The opinion given by the Supreme Court on the issue of the sale of ceded lands as reported by the New York Times on March 31st seems very straight forward and their decision was predictable given the narrowness of the question presented. As it was earlier reported last October: If, as the “Question Presented” to [...]

Two events: There was a vigil held simultaneously as the U.S. Supreme Court was preparing to hear arguments in the State of Hawaii’s appeal over “ceded” lands. view the transcripts of the hearing. Out of the many points that were heard in today’s U.S. Supreme Court hearings, Justice Souter (p12.line5) in asking why this court [...]

Linda Lingle says,”rather the issue (of this appeal to the Supreme Court over the issue of ceded lands) involves the fundamental question of whether the State of Hawaii has clear title to the land transfered to us by the federal government at the time of Statehood.” For the State of Hawaii’s appeal as well as [...]

Pdfs from the Honolulu Advertiser b1 & b2, and videos submitted on YouTube by Pono of the Dec. 26, 2008 protest. Protesting thie administration’s appeal to the Supreme Court over the issue of “ceded” lands has to be one of the larger issues facing Native Hawaiians today. What is at risk here is at the [...]

go to original  By Jon M. Van Dyke and Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie    In January 2008, our Hawai’i Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision, authored by Chief Justice Ronald Moon, holding that the state is prohibited from selling or transferring any of the 1.2 million acres of “ceded” lands until the unrelinquished claims of Native [...]

Regarding an article in Saturday’s Advertiser, “State Taking New Tack in Ceded-Lands Battle.” Gordon Pang writes of the appeal by the State of Hawai’i to the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of ceded lands, “Bennett’s…brief cites the Newlands Resolution, an 1898 Congressional act that led to Hawai’i’s annexation and the establishment of Hawai’i as [...]

The following are a list of documents describing the Sagebrush Rebellion 1 & 2. Stakes are high in the Sagebrush Rebellion  Sept 2, 1979 http://statehoodhawaii.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/washington-talk-farewells-fond-and-otherwise-for-land-director.rtf Western delegates seek states control of lands.pdf   Sept 8, 1979 http://statehoodhawaii.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/western-delegates-seek-states-control-of-lands.pdf On MX in Nevada and Utah.pdf    Jan 17, 1980 http://statehoodhawaii.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/on-mx-in-nevada-and-utah.pdf Sagebrush Rebels revelling in Reagan.pdf   Nov 24, 1980 http://statehoodhawaii.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sagebrush-rebels-revelling-in-reagan.pdf [...]

The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal the Hawaii Supreme Court’s ruling forbidding the state from selling or exchanging ceded lands until a political settlement is reached with Native Hawaiians is questionable since the unanimous decision reached by the Hawaii Supreme Court based its decision not simply on the Apology Resolution as presented [...]