"Coastlands, listen to Me in silence, And let the peoples gain new strength; Let them come forward, then let them speak; Let us come together for judgment.” -Isaiah 41:1
There was never a time when the Kingdom of Hawaii has ever given up its rights as a sovereign state nation.
During the reign of the Kamehameha family structures were set in place to assure the sovereignty of Hawaii.
Hawaii had a government, declared independence, been recognized, and was under the league of Nations.
In 1893 the Republic of Hawaii (mostly wealthy sugar planters, and businessmen) overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii by force of US military.
The Republic of Hawaii provides Newlands Resolution 1898 “joint resolution” to U.S. but is not a treaty. It was made a port for the Spanish American war.
No treaty
No consent
No annexation
It has been 200 years since the missionaries (1820) have arrived.
Their contributions (the missionaries) of Christendom, the written word, and western ideas (land ownership, foreign technology, etc.) made quality advances to the people of Hawaii.
But there was also negative consequences of the missionaries and western contact. Such as oppression to Hawaiian culture, tradition, art, religion, and language.
In one sense the Hawaiian people were stripped of their identity, and made to forget the injustice and cruelty of certain American people who planted the seed of colonization in Hawaii.
Colonization in Hawaii is evident. It is a stronghold for the American military, a monopoly for wealthy entrepreneurs, and defiled with secular humanistic ideology.
More and more Hawaiians and people of Hawaii are forgetting the true history of this place, and trading it for the comfort, security, and illusion of the American dream.
Hawaii was a place of mass food production, high literacy, and sacred lands.
It has been a place of many cutting edge movements in technology, politics, race/ ethnicity, women's rights, etc.
Furthermore, Hawaii has been a neutral sovereign state and under international law no other country can occupy it for their own personal use. Hawaii was to be a sanctuary for the world. Not just for one country.
Hawaiians and Hawaii people are not waking up to the truth of these facts.
Who has the rights to own land?
Who has the rights to water and water use?
Who will pay for the destruction of sacred sites and the natural land systems?
Its it right for someone to make a profit using what isn't theirs to begin with?
I know we all have to make a living here in Hawaii. The next practical steps are harder to define, but what I am making a case for today about is the retelling of the truth. Pulling down the curtain of deceit, deception, and lies.
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” -Micah 6:7-8
