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Queen
Liliuokalani
Kau Inoa* gave you a
tee-shirt and a bumper sticker for your interest in the Crown
lands; wouldn’t you rather have someone fight to have our land
returned to us, whole?
OHA recently told the
Supreme Court that they agreed the State of Hawaii had “Perfect
Title” to the “Ceded Lands and that Hawaiians have maybe only a
"moral" claim to 20% of the proceeds. So what interests are
they fighting for? The heirs and true owners of the Mahele
trust have never gone to court to assert ownership.
Misinformation and lies have kept us from acting on our legal
rights.
Who is eligible to be a
plaintiff?
There
are two types of lawful claimants: heirs (kanka maoli, by
virtue of the undivided interest set forth in the Mahele) and
beneficiaries regardless of koko (by virtue of being
nationals/subjects/citizens of the Hawaiian Kingdom). Heirs have
rights in terms of ownership. Beneficiaries have rights in terms of
benefiting from the national assets.
So what can you
do?
You can hire legal
representation to assert our rights? Shoots! Doesn’t that cost big
bucks? Yes, it does
There are approximately
500,000 people who are heirs to the private trust left to the
people of the Hawaiian Kingdom, last managed by Queen
Liliu’okalani. If just 10,000 Kanaka pledge $5 bucks apiece
we can start this process and for the first time in 116 years stand
up and claim what is ours.
Hire a Supreme Court law
firm for just five bucks! Can you think of a better deal? Is
it worth five dollars to you to have our case finally
heard?
I can see you are
asking for Pledges, but how is this a Petition?
It becomes a Petition in
two ways. Firstly by assembling the Plaintiffs we can
petition the courts for relief and restitution. Secondly,
everyone who signs this is demanding the State to remove itself as
Trustee and return the lands to the Heirs of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Thirdly, it will provide leverage to persuade President Barrack
Obama to honor the 1893 settlement between Cleveland and
Lili’uoklani, thus avoiding the costly, time consuming process of
the domestic and international court systems.
Why is this case
important to everyone outside of Hawaii?
The rule of law applied
unfairly to only some, undermines everyone in the world. Why
did the “Law of Nations” work for our treaty Nations (England,
France, Japan, Germany, etc.) in 1893, but not for Hawaii?
The United States of America claims to be a nation of law and
yet by subjugating people to false racial classifications, it
steals their sovereign rights, assets and land. The First Nations and other
“Indigenous” people have seen their lands diminish year by year and
their rights evaporate as succeeding generations do not have the
blood quantum to live on their own lands. Isn't it time to
directly challenge American racism and claim equal legal rights
under international law.
Do you have to give any
money to join as a plaintiff in the case?
No! We are happy to have all of the heirs of
the trust join us!
To enter the case just
follow the link, you will be prompted to fill out a form and let us
know you wish to join us. You can skip the pledge part or
pledge any amount you would like to help pay for our legal
team.
Why are you asking for
only a $5 donation?
Kanaka Maoli have had so
much taken from them already and to burden them with big promises
for large amounts of money is just unfair. We hope people who
can pledge larger sums, as well as our friends in the world who see
our cause as compelling, will donate larger amounts. We would
rather go forward with a grass roots effort created by a consensus
of five dollar donors.
When do I have to send
my pledge in?
We will only ask you to
honor your pledge when we get at least 10,000 pledges or reach our
first goal of $50,000. It is important that this action truly
represents the interests of the heirs and that they agree to be
represented by the law firm we hire.
When we ask you to fulfill
your pledge you can also write a check and an address will be
posted or you can drop off your donation with one of our
representative on your Island.
How will the money be
handled?
The money will be held in
our lawyers escrow account until we pay the retainer to the Law
Firm. A board of one person from each larger Island [5] will
be responsible to administer the funds and the books will be open
to any plaintiff signatory to review. Board members will be
assigned by each Island through a consensus basis.
How do you have any
input into this process?
We will be organizing
meetings on each island to answer questions and determine
representatives. There will be at least one representative on
Hawai’i, Maui, Moloka’i, O’ahu and Kaua’i to answer questions and
take pledges until we reach our goal. They may also serve on
the board but that will be decided by each island’s
representatives. You can contact your representative and
voice your concerns and we will make a concerted effort to resolve
all issues.
Is this run by one
sovereignty group? No!
This is an unaffiliated
effort to unite all of the heirs in a legal
action. We are in the process of updating the
list of people supporting this initiative.
Mahalo
*Kau Inoa means to place your
name and is a proxy list that OHA is trying to use to claim the
right to negotiate Hawaiian land claims.
They are asking Hawaiians to
accept a final settlement of 20 percent of the land and revenue,
which may actually be closer to 2 percent!
Questions?
Also visit our blog to make
comments:
http://mahelefund.blogspot.com/
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