He Mana'o Pono - A statement of Support

  • by: Kekuewa Kikiloi
  • recipient: Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the United States of America

 

As people that value justice, righteous struggle, and facilitative leadership, we stand in strong support of the courageous actions of Ka Pouhana, CEO of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kamana‘opono Crabbe in his letter to the United States Secretary of State John F. Kerry released on May 9th, 2014.  The questions posed represent the perspectives of the broader Hawaiian and Hawai‘i community and their search for justice regarding the United States supported illegal overthrow of the constitutional Hawaiian Kingdom on Jan 17th, 1893. 

We believe that the four fundamental questions posed in the letter requires a response and should be looked at critically before proceeding with any further “nation building” processes. 

The following people, ohanas and organization stand behind the Office of Hawaiian Affairs CEO’s request for legal guidance to further shed light on the truths of Hawai‘i’s complex political history.

 

Dr. Kamana Beamer

Dr. Kekuewa Kikiloi

Donovan Preza

Dr. Noelani Goodyear Kaopua

Andre Perez

Dr. Keanu Sai

Dr. Jon Osorio

As people that value justice, righteous struggle, and facilitative leadership, we stand in strong support of the courageous actions of Ka Pouhana, CEO of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kamana‘opono Crabbe in his letter to the United States Secretary of State John F. Kerry released on May 9th, 2014.  The questions posed represent the perspectives of the broader Hawaiian and Hawai‘i community and their search for justice regarding the United States supported illegal overthrow of the constitutional Hawaiian Kingdom on Jan 17th, 1893. 


We believe that the four fundamental questions posed in the letter requires a response and should be looked at critically before proceeding with any further “nation building” processes. 


The following people, ohanas and organization stand behind the Office of Hawaiian Affairs CEO’s request for legal guidance to further shed light on the truths of Hawai‘i’s complex political history.

Update #39 years ago
Community Involvement updates:

Its been a little over one week since we started the petition and we've gotten close to 2,500 signatures in support of the questions asked by OHA CEO Dr. Kamanaopono Crabbe. The next OHA meeting is listed below, please show up and support justice for Hawaiians!

OHA Board of Trustees Meeting
Monday May 19th 2014
Arrive 9:30/Meeting 10:00am
OHA Board Room, Nā Lama Kukui
560 N Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200
Honolulu, HI 96817


Update #29 years ago
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Update #19 years ago
Recent Article and Video links:

OHA CEO Gains Allies over query into Kingdom
http://hawaiiankingdom.org/blog/star-advertiser-oha-ceo-gaining-allies-over-query-into-kingdom/

OHA Trustee Peter Apo calls for OHA to abandon Nation Building
http://peterapo.com/authored-works/oha-should-abandon-its-role-in-nation-building/

Maui Community turns out in support for OHA CEO
http://vimeopro.com/maui808films/hemanaopono



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