conflict ResolutionThe Ho‘oponopono ProjectThe Need

What the world needs now is Aloha. The late kupuna (respected Hawaiian elder) Pilahi Paki once said: “… in the next millennium the world will turn to Hawaii as they search for world peace because Hawaii has the key… and that key is Aloha.”

In her address to the United Nations, kupuna Malia Craver also spoke of aloha as a means to resolve not just personal but international conflicts.

Aloha is more than a word that means hello, goodbye or love. The root words of “Aloha” are “alo” or “face” and “ha” which means “breath.” The reference is to the Hawaiian genesis story of the Creator breathing life (the breath of life, face to face) into the nostrils of the first man, Kumuhonua. It is an acknowledgement of the personal investment of the Creator in every living person. Aloha is an invocation and a recognition of respect for the sacredness of life in another.

Based on this fundamental truth of Aloha, Hawaiian society developed many profound concepts that embody the highest ideals for society: peace, harmony, unconditional love, respect, tolerance, cooperation, generosity and much more.

One of the derivatives of Aloha is a highly effective method used for conflict resolution called, Ho‘oponopono, which means to make things right. It is a method that incorporates forgiveness and reconciliation, the true expression and true test of Aloha.

Although in times past, Ho’oponopono was widely understood and used, in the last half- century it, along with many native healing processes, fell by the wayside, displaced by modern medicine.

However, in the last two decades, individual practitioners have helped to bring this effective healing method back into use in places such as the Waimanalo Health Clinic, the Waianae Comprehensive Health Center, and so forth. Native practitioners make “house calls” and educational foundations such as the Queen Liliuokalani Children’s Center provide training to those interested in learning to use this highly effective process of reconciliation.

The Plan


Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have played a leading role in developing an international reconciliation center where the principles of reconciliation are shared, taught, instilled, and activated.

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Through this center, Aloha Aina will have presented the practice of ho’oponopono as a highly viable method through which individuals, factions, people groups and especially nations, can peacefully resolve the conflicts between them.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped to fund the reconciliation center, which will consist of a main office (probably located on Oahu) to administer the program; offices at community clinics on all the islands to provide on-site services; several special retreat locales on different islands where individuals and small groups seeking reconciliation can be brought together for several days at a time.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have provided the funding and other necessary resources (directors and advisors) for the administration and operations of the reconciliation center. Aloha Aina will have assisted in providing the necessary training and certification and periodic screening of the practitioners and staff conducting and supporting the reconciliation processes.

Ten years from now... Aloha Aina will have helped the center provide (besides direct “face-to-face” reconciliation services) the means to take the message to the international stage by utilizing all available mass media technology — television and radio, the world wide web, the arts, and so forth — to broadcast, disseminate, inculcate and otherwise spread Hawaii’s message of peace and aloha to the world community.

Partners

Likely partners in this endeavor include: the Queen Liliuokalani Children’s Center, Ola Pono Wellness Center, Partners in Development, the State of Hawaii Department of Health, the Matsunaga Peace Center, the Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center, various departments of the United States and various agencies of the United Nations.

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___________________________________________________September 20, 2011

To: Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, United Nations Barack Obama, President of the United States Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel Gentlemen:

The conflict between the State of Israel and the Palestinian aspirations for independence is setting the stage for a broader conflict with consequences beyond imagination. Like the spark that ignites an explosion, the confrontation taking place at the United Nations over the issue of Palestinian statehood threatens to ignite a global explosion of violence.

Most Israelis and Palestinians embrace the Bible as their guide. Deuteronomy 30:19 describes the current situation explicitly.

“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live.”

This verse identifies the precipice on which you stand.

Haʼahaʼa is a Hawaiian word that means humility. That concept is understood to include many different expressions. The two highest expressions are the gratitude we feel to the Creator for the opportunity we have been given to be alive. The other is the respect

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we give to each other and to all the expressions of divinity, including the Earth itself. Living within the sacred boundaries of haʼahaʼa is choosing life. Within those boundaries, we revere life and we treat others and all living things as we would like to be treated.

Disrespecting the gift of life and the forms of divinity that share this life space with us is the equivalent of worshipping death. It does not, however, take deliberately choosing that ultimate outcome to bring about our destruction. There are many people on the planet who are caught in webs of fear. They generate an energy of destruction that can be fed by enough conflict until a critical mass is reached where the spasm of violent outpouring exceeds anything that those living in fear intended.

In our Kingdom, we have many practitioners of the highest spiritual arts, people known as Kahunas. They have survived the oppression brought upon them by the conversion of the Hawaiian political leadership to Christianity many years ago. I am calling upon those practicing these ancient arts to do whatever they can to disperse the upwelling of negative energy that is being fed by the conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere.

I call upon each of you to open your inner eye and look at the potential outcome of your current actions. You can turn away from God and worship the material world and its discontents. You can turn against each other and act out your denial of brotherhood. Or you can step back from the abyss and take whatever steps you can to defuse this situation.

To make our position clear, we stand on the side of peace and reconciliation within the Human Family. We believe that peace and reconciliation emerge when there is true justice. As an occupied people, we live in an internal diaspora. We assert our right to restore our independence and again become a full member of the community of nations. We see the Palestinian people as pursuing the same aspiration. We also see that many in the United States and many in Israel long ago recognized that aspiration as legitimate. The problems arise from those who would frustrate that aspiration and block the available pathways to resolution of this conflict. They are moved by fear at best and by pursuit of destruction at worst.

In our restored Kingdom, we nurture the practice of hoʼoponopono, a healing art that can bring true peace to conflict situations. I am offering the services of mediation to the present conflict and sending members of my Celestial Council to assist you in avoiding the worst case outcome that now looms. Their services are offered to the two central parties to the dispute without the interference of any other party.

Our desire to be of assistance in bringing peace to this situation is both for the benefit of all life on the planet and for the benefit of my people. We are pursuing the creation of a new national model for living sustainably on this planet that will ensure the people of the Hawaiian Islands thrive. We need a period of time in which to implement that model and demonstrate its usefulness to the rest of the Human Family. I am attaching two documents that give an overview of what we intend to offer to the world. We view this

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plan as the alternative path to the path of destruction that is being promoted as our destiny.

So we humbly suggest that you awaken fully to the potentials that exist at this turning point in Human history. Our Family can turn towards the light and walk into a future infused with that light or we can listen to the voices of darkness that haunt our past and descend into the abyss. The greatest gift given to us after life was the gift of choice. Our future is in our hands, not written in stone. Choose life that all living things may rejoice.

Respectfully yours,

Aliʼi Nui Moʼi Edmund K. Silva, Jr.Nou Ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawaiʼi

c.c. Aliʼi Manaʼo Nui Lanny Sinkin Attachments: Rebuilding the Government Narrative Aloha ʻAina Project Narrative

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_______________________________________________October 5, 2011

To: Her Majesty the Queen Prime Minister David Cameron Members of Parliament Your Majesty, Mr. Prime Minister, and Members of Parliament:

In a recent letter to Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations; Barack Obama, President of the United States; Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority; and Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, I offered the following observation:

The conflict between the State of Israel and the Palestinian aspirations for independence is setting the stage for a broader conflict with consequences beyond imagination. Like the spark that ignites an explosion, the confrontation taking place at the United Nations over the issue of Palestinian statehood threatens to ignite a global explosion of violence.

I enclose a copy of the entire letter for your review and the two attachments referenced in that letter.

The purposes of that letter were to call attention to the potential for global conflict being created by the Middle East confrontation, to offer the services of the Kingdom of Hawaiʼi to mediate the dispute, and to provide the Kingdomʼs vision and plan for creating a new civilization as a model for the world.

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We have received very favorable responses to our overture and continue the dialog to determine whether we can be helpful to the parties in finding peace. We view our mission as representing the rest of Humanity that does not want to see this conflict drag all nations into the Armageddon abyss.

I am writing to you because England played a major role in creating the conditions that now exist in the Middle East. This historical fact places a responsibility upon England to assist in resolving the tensions that remain from those early years. It is not my place to define that responsibility. I do, however, ask that you consider whether the consequences of those past actions will be allowed to determine Humanityʼs future and whether you can lend your good will and best efforts to preventing such an outcome.

How much of Human action at this time is determined by conflicts of the past? We are essentially dealing with the dead who continue to seek "victory" in wars stretching back through history. They seek to manipulate those alive today into acting out the old stories of unfinished battles.

The first protection that the living need is to remain free of the subtle influences of past traumas and transgressions. Separating from the past, the living are free to embrace a new timeline, a new future not dominated by the grievances of the past.

Our mission is healing. Our job is predominantly liberation. Forgiveness is an essential part of that process. Release of the aka chords binding the living to the stories of the dead is another part of that process. Healing back through the generations as true lomi lomi massage achieves is a sample of the technologies available to us. Liberation from loyalty to ancestral story lines that imposed an expectation of continuation on the living is the primary goal. Lovingly acknowledging the ancestors and their pain while lovingly refusing to continue the infliction of pain is the path that must be chosen to prevent the inexorable flow towards negativity.

It is precisely because the powers of healing have emerged so strongly on this planet at this time that the old wounds are surfacing. They surface to heal. While the dead may believe that they are returning to consume their enemies, they are in fact returning to finally be healed and free to go in peace. We must stand as healers in the light to greet them and wake them from their long slumber. Our task is to bring the new civilization into this plane of reality so that they can see an end that brings them joy. The unexpected HA -- the breath of God -- transforms the landscape and we are the instruments of that HA. We ask you to join with us in this transformational work.

Respectfully yours,

Aliʼi Nui Moʼi Edmund K. Silva, Jr.Nou Ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawaiʼi

c.c. Aliʼi Manaʼo Nui Lanny Sinkin

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The Apology Resolution103RD UNITED STATES CONGRESS

1ST SESSIONJoint Resolution

To acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the January 17, 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and to offer an apology to Native Hawaiians on behalf of the

United States for the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Whereas, prior to the arrival of the first Europeans in 1778, the Native Hawaiian people lived in a highly organized, self-sufficient, subsistent social system based on communal land tenure with a sophisticated language, culture, and religion;

Whereas, a unified monarchical government of the Hawaiian Islands was established in 1810 under Kamehameha I, the first King of Hawaii;

Whereas, from 1826 until 1893, the United States recognized the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii, extended full and complete diplomatic recognition to the Hawaiian Government, and entered into treaties and conventions with the Hawaiian monarchs to govern commerce and navigation in 1826, 1842, 1849, 1875, and 1887;

Whereas, the Congregational Church (now known as the United Church of Christ), through its American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sponsored and sent more than 100 missionaries to the Kingdom of Hawaii between 1820 and 1850;

Whereas, on January 14, 1893, John L. Stevens (hereafter referred to in this Resolution as the "United States Minister"), the United States Minister assigned to the sovereign and independent Kingdom of Hawaii conspired with a small group of non-Hawaiian residents of the Kingdom of Hawaii, including citizens of the United States, to overthrow the indigenous and lawful Government of Hawaii;

Whereas, in pursuance of the conspiracy to overthrow the Government of Hawaii, the United States Minister and the naval representatives of the United States caused armed naval forces of the United States to invade the sovereign Hawaiian nation on January 16, 1893, and to position themselves near the Hawaiian Government buildings and the Iolani Palace to intimidate Queen Liliuokalani and

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her Government;

Whereas, on the afternoon of January 17,1893, a Committee of Safety that represented the American and European sugar planters, descendants of missionaries, and financiers deposed the Hawaiian monarchy and proclaimed the establishment of a Provisional Government;

Whereas, the United States Minister thereupon extended diplomatic recognition to the Provisional Government that was formed by the conspirators without the consent of the Native Hawaiian people or the lawful Government of Hawaii and in violation of treaties between the two nations and of international law;

Whereas, soon thereafter, when informed of the risk of bloodshed with resistance, Queen Liliuokalani issued the following statement yielding her authority to the United States Government rather than to the Provisional Government:

I Liliuokalani, by the Grace of God and under the Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the Constitutional Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain persons claiming to have established a Provisional Government of and for this Kingdom.That I yield to the superior force of the United States of America whose Minister Plenipotentiary, His Excellency John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed a Honolulu and declared that he would support the Provisional Government.Now to avoid any collision of armed forces, and perhaps the loss of life, I do this under protest and impelled by said force yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representatives and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the Constitutional Sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.Done at Honolulu this 17th day of January, A.D. 1893.Whereas, without the active support and intervention by the United States diplomatic and military representatives, the insurrection against the Government of Queen Liliuokalani would have failed for lack of popular support and insufficient arms;

Whereas, on February 1, 1893, the United States Minister raised the American flag

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and proclaimed Hawaii to be a protectorate of the United States;

Whereas, the report of a Presidentially established investigation conducted by former Congressman James Blount into the events surrounding the insurrection and overthrow of January 17, 1893, concluded that the United States diplomatic and military representatives had abused their authority and were responsible for the change in government;

Whereas, as a result of this investigation, the United States Minister to Hawaii was recalled from his diplomatic post and the military commander of the United States armed forces stationed in Hawaii was disciplined and forced to resign his commission;

Whereas, in a message to Congress on December 18, 1893, President Grover Cleveland reported fully and accurately on the illegal acts of the conspirators, described such acts as an "act of war, committed with the participation of a diplomatic representative of the United States and without authority of Congress", and acknowledged that by such acts the government of a peaceful and friendly people was overthrown;

Whereas, President Cleveland further concluded that a "substantial wrong has thus been done which a due regard for our national character as well as the rights of the injured people requires we should endeavor to repair" and called for the restoration of the Hawaiian monarchy;

Whereas, the Provisional Government protested President Cleveland's call for the restoration of the monarchy and continued to hold state power and pursue annexation to the United States;

Whereas, the Provisional Government successfully lobbied the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate (hereafter referred to in this Resolution as the "Committee") to conduct a new investigation into the events surrounding the overthrow of the monarchy;

Whereas, the Committee and its chairman, Senator John Morgan, conducted hearings in Washington, D.C., from December 27,1893, through February 26, 1894, in which members of the Provisional Government justified and condoned the actions of the United States Minister and recommended annexation of Hawaii;

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Whereas, although the Provisional Government was able to obscure the role of the United States in the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, it was unable to rally the support from two-thirds of the Senate needed to ratify a treaty of annexation;

Whereas, on July 4, 1894, the Provisional Government declared itself to be the Republic of Hawaii;

Whereas, on January 24, 1895, while imprisoned in Iolani Palace, Queen Liliuokalani was forced by representatives of the Republic of Hawaii to officially abdicate her throne;

Whereas, in the 1896 United States Presidential election, William McKinley replaced Grover Cleveland;

Whereas, on July 7, 1898, as a consequence of the Spanish-American War, President McKinley signed the Newlands Joint Resolution that provided for the annexation of Hawaii;

Whereas, through the Newlands Resolution, the self-declared Republic of Hawaii ceded sovereignty over the Hawaiian Islands to the United States;

Whereas, the Republic of Hawaii also ceded 1,800,000 acres [7,280 km²] of crown, government and public lands of the Kingdom of Hawaii, without the consent of or compensation to the Native Hawaiian people of Hawaii or their sovereign government;

Whereas, the Congress, through the Newlands Resolution, ratified the cession, annexed Hawaii as part of the United States, and vested title to the lands in Hawaii in the United States;

Whereas, the Newlands Resolution also specified that treaties existing between Hawaii and foreign nations were to immediately cease and be replaced by United States treaties with such nations;

Whereas, the Newlands Resolution effected the transaction between the Republic of Hawaii and the United States Government;

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Whereas, the indigenous Hawaiian people never directly relinquished their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people or over their national lands to the United States, either through their monarchy or through a plebiscite or referendum;

Whereas, on April 30, 1900, President McKinley signed the Organic Act that provided a government for the territory of Hawaii and defined the political structure and powers of the newly established Territorial Government and its relationship to the United States;

Whereas, on August 21, 1959, Hawaii became the 50th State of the United States;

Whereas, the health and well-being of the Native Hawaiian people is intrinsically tied to their deep feelings and attachment to the land;

Whereas, the long-range economic and social changes in Hawaii over the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries have been devastating to the population and to the health and well-being of the Hawaiian people;

Whereas, the Native Hawaiian people are determined to preserve, develop and transmit to future generations their ancestral territory, and their cultural identity in accordance with their own spiritual and traditional beliefs, customs, practices, language, and social institutions;

Whereas, in order to promote racial harmony and cultural understanding, the Legislature of the State of Hawaii has determined that the year 1993, should serve Hawaii as a year of special reflection on the rights and dignities of the Native Hawaiians in the Hawaiian and the American societies;

Whereas, the Eighteenth General Synod of the United Church of Christ in recognition of the denomination's historical complicity in the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 directed the Office of the President of the United Church of Christ to offer a public apology to the Native Hawaiian people and to initiate the process of reconciliation between the United Church of Christ and the Native Hawaiians; and

Whereas, it is proper and timely for the Congress on the occasion of the impending one hundredth anniversary of the event, to acknowledge the historic significance of the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, to express its deep regret to the

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Native Hawaiian people, and to support the reconciliation efforts of the State of Hawaii and the United Church of Christ with Native Hawaiians;

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Acknowledgment and Apology.

The Congress

(1) on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii on January 17, 1893, acknowledges the historical significance of this event which resulted in the suppression of the inherent sovereignty of the Native Hawaiian people;(2) recognizes and commends efforts of reconciliation initiated by the State of Hawaii and the United Church of Christ with Native Hawaiians;(3) apologizes to Native Hawaiians on behalf of the people of the United States for the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii on January 17, 1893 with the participation of agents and citizens of the United States, and the deprivation of the rights of Native Hawaiians to self-determination;(4) expresses its commitment to acknowledge the ramifications of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, in order to provide a proper foundation for reconciliation between the United States and the Native Hawaiian people; and(5) urges the President of the United States to also acknowledge the ramifications of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and to support reconciliation efforts between the United States and the Native Hawaiian people.Section 2. Definitions.

As used in this Joint Resolution, the term "Native Hawaiians" means any individual who is a descendent of the aboriginal people who, prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that now constitutes the State of Hawaii.Section 3. Disclaimer.

Nothing in this Joint Resolution is intended to serve as a settlement of any claims against the United States.

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Vision and Plan

Documents

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