Sovereignty cited in ceded land case By Alexandre Da Silva adasilva@starbulletin.com Hawaii has a “sovereign right” to sell and transfer lands previously owned by Hawaii’s kingdom, the state told the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in an effort to lift a legal ban on the property deals until claims by native islanders are resolved. In papers [...]

An open letter to the US left from the Hawaiian sovereignty movement The confluence of two forces–a massive military expansion in Hawai’i and Congressional legislation that will stymie the Kanaka Maoli [Native Hawaiian] sovereignty movement–will expand and consolidate the use of Hawai’i for US empire. We are calling on the US left to join our [...]

The Nation- Famous Are the Flowers: Hawaiian Resistance Then–and Now Thank you Elinor for your work with this. A really good read. read the comments to the original article: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080428/langer Here is the Nation response in 1893: The history of this Hawaiian affair offers a good illustration of the danger to us of colonies and [...]

Honolulu Advertiser. April 15, 2008.  A nonprofit group has signed an agreement to acquire 1,600 acres of rugged Moloka’i coastal property from the parent of Molokai Ranch at no cost. The binding deal between Molokai Properties Ltd. and the 2-year-old Molokai Land Trust is subject to legal formalities, but is expected to result in bestowing [...]