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Hayley covers the first (and last) queen regnant of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Then Katja covers Michel Lotito the French entertainer who ate an entire airplane. Lastly Alec covers the most famous painting in the world and the history behind Lisa herself and artist Leonardo Da Vinci. Listen to the full two and a half hour episode only on Night Classy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/257-liliuokalani-124239341 Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2025
Commemorating the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Thousands are expected to take to the streets this morning for an annual tradition. How they'll reflect on the events of that day and honor Hawaii's last ruling monarch. Nurses at Wilcox Hospital are set to return to work this morning after a 3-day strike. Howard is back this morning, he has the latest on the talks towards a new contract. A controversial start to the start of the legislative session. Why one state lawmaker's opening day address has offended some in the LGBTQ community.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan. 17, 2025 marks 132 years since the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and thousands are expected to take part in the annual Onipa’a Peace March to reflect on the events of that day. It’s set to begin 9:45 a.m. Friday at the Mauna’ala Royal Mausoleum. Marchers will go down Nuuanu Avenue, on the way to Iolani Palace.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, January 17, 2025, is the 132nd anniversary of the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Each year, Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi and the Queen's Court convene the ʻOnipaʻa Peace March and Rally to make sure the overthrow is never forgotten. In this podcast short, re-aired from an interview in 2022, Healani Sonoda-Pale shares about the history of the overthrow, its impact on Kānaka Maoli, and the importance of ʻOnipaʻa as an act of remembrance. To learn more about the 2025 ʻOnipaʻa Peace March, visit kalahuihawaii.net/onipaapeacemarch. To listen to the full interview with Healani from 2022, see episode 34 in our feed. Tag: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
On Friday, January 17, 2025, thousands will gather in Honolulu for the annual ʻOnipaʻa Peace March and Rally, marching from the Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum to ʻIolani Palace. The 2025 march marks the 132nd anniversary of the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the beginning of u.s. occupation. The annual event, convened by the Queenʻs Court and Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, raises public awareness about the overthrow and occupation and calls the lāhui and allies to stand firm. In today's special episode, Kauwila Sheldon, a committee member of Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, shares about the history and significance of the ʻOnipaʻa march and gives context and pointers for those who would like to participate. Learn more on the Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi website at www.kalahuihawaii.net/onipaapeacemarch. We hope to see you there! Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
In this episode of the Obehi podcast, Amb. Professor Oluwafemi Esan talks about his Ambassadorial Appointment to the United Kingdom by the sovereign Kingdom of Hawaii. Enjoy and leave your thoughts in the comments section below. ___________________________________ Want To Learn More About The Obehi Podcast? Since 2019, the Obehi Podcast has been providing its listeners with in-depth interviews, covering such important topics as Business, Leadership, History, Storytelling, Content Creation, and the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world. Now, you can dive even deeper with Obehi Podcast by taking advantage of his signature program, “OWN YOUR STORY”, A Five-step Transformative Journey to Reshape Your Professional and Business Narrative for Success in Less Than 90 Days.
In this episode of the Obehi podcast, Amb. Professor Oluwafemi Esan talks about his Ambassadorial Appointment to the United Kingdom by the sovereign Kingdom of Hawaii. Enjoy and leave your thoughts in the comments section below. ___________________________________ Want To Learn More About The Obehi Podcast? Since 2019, the Obehi Podcast has been providing its listeners with in-depth interviews, covering such important topics as Business, Leadership, History, Storytelling, Content Creation, and the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world. Now, you can dive even deeper with Obehi Podcast by taking advantage of his signature program, “OWN YOUR STORY”, A Five-step Transformative Journey to Reshape Your Professional and Business Narrative for Success in Less Than 90 Days.
Dr. Keanu Sai is back by popular demand for a continuation of his first episode last month. Dr. Sai is a Ph.D. in Political Science specializing in International Relations and law from the island of O'ahu. He is a founding member of the Hawaiian Society of Law & Politics. He also served as lead agent for the Hawaiian Kingdom in arbitration proceedings before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, Netherlands, from November 1999-February 2001. He is also the head of the Royal Commission of Inquiry and is a senior lecturer of political science and Hawaiian studies at windward community college and affiliate faculty member at university of Hawaii college of education graduate program as well as the chairman of Hawaiian council of regency. In this episode we talk about joining the military, learning about his genealogy, Hawaiian sovereignty, independence, the illegal occupation of Hawai'i, and so much more. Enjoy! Find Dr. Sai's website and other resources here: Blog: https://hawaiiankingdom.org/blog/Letter:https://hawaiiankingdom.org/pdf/Hawaiian_Royal_Commission_of_Inquiry_(2020).pdf Book review: https://hawaiiankingdom.org/pdf/Book_Review_RCI_book_(Budziszewska).pdf Other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF6CaLAMh98https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-VIA_3GD2A Buy our merch on: Official website: https://keepitaloha.com/ Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kamakadias Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@keepitalohapod Listen to us on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-it-aloha/id1592266675 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S4albn4TaWiwqcLVSnHNb?si=88d056857a5b41f2
Dr. Keanu Sai is a Ph.D. in Political Science specializing in International Relations and law from the island of O'ahu. He is a founding member of the Hawaiian Society of Law & Politics. He also served as lead agent for the Hawaiian Kingdom in arbitration proceedings before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, Netherlands, from November 1999-February 2001. He is also the head of the Royal Commission of Inquiry and is a senior lecturer of political science and Hawaiian studies at windward community college and affiliate faculty member at university of Hawaii college of education graduate program as well as the chairman of Hawaiian council of regency. In this episode we talk about joining the military, learning about his genealogy, Hawaiian sovereignty, independence, the illegal occupation of Hawai'i, and so much more. Enjoy! Find Dr. Sai's website here: hhttps://hawaiiankingdom.org/blog/ Buy our merch on: Official website: https://keepitaloha.com/ Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kamakadias Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keepitalohapod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keepitalohapod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@keepitalohapod Listen to us on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-it-aloha/id1592266675 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S4albn4TaWiwqcLVSnHNb?si=88d056857a5b41f2
In this episode of the U.S. Navy History Podcast, hosts Dale the Captain and Christophe the Unflappable XO discuss the historical events surrounding the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Starting with the recognition of Hawaiian independence in 1846, they delve into the key events leading up to the coup in 1893, supported by American business interests and military intervention, which resulted in the deposition of Queen Liliuokalani. They explore the subsequent political maneuvers, including President Cleveland's investigation and the eventual annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898. The episode also briefly touches on the Second Samoan Civil War and previews upcoming discussions on the Banana Wars. The episode concludes by honoring Engineman Second Class Mark Ian Nito, a Navy sailor who sacrificed his life in the attack on the USS Cole. usnavyhistorypodcast@gmail.com @usnhistorypod Discord The Ships Store Hero Cards the Grateful Nation Project — Hero Cards navy-cycling.com
Join Counterpunch Radio contributor Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt, in conversation with activists and community organizers, Alakaʻi Kapānui and Fatima Abed, to discuss the Palestinian Solidarity movement in Hawai'i. From being the first “state” to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, to the #CancelRIMPAC campaign against the world's largest Navy exercises, Hawai'i organizers are drawing deeper connections between the military occupations of Hawai'i, Palestine, and the Israeli apartheid state. Decades of Native Hawaiian-led demilitarization efforts and current Palestinian and Jewish-led grassroots community are finding ways to collaborate towards genuine security. Alakaʻi Kapānui is a Kanaka ʻŌiwi and Jewish activist and community organizer. She is the poʻo (head) of Kona 4 Palestine and co-founder of Huliau o Nā Wahi Kapu both of which focus on the demilitarizations and deoccupations of Hawaiʻi and Palestine. She has been a Hawaiian Kingdom and sovereignty activist since 2018 through Hui Aloha ʻĀina and with a heavy focus on cultural reconnection and practice. She is a kiaʻi o Mauna a Wākea, Mākua, Kaloko Loko ʻIa, and Pōhakuloa. As the head of Kona 4 Palestine, she has been able to begin to reconnect to her Jewish heritage and since started working with other pro-Palestine organizations by hosting a series of teach-in events that directly address Palestine and global imperialism. And as a co- founder of Huliau o Nā Wahi Kapu, she has been able to focus on the ends of military leases and occupations such as Pōhakuloa Training Area, Mākua Valley, and the parallel military occupation of Palestine. Aloha ʻāina ʻoiaʻiʻo. Fatima Abed (she/they) is a Palestinian and Puerto Rican human rights and animal activist residing in Hawaiʻi. She is the founder of Rise for Palestine, a grassroots organization focused on lobbying for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a free Palestine. Spearheading the campaign to adopt a ceasefire resolution in Hawai‘i at the “state” level, Rise for Palestine hosted teach-ins and film screenings, led rallies, and mobilized nearly 26,000 emails and phone calls to elected officials from residents throughout the islands. Once resolutions were given hearings, Rise for Palestine led the effort to mobilize testimony, helping to secure more than 1,600 pages of written testimony and numerous, powerful verbal testimonies in support of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza in the State House and Senate. These efforts led to Hawai‘i becoming the first “state” in the nation to adopt a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire resolution for Gaza, with 72 of Hawai‘i's 76 elected legislators voting in support. Fatima has also led events to support Sulala Animal Rescue in Gaza, the only animal rescue still operating under fierce bombardment. You can follow Sulala and Saed on instagram: @Sulalaanimalrescue Fatima is currently traveling the continent, gathering the stories of Palestinian-Americans, and activists and students who are fighting for a free Palestine. She is headed towards the DNC as an elected “Uncommitted” delegate for the “state” of Hawai'i. Here she will uplift and echo all of the voices of the activists she encountered during this genocide in Gaza to US media and elected officials. Follow her journey and support here: https://gofund.me/8c8b0b1e And on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RiseforPalestine Follow Rise for Palestine on Instagram: rise_for_palestine If you know anyone interested in sharing their stories you can contact her at rise4palestine@gmail.com. More The post Alakaʻi Kapānui and Fatima Abed appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
Ring aroung the sun, perhaps a lei around the sun. Earth completes one spin on its axis (with respect to the Sun) every 24 hours—give or take a few milliseconds. 2022 the days were slower than the days of 2023. How Much? Thats coming up in our astronomical notes. Take a tour of the historic Hawaiian Kingdom capital building, award wining farmers market and half way to halloween party, all that and more will be mixed up in our HIP events calander along with May Day is Lei Day coming May 1st and in our concerts we have a may first concer featuring Kuana Torres Kahele.. Also we have our HIP 7 day forecast for weather surf nightsky events concerts and more. https://www.timeanddate.com/news/astronomy/earth-rotation-2024 https://youtube.com/salonkingsadore https://www.kitv.com/news/local/the-96th-lei-day-celebration-kicks-off-in-may/article_34e5cb8c-0344-11ef-bd70-c7f94b85fb70.html hawaii news now Aliiolani Hale — the “House of Heavenly Kings” — was the central hub of government in the Hawaiian Kingdom. Past, present and future: This iconic building in downtown Honolulu celebrates 150 years https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/04/26/past-present-future-this-iconic-building-downtown-honolulu-celebrates-150-years/ Manu o Kū, also known as the white tern, is Honoluluʻs official bird. https://www.khon2.com/local-news/learn-why-honoluluʻs-official-bird-is-so-special/ KITV Kaka'ako farmers market takes 2024 USA Tod y3rd place in top 10 https://www.kitv.com/video/shakas-and-shout-outs-kakaako-famers-market-3rd-place/video_947c2ce3-6e18-5d0d-8cbb-a3cf319b320b.html KHON Halfway to Halloween https://www.khon2.com/local-news/fright-nights-halfway-to-halloween-takes-over-chinatown-honolulu/
In our third episode with Ke Ea Hawaiʻi, we hear updates and what's on the horizon for this hui, featuring Laʻakea Chun (current student), Hina Kaʻōpua-Canonigo (alum), and Trevor Atkins (kumu and advisor). Ke Ea Hawai'i is an interscholastic student council composed of elected representatives from 17 Hawaiian-focused charter schools. To learn more about the history of Ke Ea and hear from different student voices, check out our first two episodes: Episode 8: News Media for the Hawaiian Kingdom and Episode 44: Normalizing Hawaiian Culture-based Education. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
My guest on this episode is Healani Sonoda-Pale, a Kanaka Maoli Human Rights advocate for Self-Determination and a Water Protector who has been organizing at the intersection of the indigenous struggle for liberation and environmental protection in Hawai'i. She is a member of the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative and the spokesperson of the Ka Lahui Hawaii Political Action Committee. Healani was born and raised on the island of O'ahu where she resides with her family.Show Notes:The Beauty of the Pandemic Shutdown in Hawai'iThe Fallout of the Lahaina Fires in West MauiNo ControlsManufacturing the AuthenticReopening for Tourism in the Midst of CatastropheLocal Schism: Those in Favour and Those AgainstThe Tourism at the Heart of the Housing CrisisKa Lahui Hawai'i Political Action CommitteeThe Water Crisis in OahuDecolonizing Tourism is an OxymoronSolidarity with Kanaka MaoliHomework:Healani Sonoda-Pale InstagramKa Lahui Hawai'i | TwitterOahu Water Protectors | Red Hill Community Representation InitiativeTranscript:Chris: [00:00:00] In the first season of the podcast I spoke to Hokulani Aikau and Vernadette Gonzalez about the attempts to decolonize tourism in the Hawaiian islands. And following that Kaleo Patterson. Who offered a deeper historical and cultural background into the ongoing us occupation of Hawaii. The military industrial tourism complex, and some of the traditional forms of hospitality that Hawaiians have engaged in. Since then, and especially because of the wildfires that spread through west Maui this past summer. Listeners have asked again and again, to return to the islands, to host the voices of those. They're now struggling with another catastrophe. Who are offering resilience and resistance. In the face of these enduring consequences. And as such, I welcome.Healani Sonoda-Pale to the pod. Thank you for joining me today, Healani.Healani: It's my pleasure to be joining this podcast and to help [00:01:00] spread the message about tourism in Hawai'i. Chris: Healani, could you do us the favor of elaborating a bit on where you're speaking from today and how the world looks like for you?Healani: Okay. So I'm a Kanaka Maoli woman, born and raised in Hawai'i on the island of O'ahu. I have been in the Hawaiian movement for liberation and self determination for nearly 30 years. I am a student of Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask, and I am on the front lines of many, many issues. The issues that we face today are, many of them are a consequence of tourism.The desecration of cultural sites. The degradation of our beautiful beaches pollution, traffic, overcrowding, the high cost of living in Hawai'i, the extremely high cost of housing in Hawai'i. These are all because of tourism. This is happening to Hawai'i. [00:02:00] As a result, direct result of the tourist industry, which Hawaii relies on.And in Hawaii, we have two businesses. We have the military industrial complex and the tourist industry. Those are the two worst industries to rely on, number one. And they are the most exploitive and extractive industries to have. They do not enhance our way of life here on, on these islands in Hawaii.They do the opposite. They have brought many of us to the brink where we are now, most of us living paycheck to paycheck. The average cost of a house in Hawaii is a million dollars.I believe Honolulu is the number one or at least the top three most expensive cities in the United States to live in. So tourism is a plague in Hawaii. It is a plague upon this place and it has caused us to [00:03:00] struggle on a daily basis, not just financially and not just socially, mentally as well. Having to deal with tourists on a daily basis in Hawaii is frustrating, so that's kind of like the space I'm coming from. I am involved with the water issue, protecting our water, which is now something that is a huge issue. I'm very much involved in the Red Hill issue. I'm involved with protecting Iwi Kūpuna, which is our traditional Hawaiian burials. I'm involved with the repatriation of our land. Again, another big issue. It never ends because the, the economic, social pressure to take and take and take until there's nothing left is relentless. So that's the space we're coming from. So you talked about COVID, right? You started this podcast in the beginning of COVID and COVID was an eye opener for a lot of people in Hawai'i. When COVID happened, [00:04:00] the state of Hawai'i shut down and tourists weren't allowed here during our shutdown.I believe it was like a year and a half. It was beautiful. Even though we were living in the middle of a pandemic, our beaches were empty. There were no lines at the stores. There was no traffic. Even the air we breathed seemed cleaner. The water we swam in, in the ocean, didn't have this sliminess on it, from tourists with suntan lotion swimming in it all day, right?So the fish came back. Even the plants and the land was happy. I mean, it was a beautiful time. Even though it was sad because we were living through a pandemic, it was a beautiful time for us as Kanaka because we got to see Hawai'i without tourists. And that really opened the eyes for people who usually are not as [00:05:00] critical of tourism, as many of us have been so more people in Hawaii started saying, especially Kanaka Mali, well, how do we move forward without tourism?But when the state opened up again, tourism came back and it came back with a vengeance.When you look at what was happening on social media and, you know, what people were posting and across all the islands, we saw some frustration. We saw people posting about interactions they were having with tourists at sacred sites and beaches. People were more aware that tourists were there after COVID because we were able to enjoy our beaches, enjoy our islands without them.And then when they came back, it was not only dangerous because we live 2, 000 miles away from the nearest continent. So, they were bringing in the COVID. I mean, from the time of [00:06:00] Captain Cook, tourists, visitors, explorers, missionaries, they have been bringing in diseases when, when Captain Coke arrived in 1778. We didn't have any immunity to these diseases, and so now, I think for a lot of residents here in Hawai'i, our eyes have been opened on what we have to give up for tourism.We have to sacrifice not only our beautiful island life, but a way forward that doesn't include commodifying who we are as a people, our culture, everything. The state's been talking about diversifying the industry here in Hawai'i, right? They wanted to look into agriculture was one. They've never seriously taken that up. And they always fall back on tourism.Chris: And why do you think that is? Because it's just so easy.Healani: Because they've invested. It's a multi billion dollar business. There's hotels. Waikiki [00:07:00] is loaded with hotels. It's business interests. It's those that have been in control of the tourist industry, wanting to keep control of that and wanting to keep their financial interests protected and keep going.So that is, that has been a problem. And of course we have strong lobbyists here in Hawai'i for the tourist industry. It is an industry that is supported by taxpayer dollars. It's one of the few industries we give millions of dollars of our money. It's a private industry supported by taxpayer dollars.So it's a private industry that we support that exploits not just our resources, our culture, but they have really degraded our way of life here. They've made everything so expensive that most of our people, most of the indigenous people of Hawai'i have moved away because they can't afford to live here.Chris: And you know, I'm curious [00:08:00] in this regard, to what extent do you think that this Government money and government decisions played a part in these wildfires that passed through West Maui in August, you know, like reading and researching for this interview and seeing what's been shared online and social media, the term management and mismanagement continues to arise in and among social movement activists.And I'm curious to what extent you think that either government action or inaction or the tourism industry had a part to play in what happened this past summer.Healani: The Lahaina Fires. was so tragic and the tragedy continues months after. The suicide rates are on the rise in Lahaina. Families are still displaced, thousands of them. They were just [00:09:00] a few days ago, I had posted about it. They were just given again, eviction letters. The last time I was in Maui was there.The first set of eviction letters that went out. So they're being housed in hotels, 7,00-8,000 of them; families that have lost everything, in hotels. And now they're being told to leave to make way for tourism, to make way for tourists. That's the enormity of the pressure that tourists, tourism brings with it. The pressure to a piece and to serve and to put tourism first.Just going back to my childhood in school. We were basically brainwashed into thinking we need tourism. Without tourism, we wouldn't have jobs. There would be no money, you know? So it's been kind of ingrained in us. And that's why I think COVID was super important because it was an eye opener for a lot of us.Because they saw really [00:10:00] what was possible, a world without tourism. And so the pressure to support, to push tourism, to... "they always say, we want to support small businesses," but it's really not about small businesses. It's about those huge, multinational corporations that have invested millions.into this industry and have supported and lobbied for their industry, for the tourist industry. That's what it's really about, to a point where they really don't care about the people, the residents of Lahaina. They're literally traumatizing these families again and pushing them around to make room for an industry that we all pay to support.And the Lahaina fires is a result of corporations, land grabbing by corporations of [00:11:00] tourism gone wild, literally. The whole culture of Hawaii is about making sure tourism is going to be okay in the future. We're one big resort. That's what we are.Hawaii is one big resort. Everything is catered for tourists first. It's always tourists first, residents last. And kanaka maoli not even considered, like we're not even in the equation, except when they want us to dance hula, and when they want us to chant, and when they want us to teach tourists how to make leis. So the whole Lahaina situation is very complicated.Tragic, and it continues to be tragic. Over a hundred people died in those fires. And Lahaina is like a real big hub for tourists, and has been. It's like the Waikiki of Maui. So having that burned down, I think, was a big loss for the tourist industry on Maui. [00:12:00] So they are trying every which way to bring that back. In fact, today they're going to unveil the strategic plan for the next few years for Maui, which again, is just a slap in the face. It's insulting to the people of Lahaina. They're actually having it in West Maui. It's insulting to the people of Lahaina to have now a discussion about how to move forward with tourism while they're still displaced. There's thousands of families that don't know where they're going to be next month.There are thousands more that don't have access to clean water, don't have jobs, that have multiple families living in their homes and they're going to have a big presentation on tourism today. That's what we have to deal with.There is a mythology that's been built around the tourist industry that basically tells us, you know, [00:13:00] we need tourism. We need tourism. For some reason, we won't be able to survive without tourism. So that's the culture of Hawaii. And that's what I've grown up in. One of the things that is concerning about tourism is the fact that there's never been an environmental assessment or environmental impact study done on the effects tourism has on Hawaii .There are no controls. There's no control of how many people will be allowed in, how many people will be allowed at a certain beach, how many people will be allowed to swim and hike up to a sacred pond.There's nothing like that. It's like a free for all here in Hawaii when it comes to tourism.With tourism comes a thriving sex trade. So we have a number of brothels that, of course, are illegal, here in O'ahu. And a real epidemic with a [00:14:00] high number of missing and murdered Native Hawaiian women and girls. Hmm. This is the average characteristics of a victim of a missing girl is 15 years old native Hawaiian.And that's you know, that's the reality here in in Hawaii. So tourism is one of those industries that has a lot of low paying jobs. People have to work two to three, sometimes four jobs to survive here in Hawaii because Hawaii has the highest cost of living and one of the highest in the United States and it's really a struggle to make a living off of the tourist industry.Once tourism gets a foothold in your community, then it's very difficult to get tourism out. And right now, I'm in the midst of a struggle with keeping tourism out of East Maui.[00:15:00] They're expanding tourism into rural areas because they want to make these real authentic experiences for tourists.And they want to provide cultural experiences for tourists now. And the last couple years, the Hawaii Tourism Authority has done something called destination management, which is where they give money to non profits to host tourists in these real authentic settings, where they get to work in the taro patch or they get real cultural experience hiking or storytelling or something like that and in exchange these non profits get paid.The reality of this Destination Management Program that they always give Hawaiian names to -Aloha Aina, Kahu Aina -the reality of these programs [00:16:00] is that they're actually community bribes.Residents are less tolerant of tourism these days, especially post COVID. And so these programs, like the Destination Management Programs that they're now doing, and have been doing for a couple years are community bribes that help residents swallow the bitter pill of tourism. And that is pretty much how this whole thing kind of plays out.Whatever financial benefits we get out of tourism, they're short lived and they aren't sustainable. And in fact, they threaten a sustainable and livable future for residents here, especially Kanaka Maoli.Chris: Do you see any parallels between the quote return of tourism following the COVID-19 lockdowns and later after the fires? Was anything learned by the inundation of [00:17:00] COVID carrying tourists?Healani: Yeah, so I see parallels between what's happening with tourism post COVID and what's happening with tourism post-Lahaina fires. And what's very clear with the government here, the local government has made very clear is that tourism, no matter the cost, in terms of our health and safety, comes first.And that has been shown over and over. While, when they opened up tourism, the COVID numbers went up. And because, of course, people are bringing COVID in. And that put the numbers of people in the emergency rooms and in our hospitals that went way up. We don't have the capacity and we still don't have the capacity to serve thousands and thousands of residents and tourists at the same time.In terms [00:18:00] of medical health care. And so we, you know, we're in a really tight spot for that, you know. So we were really struggling because our hospital and our medical system was overrun.We had sick tourists and we had sick residents. And when you look at the numbers, it was the Native Hawaiians and the Pacific Islanders who were not just catching COVID more, but also dying from COVID more often than others. And with Lahaina, same thing. Instead of waiting, holding off on reopening Lahaina and Maui for tourists, they opened it up super early.In fact, they opened it up a month ago, for tourism. They opened up line up for tourism and families are still suffering. Families don't know what's going to happen next month, where they're going to be living next week. There's [00:19:00] thousands of displaced families still in Lahaina, yet the pressure to open up to tourism is so immense that they did it anyway. So what happened with COVID and the Lahaina fires is that they really show that what they're prioritizing.They're not prioritizing the health and safety of, of the residents, let alone Kanaka Maoli residents. They're prioritizing business interest.Chris: Mm. Hmm. Really just showing the true face, the true nature of the industry. Right. And then not in any way surprising why locals, both residents and Kanaka Maoli would be so upset and so angry, not just with the industry, but with tourists as well when they arrive having no understanding of this. Right. And so my next question kind of centers around locals there, workers, especially. And in this particular article, It says that, "as tourists returned to the [00:20:00] island, displaced residents are still in need of long-term solutions for their future, most notably in terms of long-term affordable housing. Currently. Quote, "a coalition of 28 community groups have staged what's being called a 'fish-in' on Kaanapali beach to help raise awareness of the ongoing impacts of the Malai wildfires. Wearing bright red and yellow shirts, the protesters have pledged to fish along kind of poly beach. An area usually crowded with sunbathers in swimmers, around the clock 24 7, in order to bring awareness to these issues. And so in terms of strategy and solidarity, How have local people and organizations responded in the context of these last few months.Healani: Yeah. Many locals work in tourism. So a lot of people in Hawaii felt that the reopening was too fast, too early. There were other ways they could have dealt with. They always use the term 'affordable housing,' they always use that to [00:21:00] develop. Here they use small businesses to justify prioritizing tourism. So, their whole justification for opening up to tourism early, in Lahaina, was to support small businesses. But there are other solutions. We all know that. They give billions of dollars to Israel and to Ukraine for a war that has nothing to do with us, to other countries who are doing whatever they want with it. But when it comes to this whole issue of tourism and the displaced families, they could have supported these families and for at least a year supported these small businesses like they did during the pandemic, but they chose not to.There's other solutions they could've used, but for them, opening it up was more important than making sure families were okay.So, there is a split between some residents who feel they need tourism and some [00:22:00] who don't. And it's usually, again, business owners who rely on tourists for their livelihood. And like I said before, any kind of benefit we get from tourism is really short lived and the effects of tourism, not just on our environment, but on our society and on our economic system is more detrimental than beneficial.I'll give you an example tourism fuels people from other places wanting to buy a second home here. Tourists come to Hawaii, they see how beautiful it is, they love the beaches, of course. We have like really good weather on a daily basis. So when they come here to visit, they wanna buy a second home here.⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Right now we have a housing crisis in Hawaii, and the reason for this housing crisis is because we have [00:23:00] tens of thousands of empty homes. In fact, we could put all the houseless people that are in Hawaii right now into these empty homes. And we would still have thousands of homes left over. And that is one of the reasons why number one, we have one of the, like the highest housing costs. The average house right now sells for a million dollars.It could literally be a shack on a piece of land. It'll sell for a million dollars in Hawaii. It's because of the demand for housing here in Hawaii. And it's because of the fact that a lot of the housing that we do have are usually second homes. And lots of times they use it for short term housing rentals as well. And I just want to clarify the numbers for the short term housing rentals. There's about 30, 000 residential housing units that are being rented to tourists, instead of residents, instead of locals, instead [00:24:00] of Kanaka Maoli, so that's part of the problem here. We don't have a housing shortage.We have a shortage of housing rentals or landlords that want to rent to residents.So, what we gain from tourism doesn't even come close to what we are losing from tourism, from the tourist industry.Chris: Uh, Wow. . It's just a. It's incredible. How so much of this, this desire to vacation, escape, have fun, rest, make money "passive income" lead so much to the detriment of neighbors, of what might otherwise be neighbors in our midst. And I know that, I think I've read the other day that there's this group Lahaina Strong, that was asking for government intervention. Is that right? Healani: Yeah. So they've asked. Yeah, that's a, that's a good point. [00:25:00] Lahaina Strong, one of the lead groups in Lahaina, have asked for the mayor and the governor to intervene and to ask short term housing rental owners to provide long term housing solutions for those, the displaced families. And that hasn't happened yet.It's been months. It's been September, October, November, over three months. And these families, their future is still up in the air. They don't even have reliable housing. So again, it just tells you what the priorities of the state is. Honestly, I don't think they're going to get what they want.Chris: Thank you, Healani and for being a witness to all this and proceeding accordingly. I'd like to, if I can ask you a little bit more about your political work. If I'm not mistaken you're a spokesperson for Ka Lahui Hawai'i Political Action Committee. Could you explain a little bit about [00:26:00] this organization? What the name means, how it was formed its principles, goals, and actions, perhaps. Healani: Okay, so yes, I am the spokesperson for Ka Lahui Hawai'i, and I am part of the Komike Kalai'aina Political Action Committee, which is a national committee of Ka Lahui Hawai'i, which means the Hawaiian Nation.We are a native initiative for self determination and self governance. We were formed in 1987 by Kanaka Maoli, Indigenous Peoples of Hawaii, as a response to the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and as a way forward for our people to seek out justice and to create our own way forward by creating our own nation.I have been with Kalahui Hawaii since 1993. And I [00:27:00] joined after watching Dr. Haulani-Kay Trask do her speech on the grounds of Iolani Palace, where she proclaimed that we are not American. And that was an eye opener to me. And I joined Ka Lahui and I transferred to the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, became her student. A lot of the work that we've done has been nation building. We are a nation in exile, literally. We take stances on issues a lot of times. And the issues we've been doing has been from water issues to intellectual property rights, to land rights, to tourism. The issues we cover is literally anything that affects us as a, as a people and as a nation. So we cover a wide [00:28:00] spread of issues. Most recently it's been the water issue that we've been really focused on. And when you look at the water issue, again, you see the disparity there. We are in a water crisis on the island of Oahu. We are encouraged to practice conservation measures. However, the tourist industry, hotels with pools and fountains and large golf courses, which have to be watered daily, are not being told the same thing. They are the exception. They continue to waste water while on O ahu are concerned about the future.Of our children and grandchildren because we're not sure if number one, there will be clean water and number two, if there is clean water, there'll be enough clean water for everyone in the future, but the hotels in the tourist industry, they don't care. They have swimming pools and[00:29:00] golf courses.Tourists are not told to come here and conserve water. You know, in fact, they waste water in the tourist industry and you can see it. Are you seeing how they waste it? It's pretty visual and obvious. So Ka Lahui Hawaii has been active On the front lines with Mauna Kea issue, and we have treaties with other Native American nations. We've gone to the U. N., our past Keaāina, our governor, Merilani Trask helped to draft UNDRIP, which is the U. N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which is one of the most important documents that have come out from the U. N. for Indigenous Peoples and has reasserted all of our rights to self determination.There's about 400 million indigenous peoples around the world, and UNDRIP [00:30:00] is important to every single one of us.Chris: Well, thank you for, for that and the work that you do with Ka Lahui, Healani. I'll make sure that the requisite websites and links are up on the homework section and the end of tourism podcasts for our listeners. Now, in my interview withHokulani Aikau and Vernadette Gonzalez, they spoke of various projects within the tourism sector, undertaken by indigenous Hawaiians to uncover and share with tourists or visitors, the histories of the people and place so often ignored by the industry. Now in order to do this, to educate, many people work within the confines of the structures and the systems we already have, that is to decolonize tourism, for example. Now if we weren't limited by those current structures and systems. How would you personally want to proceed hosting the other, the foreigner? How would you want them [00:31:00] to proceed towards you and your people? How might you imagine such relationship to unfold? Healani: Yeah. Yeah. Decolonize tourism. That's an oxymoron. I don't believe in decolonizing tourism. The nature of tourism, it's like colonization. The nature of tourism is to exploit, is to extract everything it can from a place and from a people and it commodifies, things that to us are spiritual, to us are sacred, tourism commodifies it all. To decolonize something that was not created from indigenous peoples is impossible.We can decolonize our world. But we cannot decolonize systems of [00:32:00] oppression because they're set up to oppress us. And so that is, I don't know what to say. It's like I said before. You know, they keep changing the name, you know, Hawai'i Tourism Authority even though they have leadership that is Kanaka and they're trying to be culturally sensitive and they are doing, you know, destination management practices kind of thing and working with nonprofits and cultural groups.It's still tourism. It's still a business that wants to benefit from our land, from our water, from our culture, from our people. And when we talk about decolonization, when we talk about working against systems of oppression, it's really about us rebuilding our own systems that counter their systems.So it's all systemic, right? It's like a system of power that benefits one group [00:33:00] over the other. It stems from colonization, which is a system of power that is working against us. So to counter that, we have to create our own systems. We actually have to reconnect and recreate our old systems. So Franz Fanon talks about this. When colonization happens, what they do is they compartmentalize our world.So, you know, where we see the world as living, as where we see ourselves as part of nature, and part of this living system where there's balance. We give and take from the land. We take care of the land, the land takes care of us. In our cosmogonic genealogies as Kanaka, it tells us basically our universal perspective on all life, which is basically we are related to all the animals and plants and to the islands itself, because what it does is it recites the birth of every [00:34:00] living thing in Hawaii that was here during the time we were here, before Captain Cook arrived, but it connects us to this world and it tells us our place in it. And when colonization came, what they did was they ripped our world apart.And they separated us from nature. They separated us from our ancient beliefs. They separated us even from our belief in ourself. And many Native people, I'm sure can relate to this, but it's like living in two worlds. We live in a Hawaiian world, and we live in the Western world. We act a certain way in the Western world because of the way it's organized. And in our world, it's different. So, it's important to understand that we cannot infiltrate a system. Without the system infiltrating us. We're going to change before the system changes because these systems have been in place [00:35:00] for centuries.So I don't even want to answer the question about hosting foreigners or others because that's not even something that's on my radar. I don't imagine tourism in my future or in the future of our Lāhui, or in the future of our people. Kalahui, Hawai'i has taken stances against tourists and tourism. It's not worth what we have to give up to host foreigners. And I could go on for hours with stories of our people, putting themselves at risk, saving tourists in the ocean, and not even getting a word of thanks. Having tourists pee on our sacred sites, having tourists throw rubbish on our beaches. It never ends. So I think it's cute that they want to decolonize tourism. It's a multi billion dollar business. You cannot decolonize tourism unless you take [00:36:00] the aspect of capitalism out of it. It's like decolonizing money. How are you going to do that? It's like you need to build systems where you can sustain yourself and your people outside of these capitalist and outside of these corporate systems of power. Healani: Yeah, so what I would want to say to those who want to stand in solidarity with Kanaka Maoli, with the Native people of Hawai'i, I would say stay home. Help us spread the message that we do not want or need visitors to come to our islands. As the Native people of Hawai'i we're building our own food systems, we're bartering. We're trying to move forward as a people away from these other systems, away from tourism, away and out from under military occupation.It's a struggle that we're in. I think for those that are listening, it's important for you to[00:37:00] spread the word about the struggle that Native Hawaiians are going through in our own homeland and our struggle for liberation and to support us in whatever way you can. So I think it's important to support us from afar, I would say.And if you're here anyway, like if you end up coming anyway, then support. Don't just come here. Give back. Help out a Hawaiian organization. Help out a Hawaiian on the street. 40 percent of all houseless in Hawaii are Indigenous Hawaiians. And we only make up 20 percent of the population in our own homeland. 50 percent of the population in Hawaii's prisons and jails are Hawaiians.We have low educational attainment. We die from diseases that other people usually don't die from. We have probably the highest suicide rates in Hawaii. High infant mortality rates. So this isn't our paradise. But we have to make it a paradise for tourists. And that's something we can't continue to do.The reality of the [00:38:00] situation is that it's destroying our future right now. And you look at what happened to Lahaina, and that's all because of unsustainable development, high cost of living, corporations running amok, diverting the rivers, water being diverted to hotels and golf courses, instead of letting water just flow freely from the ocean, from the mountains to the sea.So that's what we're dealing with, and if you are thinking about coming to Hawaii, please, please think again and just support a Hawaiian organization in their struggle to reclaim what we lost. We did something around tourism. It's a survey that we gave to tourists who are here anyway, right? So that is our pledge for tourists if they are gonna come here. And we've had it out for a few years. We've tried to get like the airlines to push it out and stuff like that to raise awareness. Now they're doing more of that, which is good. [00:39:00] And I appreciate that. But ultimately, we don't want people to come here.Healani: That would be the end goal because Hawai'ians are displaced on our own land.This is our mutual aid that we set up to help families of Red Hill who still don't have clean drinking water, which is nuts. And this is two years after, right? So if they want to help with that, we appreciate that. Chris: I'll make sure that our listeners have all of those available to them when the episode launches.Healani: Because we're basically providing services to the residents, but Yeah, that's pretty much it. I can't believe people think they can decolonize tourism. It's freaking nuts.Chris: Yeah. I keep coming back to this notion that, you know, [00:40:00] part of colonization of our minds and the wars against us tend to stem from a war against the imagination and a war against us being able to imagine other worlds and just things completely differently. And I also think that when people don't have examples to follow of what that might be like to, to imagine things differently, and then also to not have the time to do that.You know, people tend to fall back on kind of simple alternatives, I guess.Healani: I think it could be useful for a little while, but it's like, we've got to work towards not sustaining it, but dismantling it, somehow getting rid of it.I mean, look at what everything that's happened to Hawaii, COVID, Lahaina fires. Our wildfires are like happening more and more. We have more on this island now than we've had before. It's just a matter of time before we have our own huge fire that's going to be devastating on this island.Chris: [00:41:00] I'm very grateful for your time, and I can tell very clearly that you're one of those people that's offering an example for younger people on how things might be different. So, I'd like to thank you for your time, your consideration. And I'll make sure, as I said, that all of these links are up on the End of Tourism website when the episode launches and and on social media as well.Healani: Awesome. Thank you so much. You have a good day. Get full access to ⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ at chrischristou.substack.com/subscribe
Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on Wednesday to get medicine delivered to hostages held in Gaza. In exchange, humanitarian aid and medication will be delivered to Palestinian civilians. And overnight on Tuesday into Wednesday, Israeli forces advanced on the area around the Al Nasser hospital complex in Khan Younis, a city in Southern Gaza.Over in Texas, a floating barrier in the Rio Grande will stay for now because an appeals court reversed an order for the state to remove it. Governor Greg Abbott installed the 1,000 foot-long string of buoys and submerged netting in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass last July as part of his anti-immigration program.And in headlines: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis decided to move his presidential campaign away from New Hampshire and instead prioritize South Carolina's primary, Democrats filed a lawsuit to demand that the Wisconsin Supreme Court throw out the state's congressional maps, and thousands marched the streets of Honolulu on Wednesday for the annual ‘Onipa'a Peace March that commemorates the day that the U.S. illegally overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom. Show Notes:WAD – “Hawai'i: An American Coup” – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hawaii-an-american-coup/id1483692776?i=1000594870921What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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In this episode, host Bryan Murphy from Hawaii's Best Travel recounts the historical events leading to the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in a fascinating narrative encompassing the Kingdom's inception under King Kamehameha I through to its end following a coup by American businessmen and missionaries heavily involved in Hawaii's sugar industry. The narrative underscores the significant cultural, political, and demographic shifts that Hawaii underwent and discusses the profound, lasting impacts these events had on Hawaii's social, political, and cultural fabric. Listeners also gain an understanding of the importance of being aware of Hawaii's history and respecting its culture and heritage when traveling to these unique islands.What we discuss with Ekolu Lindsey:The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom: A Historical ContextThe Rise of the Sugar Industry and its ImpactThe Reign of King Kalakaua and the Bayonet ConstitutionQueen Liliuokalani's Reign and the OverthrowThe Aftermath of the Overthrow and the Push for AnnexationReflections on the Overthrow and its Legacy
January 17, 2024 is the 131st anniversary of the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Each year, Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi Political Action Committee and the Queen's Court convene the ʻOnipaʻa Peace March and Rally to make sure the overthrow is never forgotten. In this podcast short, Healani Sonoda-Pale from Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi shares about the importance of this event. To learn more about how to participate in the 2024 ʻOnipaʻa Peace March from Maunaʻala Royal Mausoleum to ʻIolani Palace, visit kalahuihawaii.net/onipaa. To listen to the full interview with Healani from 2022, see episode 34 in our feed. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
Maybe you're heard the term, "The Hawaiian Kingdom still exists." Maybe you thought the person saying that was crazy or delusional. Maybe you didn't know what they were really talking about. In this episode we interview Dr. Kalawaia Moore, who is an expert in Hawaiian History and Politics, about the Hawaiian Kingdom and its illegal overthrow. Dr. Moore explains to us how this history can have a huge outcome on Hawaii today.
Last month's Maui wildfires were devastating. While mainstream media covered the story, the deep Indigenous histories were lost in the news cycle. Kanaka Maoli activist and co-founder of Maui Medics Healers Hui, Noelani Ahia, joins the show, offering a grounded perspective from Maui. Once a cultural center of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Lahaina is at the forefront of combatting the worst kinds of disaster capitalism and plantation economies. We discuss the deep histories of Indigenous relations with land, water, and fire and the long-term vision for a just and sustainable future in the wake of catastrophe. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Please support the rebuilding efforts and Maui grassroots organizations: Maui Medics Healers Hui https://mauimedichealershui.org/donate Lahaina Cultural Cener https://naaikane.org Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Still Friends Show presents Pololū Nakanelua, The Poi Poundah. Pololū is a professional MMA fighter, recording artist, and native Hawaiian public figure. He joins the show to talk about his upcoming catchweight fight at Cage Fury Fighting Championship 125 & 'More Than A Fire' by O-Shen featuring Son Of Oahu & himself, bringing awareness & support to the community of Lahina, Maui recently effected by the deadliest wildfire in the history of the United States. Pololū talks growing up on Maui & we talk about the Maui wildfires, the Hawaiian Kingdom overthrow and much more! Connect & Follow: Pololū "Poi Poundah" Nakanelua: https://www.instagram.com/thepoipoundah/ Justin Hong: https://www.instagram.com/justinakonihong/ I.Am.Tru.Starr: https://www.instagram.com/iamtrustarr/reels/ Still Friends Show: https://www.instagram.com/stillfriendsshow/ Jamari Smith: https://www.instagram.com/j_smitttyyy/
Welcome to the first of a three-part series on Pedagogy in the Hawai'ian Islands, where we explore history, philosophy, and progressive developments in Hawai'ian Pedagogy. My name is Noah Ranz-Lind, and I am a student at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, interning at the Human Restoration Project.In this episode, we delve into the history of education in the Hawai'ian Kingdom, the impact of occupation and colonialism, and the link between Hawai'ian sovereignty and pedagogical practice here in Hawai'i. Today I'm joined by Dr. Keanu Sai. Dr. Sai is a political scientist and senior lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i Windward Community College, Political Science and Hawai'ian Studies Departments, and affiliate graduate faculty member at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa College of Education. He also served as Agent for the Hawai'ian Kingdom at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, Netherlands, in Larsen v. Hawaiian Kingdom. His research focuses on the continued existence of the Hawai'ian Kingdom as a State under international law that has been under military occupation by the United States of America since January 17, 1893. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Still Friends Show presents Pololū Nakanelua, The Poi Poundah. Pololū is a professional MMA fighter, recording artist, and native Hawaiian public figure. He joins the show to talk about his upcoming catchweight fight at Cage Fury Fighting Championship 125 & 'More Than A Fire' by O-Shen featuring Son Of Oahu & himself, bringing awareness & support to the community of Lahina, Maui recently effected by the deadliest wildfire in the history of the United States. Pololū talks growing up on Maui & we talk about the Maui wildfires, the Hawaiian Kingdom overthrow and much more! Connect & Follow: Pololū "Poi Poundah" Nakanelua: https://www.instagram.com/thepoipoundah/ Justin Hong: https://www.instagram.com/justinakonihong/ I.Am.Tru.Starr: https://www.instagram.com/iamtrustarr/reels/ Still Friends Show: https://www.instagram.com/stillfriendsshow/ Jamari Smith: https://www.instagram.com/j_smitttyyy/
Thursday, 8/31/2023, on American Indian Airwaves on KPFK, 7pm to 8pm (PCT) “The Living Histories of Lahaina and Self Determination for Hawaiian Nation and Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush” Part 1: The living histories of Lahaina are told through the intergenerational means of passing traditional stories, songs, language, and life from one Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) generation to the next. Despite the media, national, and international attention on the recent August 8th, 2023, deadly Lahaina fire, many critical questions and concerns are missing from various media reports about the self-determination of the Hawaiian nation in recovery and healing from the violence stemming from United States militarization, the illegal over through of the Hawaiian Kingdom by the United States, corporatizing the land and water for tourism, plus more. Through the settler colonial history of what is called Lahaina, the Kanaka Maoli are resilient in survivance and now more than ever are organized in working to ensure that decolonization and healing takes place as part of the recovery from the Lahaina fire. Tune in today on American Indian Airwaves to hear enriching, important, and real stories from a Kanaka Maoli perspective on the living histories of “Lahaina,” Maui, and the Hawaiian nation, plus more. Guest: • Kepā Maly, Cultural Ethnographer - Resource Specialist of Kumu Pono Associates LLC (https://www.kumupono.com/). Kepā was raised on the islands of O'ahu and Lanaʻi. While growing up on Lānaʻi, Kepā was taught the Hawaiian language and cultural practices and values by kūpuna (elders). Kūpuna spoke of, and practiced many aspects of Hawaiian culture, including land and ocean management practices, mele and hula (chants and dances), material culture, traditions, and ethnobotany. Part 2: The long legacy of settler colonial violence against California Indigenous nations, the lands, waters, and more continues in northern California where the informal and formal cannabis industry is harming the Peoples, lands, waters, and more. The Cannabis industry is just one industry out many contributing to systemic forms of colonial violence. Tune in today on American Indian Airwaves to the author of a new published book titled Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California (2023). The book is the first to cover the environmental consequences of cannabis cultivation in California by foregrounding Indigenous voices, experiences, and histories. It's not intended as an expose of cannabis growers, but rather meant to inform the path toward an alternative future, one that starts with the return of land to Indigenous stewardship and a rejection of the commodification and control of nature for profit. Guest: Kaitlin Reed (Yurok/Hupa/Oneida), Associate Professor of Native American Studies at Cal-Poly, Humboldt and the author of the newly published book: Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California (2023). Archived programs can be heard on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp American Indian Airwaves streams on over ten podcasting platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Audible, Backtracks.fm, Gaana, Google Podcast, Fyyd, iHeart Media, Player.fm, Podbay.fm, Podcast Republic, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tunein, YouTube, and more. American Indian Airwaves is an all-volunteer collective and Native American public affairs program that broadcast weekly on KPFK FM 90.7 Los Angeles, CA, Thursdays, from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Financially support KPFK by visiting KPFK.org and pledging a dollar amount or call 818-985-5835 (KPFK) to support.
Hawaii is being sold to the global elite. This has been a slow-burn progression of military occupation from the United States beginning with the 1898 annexation. For those involved in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and according to the Apology Resolution passed by the United States in 1993, they state this was and is to this day an illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The rise of homelessness, economic marginalization, poverty, and lack of native tradition & governance has been attributed to the takeover by the United States and the influx of wealthy moving onto the lands. Rife with issues including forced depopulation, bombings, water crises, mismanagement, and trafficking of women all combine to form a seemingly insurmountable issue. Could current issues plaguing Hawaii, including fires create another ample opportunity for land grab for the wealthy forcing more and more natives from the lands? Find out the historical and contemporary events leading up to the current Free Hawaii movement on today's episode. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoughtrebellion/support
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FUN HALF LINK HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDKZ_baYEXA&ab_channel=TheMajorityReportw%2FSamSeder It's another EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Ben Terris, writer in the Washington Post's Style section, to discuss his recent book The Big Break: The Gamblers, Party Animals, and True Believers Trying to Win in Washington While America Loses Its Mind. Then, she's joined by Kaniela Ing, National Director of the Green New Deal Network and former member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, to discuss the ongoing recovery efforts from the Maui wildfires, and how the aftereffects of colonialism are still affecting Hawaii to this day. First, Emma runs through updates on the Maui wildfires' climbing death toll, another wildfire in Canada, Trump's legal cases, Rudy's legal bills, the upcoming UAW strike vote, abortion rights in the US, action from far-right legislatures in the US, and a potential Lula-Biden meeting, before diving into recent revelations on Roger Stone's most unsurprising role in Trump's conspiracy. Ben Terris then joins, diving right into his project studying the impact of Trump's “shock” to the DC system, and how his victory inflamed all of the worst elements of the Capitol, making it somehow even more grifty, shifty, and power-hungry. Terris dives into his work profiling Matt Schlapp, Robert Stryk, and Sean McElwee, to explore how they capitalized on a shifting power structure in DC by clinging firmly to Trump, knowing the right people, and betting their way to the top, respectively. Kaniela Ing then joins as he first provides background on the devastating impact of the recent wildfires in Maui, burning through the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Lahaina, with thousands missing alongside the over 100 declared dead. After walking through the response from the Hawaiian community, as well as the best way to help from the outside, Ing and Emma tackle the ongoing invasion of disaster capitalists in the wake, attempting to extort devastated Hawaiians for their land, and coming in under the guise of aid solely to exploit. Wrapping up, Kaniela walks through Hawaii's history with colonial capitalism (particularly in the wake of disasters), and what the major challenges of the rebuilding process will be. And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder as they discuss the outrageous second attempt at canceling Richard Hanania for doing race science again, watch Bill Maher expertly interrupt Marianne Williamson to explain that poor people don't matter because he can't see them, and a caller from Baltimore poorly starts a conversation on law and marginalized rights. Nick from Houston Food Not Bombs calls in to explore Houston's criminalization of feeding the homeless as a part of the US' greater fascistic attack on the unhoused, and Kristi Noem makes Hillary Clinton look good. Rudy Giuliani continues his pathetic little downfall, and Guy from Charlotte calls in about the Right's love for ahistory, plus, your calls and IMs! Check out the Lahaina Ohana VenMo Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/lahaina_ohana_venmo/ Check out the Maui Fire Relief + Recovery Fundraiser here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mauilonghaul Check Houston's "Food Not Bombs" here: https://www.hpjc.org/fnb/ Check out Ben's book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ben-terris/the-big-break/9781538708057/?lens=twelve Follow Kaniela on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/KanielaIng Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Nutrafol: Take the first step to visibly thicker, healthier hair. For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month's subscription and free shipping when you go to https://Nutrafol.com/men and enter the promo code TMR. Find out why over 4,000 healthcare professionals recommend Nutrafol for healthier hair. https://Nutrafol.com/men and enter promo code TMR. That's https://Nutrafol.com/men, promo code TMR. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/
This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuessday, August 14th, 2023. Bohnet Music Academy Isn’t it about time to take action on how you're going to give your children and grandchildren a good music education? Moses, David, and all the Saints of the church have worshiped God with musical might, so let’s be confidently found doing the same. Bohnet Music Academy instructs children and adults in how to be musically literate. That’s everything you need to know and do as the musician God made you to be. Lessons are available locally in Moscow, ID and online. What’s great is that in addition to getting vocal training, you can also study the piano, guitar, violin, cello, drums, or the trumpet. Visit Bohnetma.com/crosspolitic for more information on how to equip your family to serve God’s musical commands. B-O-H-N-E-T MA.com/crosspolitic We start today’s newsbrief by heading to Hawaii. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-did-hawaii-wildfires-start-what-know-about-maui-big-island-blazes-2023-08-11/ Wildfires on Hawaii's Maui have killed at least 96 people, forced tens of thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate the island and devastated the historic resort city of luh-hai-nuh. It's the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. The Big Island of Hawaii is also battling wildfires, which have caused no fatalities. Firefighting crews were still battling flare-ups. The largest fire in Lahaina is 85% contained and has burned 2,170 acres (880 hectares), Maui County said. Another fire in upcountry/Kula is 60% contained and has charred 678 acres (270 hectares). Smaller fires elsewhere are now 100% contained. The fires, which started the night of Aug. 8, wreaked widespread destruction in Lahaina. The city of about 13,000 people on northwestern Maui was once a whaling center and the Hawaiian Kingdom's capital, and now draws 2 million tourists a year. Cadaver dogs searched Lahaina's charred ruins for victims, and officials said it was likely the number of dead would rise. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates it will cost $5.5 billion to rebuild the town. The Maui blaze is the deadliest U.S. wildfire since 1918, when northern Minnesota's Cloquet Fire, which raged for more than four days, claimed 453 lives, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The deadliest wildfire in U.S history, Wisconsin's Peshtigo fire in 1871, killed 1,152. Hawaii's fires also constitute the most lethal disaster to hit the islands since a tsunami that killed 61 people in 1960, a year after Hawaii became a U.S. state. Some Maui residents have questioned whether more could have been done to warn them. Witnesses said they had little warning, describing their terror as the blaze destroyed Lahaina in what seemed like minutes. Some people dove into the Pacific Ocean to escape. Sirens stationed around the island - intended to warn of impending natural disasters - never sounded, and widespread power and cellular outages hampered other forms of alerting. Hawaii Governor Josh Green vowed on Sunday to investigate the response and emergency notification systems. The causes of the fires have not yet been determined. The National Weather Service had issued warnings for the Hawaiian Islands for high winds and dry weather - conditions ripe for wildfires. Nearly 85% of U.S. wildfires are caused by humans, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Natural causes include lightning and volcanic activity. In Hawaii, less than 1% of fires are due to natural causes, according to Elizabeth Pickett, co-executive director of the Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization. The Hawaiian Islands have six active volcanoes, including one on Maui. The spread of flammable non-native grasses in areas of former farmland and forest has created large amounts of small, easily ignited materials that increase the risk and severity of fire. Record-setting heat this summer has contributed to unusually severe wildfires in Europe and western Canada. Scientists say climate change, driven by fossil fuel use, has led to more frequent and more powerful extreme weather events. What was Biden’s response to all this? https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/biden-slammed-for-no-comment-response-to-maui-wildfire/ Biden slammed for silence on Maui wildfire catastrophe President Biden had yet to offer a verbal statement Monday evening in response to the mounting death toll in the catastrophic Maui wildfire — the deadliest US blaze in more than a century — after spending the weekend sunning himself on the beach near his Delaware vacation home. The 80-year-old commander-in-chief avoided reporters upon his return to Washington Monday morning, walking directly across the White House lawn to the Oval Office without approaching the press to give a statement on the tragedy, as US leaders often do. The White House later put out a statement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, taking note of the carnage in Maui and detailing government resources on offer to beleaguered residents. “As residents of Hawai’i mourn the loss of life and devastation taking place across their beautiful home, we mourn with them. Like I’ve said, not only our prayers are with those impacted – but every asset we have will be available to them,” read the statement attributed to Biden. A day earlier, the president offered a stony-hearted “No comment” when asked about the death toll, which has climbed to at least 96. During a bike ride Sunday morning, Biden gave a similar unfeeling answer when asked about the tragedy. “We’re looking at it,” he said when asked if he planned to visit the Aloha State. Biden is currently scheduled to visit Wisconsin Tuesday and travel to Camp David Thursday to meet with the leaders of South Korea and Japan the following day. He is then due to travel to Lake Tahoe, Nev. and remain there until Aug. 24. Bloomberg reporter Justin Sink posted a photo of Biden lounging with a group of people on Rehoboth Beach Sunday afternoon, triggering outrage on social media. “I campaigned for you,” raged former Hawaii legislator Kaniela Ing early Monday. “Now, when I lose dozens of my friends, family, and neighbors. This?” “You’ll hear from the president on this,” Jean-Pierre promised. “I don’t have anything to announce at this time, but certainly, he’s the president and you’re going to hear from him.” https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/08/13/exclusive-40k-migrants-apprehended-along-southwest-border-in-first-10-days-of-august/ 40K Migrants Apprehended Along Southwest Border in First 10 Days of August Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 40,000 migrants along the southwest border during the first ten days of August. The Tucson and Rio Grande Valley Sectors reported more than 10,000 each. Unofficial reports obtained from law enforcement by Breitbart Texas reveal that during the first ten days of August, Border Patrol agents apprehended 39,324 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. This is an average of 5,708 apprehensions per day. The Tucson and Rio Grande Valley Sectors reported 10,867 and 10,465 migrant apprehensions, respectively. The five Texas-based border sectors accounted for 23,119 of the 39,324 migrant apprehensions. Following a sharp drop in June, migrant apprehensions reportedly spiked again in July with the arrest of more than 130,000 migrants, the Washington Post reported. If the current apprehension rate in August continues, U.S. Customs and Border Protection could report the apprehension of nearly 177,000 migrants in August. Now this! https://www.reuters.com/article/uganda-lgbt-president-idAFL8N39R0ZU Uganda president defiant after World Bank funding suspended over LGBT law Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday denounced the World Bank’s decision to suspend new funding in response to a harsh anti-LGBTQ law and vowed to find alternative sources of credit. The World Bank said on Tuesday that the law, which imposes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, contradicted its values and that it would pause new funding until it could test measures to prevent discrimination in projects it finances. The World Bank has an existing portfolio of $5.2 billion in Uganda, although these projects will not be affected. The anti-LGBTQ law, enacted in May, has drawn widespread denunciation from local and international rights organisations and Western governments, though it is popular domestically. Museveni said in a statement that Uganda was trying to reduce its borrowing in any case and would not give in to pressure from foreign institutions. “It is, therefore, unfortunate that the World Bank and other actors dare to want to coerce us into abandoning our faith, culture, principles and sovereignty, using money. They really underestimate all Africans,” he said. Museveni said that if Uganda needed to borrow, it could do so from other sources, and that oil production expected to start by 2025 would provide additional revenues. He added he hoped the World Bank would reconsider its decision. In June, the United States imposed visa restrictions on some Ugandan officials in response to the law. President Joe Biden also ordered a review of U.S. aid to Uganda.
This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuessday, August 14th, 2023. Bohnet Music Academy Isn’t it about time to take action on how you're going to give your children and grandchildren a good music education? Moses, David, and all the Saints of the church have worshiped God with musical might, so let’s be confidently found doing the same. Bohnet Music Academy instructs children and adults in how to be musically literate. That’s everything you need to know and do as the musician God made you to be. Lessons are available locally in Moscow, ID and online. What’s great is that in addition to getting vocal training, you can also study the piano, guitar, violin, cello, drums, or the trumpet. Visit Bohnetma.com/crosspolitic for more information on how to equip your family to serve God’s musical commands. B-O-H-N-E-T MA.com/crosspolitic We start today’s newsbrief by heading to Hawaii. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-did-hawaii-wildfires-start-what-know-about-maui-big-island-blazes-2023-08-11/ Wildfires on Hawaii's Maui have killed at least 96 people, forced tens of thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate the island and devastated the historic resort city of luh-hai-nuh. It's the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. The Big Island of Hawaii is also battling wildfires, which have caused no fatalities. Firefighting crews were still battling flare-ups. The largest fire in Lahaina is 85% contained and has burned 2,170 acres (880 hectares), Maui County said. Another fire in upcountry/Kula is 60% contained and has charred 678 acres (270 hectares). Smaller fires elsewhere are now 100% contained. The fires, which started the night of Aug. 8, wreaked widespread destruction in Lahaina. The city of about 13,000 people on northwestern Maui was once a whaling center and the Hawaiian Kingdom's capital, and now draws 2 million tourists a year. Cadaver dogs searched Lahaina's charred ruins for victims, and officials said it was likely the number of dead would rise. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates it will cost $5.5 billion to rebuild the town. The Maui blaze is the deadliest U.S. wildfire since 1918, when northern Minnesota's Cloquet Fire, which raged for more than four days, claimed 453 lives, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The deadliest wildfire in U.S history, Wisconsin's Peshtigo fire in 1871, killed 1,152. Hawaii's fires also constitute the most lethal disaster to hit the islands since a tsunami that killed 61 people in 1960, a year after Hawaii became a U.S. state. Some Maui residents have questioned whether more could have been done to warn them. Witnesses said they had little warning, describing their terror as the blaze destroyed Lahaina in what seemed like minutes. Some people dove into the Pacific Ocean to escape. Sirens stationed around the island - intended to warn of impending natural disasters - never sounded, and widespread power and cellular outages hampered other forms of alerting. Hawaii Governor Josh Green vowed on Sunday to investigate the response and emergency notification systems. The causes of the fires have not yet been determined. The National Weather Service had issued warnings for the Hawaiian Islands for high winds and dry weather - conditions ripe for wildfires. Nearly 85% of U.S. wildfires are caused by humans, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Natural causes include lightning and volcanic activity. In Hawaii, less than 1% of fires are due to natural causes, according to Elizabeth Pickett, co-executive director of the Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization. The Hawaiian Islands have six active volcanoes, including one on Maui. The spread of flammable non-native grasses in areas of former farmland and forest has created large amounts of small, easily ignited materials that increase the risk and severity of fire. Record-setting heat this summer has contributed to unusually severe wildfires in Europe and western Canada. Scientists say climate change, driven by fossil fuel use, has led to more frequent and more powerful extreme weather events. What was Biden’s response to all this? https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/biden-slammed-for-no-comment-response-to-maui-wildfire/ Biden slammed for silence on Maui wildfire catastrophe President Biden had yet to offer a verbal statement Monday evening in response to the mounting death toll in the catastrophic Maui wildfire — the deadliest US blaze in more than a century — after spending the weekend sunning himself on the beach near his Delaware vacation home. The 80-year-old commander-in-chief avoided reporters upon his return to Washington Monday morning, walking directly across the White House lawn to the Oval Office without approaching the press to give a statement on the tragedy, as US leaders often do. The White House later put out a statement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, taking note of the carnage in Maui and detailing government resources on offer to beleaguered residents. “As residents of Hawai’i mourn the loss of life and devastation taking place across their beautiful home, we mourn with them. Like I’ve said, not only our prayers are with those impacted – but every asset we have will be available to them,” read the statement attributed to Biden. A day earlier, the president offered a stony-hearted “No comment” when asked about the death toll, which has climbed to at least 96. During a bike ride Sunday morning, Biden gave a similar unfeeling answer when asked about the tragedy. “We’re looking at it,” he said when asked if he planned to visit the Aloha State. Biden is currently scheduled to visit Wisconsin Tuesday and travel to Camp David Thursday to meet with the leaders of South Korea and Japan the following day. He is then due to travel to Lake Tahoe, Nev. and remain there until Aug. 24. Bloomberg reporter Justin Sink posted a photo of Biden lounging with a group of people on Rehoboth Beach Sunday afternoon, triggering outrage on social media. “I campaigned for you,” raged former Hawaii legislator Kaniela Ing early Monday. “Now, when I lose dozens of my friends, family, and neighbors. This?” “You’ll hear from the president on this,” Jean-Pierre promised. “I don’t have anything to announce at this time, but certainly, he’s the president and you’re going to hear from him.” https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/08/13/exclusive-40k-migrants-apprehended-along-southwest-border-in-first-10-days-of-august/ 40K Migrants Apprehended Along Southwest Border in First 10 Days of August Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 40,000 migrants along the southwest border during the first ten days of August. The Tucson and Rio Grande Valley Sectors reported more than 10,000 each. Unofficial reports obtained from law enforcement by Breitbart Texas reveal that during the first ten days of August, Border Patrol agents apprehended 39,324 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. This is an average of 5,708 apprehensions per day. The Tucson and Rio Grande Valley Sectors reported 10,867 and 10,465 migrant apprehensions, respectively. The five Texas-based border sectors accounted for 23,119 of the 39,324 migrant apprehensions. Following a sharp drop in June, migrant apprehensions reportedly spiked again in July with the arrest of more than 130,000 migrants, the Washington Post reported. If the current apprehension rate in August continues, U.S. Customs and Border Protection could report the apprehension of nearly 177,000 migrants in August. Now this! https://www.reuters.com/article/uganda-lgbt-president-idAFL8N39R0ZU Uganda president defiant after World Bank funding suspended over LGBT law Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday denounced the World Bank’s decision to suspend new funding in response to a harsh anti-LGBTQ law and vowed to find alternative sources of credit. The World Bank said on Tuesday that the law, which imposes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, contradicted its values and that it would pause new funding until it could test measures to prevent discrimination in projects it finances. The World Bank has an existing portfolio of $5.2 billion in Uganda, although these projects will not be affected. The anti-LGBTQ law, enacted in May, has drawn widespread denunciation from local and international rights organisations and Western governments, though it is popular domestically. Museveni said in a statement that Uganda was trying to reduce its borrowing in any case and would not give in to pressure from foreign institutions. “It is, therefore, unfortunate that the World Bank and other actors dare to want to coerce us into abandoning our faith, culture, principles and sovereignty, using money. They really underestimate all Africans,” he said. Museveni said that if Uganda needed to borrow, it could do so from other sources, and that oil production expected to start by 2025 would provide additional revenues. He added he hoped the World Bank would reconsider its decision. In June, the United States imposed visa restrictions on some Ugandan officials in response to the law. President Joe Biden also ordered a review of U.S. aid to Uganda.
Sitting in for Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse this week is First Voices Radio's Co-Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli), an independent journalist, filmmaker and activist from Moku Nui (Big Island) in the illegally occupied Hawaiian Islands. Keala begins with commentary about this past week's deadly wildfires that completely destroyed the town of Lahaina, Maui, located on the island's west side. Lahaina is the historic seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Fires are still burning in other areas of Maui and also on Moku Nui. For the majority of the hour, Keala speaks with Shannon O'Loughlin (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), CEO and attorney for the Association on American Indian Affairs, continuing a conversation about repatriation that was begun in March 2023 on this program. Shannon has been practicing law for more than 22 years and is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University. She has served Indian Country in the private sector as an attorney, leading a large national firm's Indian law practice that worked to strengthen, maintain and protect Indian nation sovereignty, self-determination and culture. More information at: https://www.indian-affairs.org/. This episode ends with a tribute to the late Sinéad O'Connor, “… who became a warrior woman and stood up to call out the centuries of soul-devouring abuse heaped on children by the Catholic church. It happened to the Irish and we all know it happened to the First Peoples of the Americas and other colonized countries.” — Anne Keala Kelly Production Credits: Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli), Co-Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer Karen Ramirez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor Music Selections: 1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters Album: Tahi (1993) Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) (00:00:22) 2. Song Title: Danny Boy (single) Artist: Sinead O'Connor Description: Sung acapella on 12/24/1993 broadcast of The Late Late Show (Irish Talk Show) (00:49:35) 3. Song Title: Natural Mystic Artist: Bob Marley and the Wailers Album: Exodus (1977) Label: Island Records (00:54:05) AKANTU INTELLIGENCE Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse
A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight's show features host Kiki Rivera. Storyteller for Empowering Pacific Islander Communities, bringing you an EPIC Talanoa. Kiki features Vernon Kapuaʻala of Hui Kānaka Pōwaewae, Hawaiian Football federation. Show Transcript: 08-10-23 Kiki in the Constellation: Hui Kānaka Pōwaewae [00:00:00] Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view, it's time to get on board the Apex Express.Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Kiki: Good evening. You are tuned into apex express. We are bringing you an Asian American and Pacific Islander view from the bay and around the world. I'm your host Kiki Rivera. Storyteller for empowering Pacific Islander Communities, bringing you in EPIC Talanoa. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view, it's time to get on board the Apex Express. Kiki: Tonight, we're talking to Vernon Kapuaʻala of Hui Kānaka Pōwaewae. Uh, Hawaii national football team, improving the resiliency and wellbeing of native Hawaiians through football. Keep it locked on apex [00:04:00] express. Before we bring on Vernon to talk about the Hawaiian national football team. I'll tell you a little bit about myself, because this is the first time we're meeting. I was born Kiana Rivera. But now I go is Kiki. I was born and raised on the island of Oahu Hawaii. In the district known as Lualualei. It's very hot, dry there's lots of farms and it very visibly present military. My home was overlooking the beautiful valley and two giant Naval radio towers. Which was which when I was little, I was told that the radiation could give me leukemia. Luckily, I didn't get the leukemia. Um, I was also raised by many native Hawaiians. I, myself am Samoan Filipino, but where, and who I was raised by greatly contributed to my identity. There are lots of different opinions about Hawaiiʻs statehood and to each their own. And I acknowledge [00:05:00] that. I come from a family of settlers that benefit from. From America, from being American. And at the same time, I recognize that I was born on an illegally overthrown kingdom. So there's part of me that doesn't feel like an American citizen. However. If you ask my mom, she'll proudly say that she's an American. But for myself and many others like me, the story of Hui Kānaka Pōwaewae is a story of hope. To me. It's a story of liberation. So enough about me, let's hear from Vernon Kapuaʻala. of Hui Kānaka Pōwaewae. VK: My name is Vernon Kapuaʻala. I am the president and CEO of Hui, Kanaka Powawae, which, translated in English is Hawaiian football, Hawaiian Football Federation. Our primary responsibility is managing,[00:06:00] Hawaiian national teams. Aloha. Well, Vern, you already said Hawaii National Teams. Tell us a little bit about what that means. So we, um, the idea of forming Hawaiian national teams came out of a dream, something that was in, the imagination. And really got, really got pushed, out into what is now the manifestation of that imagination and that idea and that dream. , One from a sense of kuleana, one from, the question of , what can I do? How can I serve our La Hui, , in a greater capacity? , so the concept of of Hawaiian national teams was birth. Some of the problems that that plagued, native Hawaiians, I mean, we could have a whole show about the [00:07:00] problems, but the one that really kind of stuck out, as maybe the common denominator in, you know, the high rates of teen suicide and the high rates of diabetes and all of those lists that, you know, aboriginal Hawaiians are at the top of. And it kind of came back, at least from our perspective to identity. And, you know, for youth identity is already, is already a tough issue, right? But even more so now in, in this day and age . we kind of looked at the history of things , and in learning that history, learning about what the Hawaiian Kingdom was like pre 1893, , and then what it became, , By 1993, right. When, when Clinton had the, believe it was 93, the apology resolution. Right. Apologizing for the illegal overthrow. What was happening in, in the kingdom era? What was happening pre [00:08:00] 1893? , our identity was at its strongest then as Hawaiians, because we as governing our country, we was leading in governing and governance in Oceania. We had trade, we had commerce, we had treaties. We were thriving. You know, the people had universal healthcare for free. . We had, specialty healthcare for, women and babies, , and pregnancies and those things. We were leaders, not to mention the only brown country in the world at the time. And so our identity as Hawaiians, and when I say Hawaiians, I mean Hawaiian citizens, Hawaiian nationals, our degree of patriotism as Hawaiians and for Hawaiian Kingdom was at its highest. And then from there you can see the decline, right? So coming back to , this yearning that will grab ahold of most Kanaka, I imagine [00:09:00] of , what I can do for my La Hui. I find myself in a place of, managing a lot of what we grew up playing as soccer, right? Americans call it soccer and managing leagues and, , various competitions scouting for the US youth national teams. It's our identity. We are not only struggling with our identity, we've lost it there's no connection for a lot of us to. That period and that heightened sense of who aloha. Right? Of aloha in the sense of not love of the land, but love of country. Right. , and , it came together. I was in this space where , we were serving and affecting a lot of youth and a lot of ohana throughout Hawaii. But we decided, we wanna start shifting our focus to, to kanaka youth. And we wanna impact them. [00:10:00] We wanna change, the recipe that is being used currently by a lot of native Hawaiian organizations who are doing good work. Everybody doing work, all work is contributing, you know, all things work together for the good and. For us, we feel that national identity, patriotism is missing from the recipe, of what we trying to do as, as a la hui to better our lives. Right. And so for me, it just made sense. What better way than using football? Using football to reclaim reinstill or actually instill if they're youth, This sense of pride of country, of nationality, we felt we needed a symbol. What was gonna be the symbol that we could, as the La Hui get behind and [00:11:00] support, there's nothing really in Hawaii to support on a in an international platform, in a, in an international space. You get fans of, uh, , they go bows, right? Rainbow warriors, you get fans of, of high schools, which is high school sports in this, in terms of what we speaking on is huge. Right? But nothing about country to country. Mm-hmm. Except, except for those who may identify as Americans. Kiki: So before we go there, what is national football or what Americans know as soccer? What is that looking like right now? VK: In terms of Here in Hawaii or just on a, on a global scale? Kiki: On a global scale. VK: So if you didn't know. association football is the term that was used when fifa, which is the governing body of the sport [00:12:00] globally. They're the ones that control the FIFA World Cups, also and futsal, which is the indoor version of football and, uh, beach soccer. Interestingly enough, they called that one soccer. Um, , and, It's, it's the largest, the World Cups is the largest sporting event in, in all the world. Ha. It happens every four years at the senior level, um, every two years at the youth levels. what you're talking about is country versus country, right? You're talking about, um, in case you didn't know, , right. Argent. National finally won his first World Cup with Argentina this past, , world Cup. And so we talking about sporting from country to country. And currently , the largest, uh, spectator base, the largest participation base, um, in terms of people playing football in the world, um, is massive, . [00:13:00] Another reason why for me, being that this was my sport and deciding national teams was the best vehicle for all of this is because it's how every country in the world supports and shows its patriotism is in football. Every country in the world is gonna have a football team, whether they're recognized by FIFA or not. , they're gonna have a football team. , and you cannot say the same for every country in terms of other sports and then you start to talk about the Olympic side of things, right? There's Olympic sports and all of those things. But you know, for sure, um, every country will have a football team. And, uh, if Hawaiian Kingdom was still in effective control of its country, we would have a football team. Um, association football was first played, eh, right in around 1900, 19 0 3, [00:14:00] 0 4. In that, in that those years, um, Duke Kahanamoku played association football, um, found a picture online of him with the, his, Kamehameha School's teammates. Um, it was a, it was a small league that I believe had. Kamehameha School participated, uh, Honolulu, was it Honolulu College, which eventually became Punahou. I dunno if I got that fact right. And then this group of, of Scottish Scotsmen who kind of formed the league and they had a little, a little three team league going, um, and it was called the Hawaiian Association Football League. And so I used, I kid around with people all the time. I tell , we would've been playing football already. Well, what you mean because we were that progressive as a country, right? We were back, back to when we had [00:15:00] electricity before the White House. Right? We were progressive and we were heavily influenced by the British, right? In terms of many aspects of governing, of, , trade and commerce, and it would've eventually been, you know, the English accredited with the, with the invention of the sport. So it was just a matter of time and right there shows it, right? Those scotsmen brought it here, started a league and introduced Kanaka to football. And so in terms of that on a global scale, , it's celebrated. It's heavily supported, just, it's heavily participated in, and for us, for, for Hawaiian football and, and having this identity and this pride, to me it doesn't get any greater than that any greater than representing. 'cause that was, that was what I had in my head. It's like, oh, imagine walking out on the field. Of course I was on the team, right? So we walk in on [00:16:00] the field and, we did an international walk and we meet in the center and they played the national anthems and we sing in Hawaii and the Hawaiian flag is being raised right? And then whoever, I don't even know who was playing in that dream, which really doesn't matter, right? The fact is we was there representing our country, playing on the biggest. Platform ever. . Global football. Right. And so if we look at that from the perspective of building awareness, perhaps. Mm-hmm. For those that may not know what happened after 1893 in Hawaii up until now, why, uh, why Kanaka struggle so much? Not just with identity, but with everything. Why? Why socioeconomically we're the lowest race or we, we at the bottom, [00:17:00] essentially, we went from being the top to the bottom. Mm-hmm. And it happened to us systematically. Right. And by design. Right, because that, that kind of, that kind of decline that happens that way doesn't just accidentally happen. So you're reclaiming the narrative. Mm-hmm. . By building a national. Hawaii national identity on the field. Mm-hmm. You open up the audience even more and you engage a greater audience, say with, with indigenous people, with, , Hawaii nationals like myself, who want to participate in rooting for their country, but don't, , feel like they can identify with. The U.S. So you're giving us something to cheer for as well? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. That's beautiful. We'll be back right after this break. Here's some new music from the beautiful soul tree. [00:18:00] Keep it locked on 94.1 KPFA. Kiki: Welcome back. You are tuned into apex express on 94.1 KPFA and 89.3. KPFB in Berkeley and online at K P F a [00:21:00] dot O R G. You've just listened to Funky Thang by Soultree off of their album Gem. You can follow Soultree on Instagram at soul tree music. And you can also follow their music on apple and Spotify and all the different platforms. So during the interview, I learned that my use of the word indigenous was controversial and I was corrected very graciously. But it reminded me that there are multiple realities. We live in balance as humans and as a person who lives at the intersections of being queer trans Pacific Islander, living in the diaspora. I think it's only fair to keep an open mind and heart for those varying definitions and how it lands or doesn't land. On our bodies. Anyway, Let's get back to this conversation with Vernon Kapuaʻala Kiki: can you describe a little bit what's happening with football in Oceania? VK: In terms of what's going on in Oceania, Oceania is enjoying, some growth, in the sport. Many of the countries in Oceania didn't become members of FIFA till , late sixties to the late seventies in that area. So really, really young in terms of. The development of the game, um, the development of the players, and certainly in terms of where they stack up against, the rest of the world. out of the six confederations Oceania is pretty much at the bottom of it all. the, the big boy, if you will, currently in Oceania is New Zealand. which makes sense in many ways being that they're the largest country in Oceania, well in the confederation and, most developed. In, in, in many other ways, right? So they have the population, they have the economy, they have, um, a lot of things going for them in terms of ability and resources to, to develop sport. whereas once you start [00:23:00] going down, through the rest of the islands, Tonga and Samoa, both Samoa is Western and American. Fiji, you know, economies change, uh, resources start to dwindle. We think it's expensive going from, from Hawaii to the states or anywhere else for that matter. But it's just as expensive for those countries to travel just within. Oceania. So if you can imagine their national teams have to spend a lot of money and need a lot of support just to get through to the other countries to get their qualifying matches in and some cases some of the countries in Oceania from what I hear, really struggle and sometimes end up not even being able to participate for whatever reason in a particular set of qualifiers or whatnot. And so certainly with not without its challenges, um, however they all get to field [00:24:00] national teams. They all get to compete for the chance to qualify into a World Cup. Um, and the road for most of them is super tough cuz it always goes through New Zealand. In terms of who, who usually ends up either with a birth into the World Cup, whether it be the U 17 World Cup or the U 20 World Cup. The Men G 20 World Cup, , New Zealand was the number one out of there. And I believe Fiji's U twenties qualified as well. So there was two Oceania teams in the U 20 men's World Cup, which, I mean, think about that, right? That's, that's a World Cup. That's the world stage. And they, they got to be there competing, representing their country. And so when it comes to Oceania, um, with regards to Hawaii, We would be in Oceania because that's where we belong. We're a [00:25:00] oceanic country, right. Pacific. Sure. But when you break it all down, everybody like looked to the states. Right. Actually, we looking the wrong way. We, we, we belong the other way. Right. So, you know, we've had, we've, we've been able to have some communication over the years with Oceania. It's leadership and, talking about the idea of, or the dream of also one day becoming full FIFA members. It would be as part of Oceania, we would become what would be the 12th full member of, of Oceania and a lot of the countries and their federation presidents were very, uh, keen as, as they would say on the idea of, of Hawaii being part those. And for them it's a no-brainer when you talk to [00:26:00] all of those, like we, we have a great relationship with Maori football and when we talk to them, it's a no-brainer where Hawaii belongs in terms of global football. Do we belong in Oceania? , all that alone, if that could officially one day happen, like official recognition by FIFA in as part of Oceania, wonderful. We gonna go there anyway and compete. We gonna go there. It's gonna start with Maori football, but eventually we're gonna get with, um, and hopefully two. You know, um, Tahiti comes to mind right away. Tahiti is, uh, keen on, on competing with us. We are gonna start developing, relationship with them, which is interesting, right? Cuz when you talk about other connecting , our culture's connecting in terms of Maori, and, Tahiti. We've had other hoku, right? Hoku right away should pop into everybody's minds if they know about, the connections of the cultures. But to do it through football, it's his story And it's gonna be historic when we get there and actually do it so football growing, we want to become part of Oceania and official capacity, be capacity, but until then we just gonna, like everything else Hawaiian football is doing now, we just exercising our right to football, so in terms of actually reaching fifa, that's a tough one because there's things out of our control. You know, we actually communicated with fifa, in our official capacity, via letter, asking if they would recognize recognize Hawaii as a country. That is under occupation. And, long story short, we got two response. The first time they said no, we went back again and then they said no again. Yeah. Bob, several interesting things about our communications with fifa, number one, US soccer was, was carbon copied on [00:28:00] all the communications, so was Oceania, and so were all the Oceanic members. So everybody knew we were doing this. And so, okay, back to the long story short part, they said no the second time, but it was less a no and more, uh, not at this time. So there was a, there was an open-endedness about it, And essentially it came down to, uh, our argument, the United Nations fifa, none of them can recognize a country like officially recognize a country. , they basically were saying we would need to be recognized country of the United Nations. And our argument came back as the United Nations they know what our ability to recognize a country, countries recognize countries via treaties, which we have lots of them, right? Which is still in full force in effect. And so they said, well, basically a more competent body makes this ruling. The answer for now is gonna be no. So we [00:29:00] took that as we are gonna have to get to some type of world and international court, probably the court of arbitration for sport, which FIFA uses and the International Olympic Committee uses to settle disputes between international organizations and private entities, et cetera. And we had an opportunity to do it. This was back in 2018 to go to court. But after looking into it, number one, you're going to court with FIFA who has endless resources and we have nothing. And at the time we never, even, at the time, we didn't even have a program, a team. It was still just an idea. And we was like, yeah, let's go join fifa. You know, it was this crazy kind of whimsical. Thing and we threw ourselves into it for a few months, what is important is that this manifests so that we can start affecting, coming back to what the mission vision is, [00:30:00] is long-term impact through football. Generational impact, on the Hawaiian community, using football. Eventually they're gonna see us. And maybe as soon as July in Aotearoa when we go there and compete against Maori football during the FIFA Women's World Cup, which is hosted this summer by New Zealand and Australia. Coming back to, to Oceania would not only complete things for us, but complete it for the rest of Oceania as well. Not in a way of oh, they need us to to anything, but to me it would just strengthen. It would just further strengthen. Other Oceania countries to see the return of, of Hawaii, I think. Anyway, to there. Also keep in mind when we're talking about Oceania, we're talking about the Marshallese and we're talking about Kirabati Tuvalu and, and on and on and on. Micronesia, federated states, all of that, right?[00:31:00] We can go on and on and on, but , the biggest difference is we are not asking America for permission because we don't belong to them. They just happened to have effective control of our country. So our return and our membership to FIFA is not, contingent upon the United States permission. So with this framing the only people that's stopping FIFA is fifa.So here's the thing, this has to do with the obvious might and power of the United States, or stand up to the United, keep in mind, the US was the one who led the charge to basically go and scoop up all set bladder and all the rest of that corruptness. That was in fifa. That was the FBI driven. The FBI went in there and raided all those guys, cleaned out fifa. And hopefully for the better. I don't know. Um, but that corruption and scandal, that ran rampant [00:32:00] through FIFA for many years. It was a US who went in and did that. And so I get it when not everybody, you know, in other governments and governing bodies and people of authority think about having to stand up against the United States. I get that. Will FIFA do it? I don't know. Mm. But you put us in a court, a competent body. We're gonna win that argument. There's nothing that can be said. The history has been proven again in the legal realm, in international law, in all of that. It's undisputable, if FIFA is to do the pono thing, then we we'll be members./ Kiki: That is Vernon Kapuaʻala, Allah talking about the Hawaiian national football team and their strive for recognition as a sovereign nation. And the struggle. Of qualifying for FIFA. We're going to take another music break. Here's one from the bay area, Filipina, rapper, and singer Klassy, featuring The Bar called One Take. Off the album. [00:33:00] Good Seeds produced by a beat rock music. And then you're going to hear another one from soul tree. Keep it locked in. Kiki: Thanks for joining us on apex express. That was ain't that serious by the artist's soul tree. And before that was one take by Klassy, you're listening to your new friend, Kiki Rivera, bringing you a conversation with Vernon Kapuaʻala of Hui Kānaka Pōwaewae The Hawaiian national football team. That's unifying the lāhui Hawaiʻi. by reminding us of Hawaii's complex history. Braddah Vern is going to let you know how you can support their mission from wherever you are. VK: So they start supporting us by simple things like retweeting our, the release of our CREs or, or resharing, our national team, swag fundraiser just simple things like that. Of course we are a nonprofit organization, so support financially, we welcome that. And we have means for you to do so on a small scale and on a large scale. And so we welcome all small, big, and small. Contributions, uh, to the organization. The work is, is great. The work has, you know, tripled and maybe even quadrupled just in the last year when we actually named our inaugural national team rosters until recently when we [00:42:00] traveled our U 16 teams to California to participate against American youth soccer teams. Because for us, anytime we leave the islands, it's international. And you can see the effect, the powerful effect, the, the team, the. On the field has to everyone who's watching, including myself now. And I, this is like, I saw this, I saw this in the dream, but it wasn't like tho that moment when we're going there and just looking at the team and it took a while like it, and I don't think I even really felt the full effects of it yet, but , it was palpable, what that meant. And the only sad thing for me about it, it's not super sad, but we had on small contingency of ohana who didn't follow, who was watching and getting all into it. Right? Like normal parents at youth sport games, right? [00:43:00] Come on, just yelling. Right? But they were like, let's go Alapa. Let's, right. Na Alapa, we, we refer to our national teams as Na Alapa. It's an ode to, um, the Alapa Regiment, which was the elite warriors, uh, Kalaniopuu, elite warriors. And they , they were known and revered and admired for their superior athleticism. And so using national teams and also, you know, club teams and whatnot, have nicknames. Um, and so we decided we, we wanted to refer to our what is undoubtedly recognizable by anyone who con that's the athleticism of our, of our Kanaka and Kalaniʻopuʻu's. You know, basically Navy Seals was referred to as the Alapa regimen, so, so Alapa, um, to hear the parents yelling and cheering on the Alapa. And encouraging in only ways that mothers can encourage their daughters on the field. Um, you know, uh, was was something, and then I think about all those fans that followed Argentina to the final at this past men's FIFA World Cup. Cause anytime Argentina scored, you just heard the stadium erupt in California. I heard the sidelines erupt both our team and the parents whenever we would score, which on the wi, which on the girls side was pretty often. Um, and then you, you multiply that. Wow. That's incredible. Right? And that's, that's where the support of not just those. In the country, those in the islands, but those in the diaspora, right. That going come in. We, we had one who lives in San [00:45:00] Francisco come up to watch the girls, the girls team, cuz she had a connection there to play. And I'm like, man, imagine if, if the rest of the, the diaspora knew that we were coming to Northern California to play with the Hawaiian national team. Who else might have shown up to support? And certainly right as things go and grow and, and, and with your kokua, Kiki and your, your access to network, we'll be able to let everybody know where we gonna be playing, when we gonna be playing and when they can come support national teams. So support, you know, financially support by learning the history of the Hawaiian kingdom. And that's why we calling it national teams and then support by coming and. And wearing the swag, right. Wearing the knowing where we gonna play and, and, and if it's nearby coming by and watching. So all of those things like would, I would find so [00:46:00] incredible and, and I would be so honored to have that. We we're starting to gather players now from the diaspora who are finding out and reaching out and asking, how do I try out for the national team? That's starting it. Starting That was gonna be my next question. Yeah. That, so if you, you want me to segue into that? Yes, please. So our most recent one via social media, maybe Instagram, not sure. Um, who is, uh, kanaka and actually playing with, um, I guess has Filipino nationality and that's playing with the, um, No, sorry. And I don't, I don't know if it's Guam Nationality Guam or Chamorro. I, I, I know that Chamorro is a people, but anyway, she's playing with the Guam U 17 national team, which is a na this is the part that really tickles my fancy, [00:47:00] is she's reaching out to, to try for the Kanaka, for the Hawaiian national team, which is not recognized while already playing for the Guam national team, which is recognized. Right. It's like, it's like, I, I, I'm so honored by that. But, so that's one. We had a boy who, um, Ohana lives in Boston Plays club there recently. Um, verbally committed to Louisville, uh, men's soccer, which is a, a pretty big D one college on the east coast. Right. Uh, and he got ahold of this and he. Contacted our technical director, Ian Mark, about I, I want to try out for the team, how do I try out for this team? Like he wants to be on this team that's going to Aotearoa Right, can do I have to fly there? He's like asking all these questions and sadly we have to tell him, well, this team is, is set [00:48:00] for the most part, but the cycle starts again in August and runs till next July. Um, and so those are just a couple of examples. Um, we currently have, uh, a player, Ryan Merchant who lives in, , Washington, uh, used to live on Maui, we know the Ohana, , for many years now. And he actually was selected for our 18 men's team, which is going to Aotearoa, so he flies back for our national team camps. And, um, and activities. Uh, I think he's been back for all but maybe one or two because of school, um, conflicts. But that's how much this means to him to have been selected. And, and the parents are just trying to make, [00:49:00] go through craziness to make it all happen for him to participate and, and pull his, his end of the load, right. Of being part of this team. So those are some examples about the diaspora. We are, we will be opening our, um, our national team registry. We worked on one. It include. You know, we'll gather basic information and it will include some questions about your history and references and and whatnot. Um, for players, number one. And then also for, um, we welcome volunteers and, , um, you people with skills. We need help. We need help across the organization. As I mentioned before, the, the workload is growing enormously. And so we, we are finding that we needing people, , volunteers, we needing skilled volunteers like [00:50:00] administratively and, and tech wise , and all kinds of stuff. Not to mention, you know, on the ground. , another thing we are looking at doing this coming cycle, which again, the, when I refer to a cycle, it's a cycle of programming that runs from August 1st to July 31st is, follows the school year. Cause it, it, it's, it's simple. International football follows the calendar year. We didn't wanna upset things too much with regards to access to our players and whatnot. So we decided to follow the school year like most American sports do. Um, just cuz it was simpler. Um, we didn't wanna cause too many waves, right? Because we were already causing waves in other ways, with our organizational mission and vision but so when I reference the cycle, that's what I'm talking about. And we, and, and, and every year essentially younger players come in, we start 'em right around, we start looking at them [00:51:00] around eighth grade, uh, freshman year. Uh, we start forming teams with, um, freshmen, sophomores, and, and then we're just trying to build those teams into what gonna end up becoming our U twenties or G 20 threes and our full teams and. So one of the things we were able to do this past May in, um, Northern California when we connected with, um, um, Ian, our technical director, his, his, all his boys back there, um, they're gonna actually start helping us to run scouting events in California. So we'll be able to at least start scouting in the diaspora, like our staff, our technical staff, Ian and our coaches on the ground in the states looking at players in the flesh right there on the field. So we excited about that piece. It's something we've done throughout the [00:52:00] islands for the last two years, which is what got us to this point with these selections. And we're realizing, you know, it's great for players to reach out and let us know. Uh, we also gonna have to get eyes on them and, and. And at the end of the day, determine Right. If it's worth them coming out to events here in Hawaii, you know what I mean? So, Well, thank you so much for all the things that you folks are doing, for us nationally , it is such a, an honor to know you folks and to be part of this. So, Mahalo, you're welcome Mahalo Vern. All right. So for native Hawaiians on the continent, I would like to know how you feel about the mission of Hawaiian football. Knowing something like this exists while being so far away from the Homeland. I do feel like it's part of my [00:53:00] kuleana, my responsibility. To bridge the nation of Hawaii. From the continent, wherever you are to the INR. So what are your thoughts? Email me at K Rivera. That's krivera@KPFA.org. So for me, I'm not so much into sports. Right. But what I, what really attracted me to Vern and his partner, Trish, is how they frame Hawaiian sovereignty as something that Is already present and has to be remembered and reclaimed and. I agree. If we, and by we, I mean, Hawaiian nationals and or Pacific Islanders in the diaspora. Are going to quote K Trask. By saying we are not American. Then how are we practicing? How are we practicing our own sovereignty? How are we practicing liberation? Not to sound too cheesy, but to see it, we have to believe it right. And I think we can knock a pool. Bye. Bye. Is about being it about practicing. But that also takes so much unlearning and re-evaluating all the creature comforts that come with American citizenship by way of fake statehood. So, what are we willing to give up for true AI? For true sovereignty. Anyway. I leave you with that. For more information about Hui Kānaka Pōwaewae. I visit Hawaiian football.com. Or kanakapowaewae Instagram, where you can find all their latest news, including their trip to Aotearoa to play the Maori team and watch the FIFA women's world cup. Exciting stuff. Mahalo Vernon, Trish, and the crew of Hui Kānaka Pōwaewae and Mahalo to you, our listeners. For more information about empowering Pacific Islander communities also known as epic. Visit our website at https://www.empoweredpi.org/ And on Instagram as at empowered PI. And on Facebook. As at elevate your voice. It has been a wonderful honor to serve as epic storyteller and bringing you this story of how a football team is finding political recognition. Educating and grounding youth in culture and health through the sport of football. Not soccer. Football. A story like this is a reminder that we are. In fact. Hashtag. Empowered PI. This is Kiki Rivera for Empowering Pacific Islander communities. Keep being the change you want to see. Apex express is produced by Miko Lee, Paige Chung, Jelena Keane-Lee. Preeti Mangala shaker, Swati Rayasam, Hien Nguyen, Nicki Chan, Cheryl Truong And myself. Kiki Rivera who produced tonight's show for the very first time. Thanks to the team at KPFA for their endless support. Have a good night. Aloha. 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What can Alberta do to position itself for another century's worth of jobs, investment, and affordable living? Our "electrifying" week of Real Talk continues with NDP energy critic Nagwan Al-Guneid, a longtime oil and gas professional, and energy economist Andrew Leach. 2:30 | Ryan starts the show with a look at the devastation in Lahaina, an historic community on the island of Maui. Hurricane Dora-fuelled winds drove a wildfire through community, killing at least 36 people, displacing thousands more, and destroying much of the city that once served as the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. 8:00 | Nagwan Al-Guneid, the Alberta NDP Energy & Climate Critic for Electricity, Renewables, & Utilities, makes her Real Talk debut. She responds to UCP Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz's appearance on yesterday's episode, and explains how her party would approach wind and solar development. 35:10 | Energy economist Dr. Andrew Leach explains the short- and longer-term potential impacts of the UCP's moratorium on new wind and solar projects in Alberta. What's really prompting it? What message does it send to industry? How much of this has to do with protecting natural gas? What's Premier Danielle Smith right about, and where is she wrong? 1:08:30 | Ryan reads "powerful" (we can't help ourselves) emails about electricity from Tom in Lethbridge and Amy, who successfully fought to kill the Foothills solar project near Frank Lake. EMAIL THE SHOW: talk@ryanjespersen.com BECOME A REAL TALK PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/ryanjespersen WEBSITE: https://ryanjespersen.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/RealTalkRJ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/RealTalkRJ/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@realtalkrj THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! https://ryanjespersen.com/sponsors The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Relay Communications Group Inc. or any affiliates.
On this day in 1898, President William McKinley signed a joint resolution annexing the Hawaiian islands to the United States.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
So the US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland made a quiet visit to Hawaii and was hosted for an event at the Hawaiian Kingdom's Iolani Palace. She talked about restoring the building but not restoring the Palace to its rightful owners. My long time friend Kaiulani Mahuka joins me for trip to the past and an update to where we are now.
In episode 3, host Nick Tilsen invites André Perez and Camille Kalama to unpack the ongoing fight for ‘Āina Back. As we know, #landback is a global Indigenous fight to liberate the land, the people, and in this episode we're reminded about the importance of leaning into our kuleana – or “responsibility” to collectively partake in healing our relationship with mother earth. FOLLOW HULI: https://hulinvda.org/ Instagram: @huli.nvda
We're back with our twelfth season, we finally have a whole dozen! This season we kick things off by turning the clock back to the 1800s with the rise of the Hawaiian Kingdom, a sovereign nation that through unfortunate events became subject to a coup by wealthy foreigners on the islands, including an enduring symbol of nobility the first and last queen of Hawaii Queen Lili'uokalani.
Hawaiʻi State Archives digitizes papers dating to the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy; Earth Day: NASA satellites shape our world; Oli, chants created to share mo'olelo, the story of our birds
We must understand these historical event in context. 2 years after the Wounded Knee Massacre and the continuation of US imperialism beyond the Western Hemisphere. I visit both the attempt to make Native Hawaiians into "Indian tribes" and the ongoing attempts to diminish the autonomy and distinction of Indigenous Peoples.
Leon Kaulahao Siu is a Native-Hawaiian, Chinese musician, vocalist, recording artist, composer, poet, author, and producer from the Big Island of Hawai'i. He is also the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Hawaiian Kingdom and serves as a strategist and spokesman for the reinstatement of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In 2016 he was nominated for the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. He is the only Hawaiian composer whose work was recorded by the prestigious London Symphony Orchestra. He has composed soundtrack music for several award-winning documentary films, including the 1977 National Geographic documentary, The Voyage of the Hōkūleʻa. You may remember him and his partner Malia singing songs focusing on promoting Hawaiian culture while you were growing up. In this episode we talk about the history of Hawai'i, the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, sovereignty, his music career, the problems we face in Hawai'i, and so much more. Enjoy! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hawaiiversepodcast
We hope you enjoy this rerelease of one of our favorite episode: Episode 31. Originally released on June 29, 2020, you will hear us discuss one of our favorite elected officials ever, Buddy Cianci. He was quite a character and reminded us of Tina's favorite show, The Sopranos. Hillary and Tina cover the illegal occupation of Hawaii and former Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci. Hillary's Story The island chain of Hawaii was ruled by the Kingdom of Hawaii beginning in 1795, but in 1893, the United States unlawfully invaded the island leading to an overthrow of the Hawaiian government. Tina's Story Buddy Cianci served as the longest serving mayor of Providence, Rhode Island from 1975-1984, and again from 1991-2002. But, when the FBI gets wind of a possible corruption scandal, Buddy may have been too buddy buddy with local scoundrels and found himself in the muck. 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New Guest Expert! On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with professor and historian Dr. Kealani Cook about the dense history of Hawaii and its monarchy before its eventual annexation in 1898. Author of Return to Kahiki: Native Hawaiians in Oceania, Dr. Cook lends some much needed context to the many moving parts around this unique moment in history. Afterward, Producer Clayton Early and Fact Checker Chris Smith stop by to unpack it all with Rebecca and revisit the verdict. We have merch!Join our Discord!Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistThe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Who's to blame for the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom?This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) speaks with Producer Clayton Early and Fact Checker Chris Smith about America's 50th state, Hawaii. More specifically, they discuss the topics which are a little less popular in the history books, the events around its annexation in 1898 and the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. What's The Committee of Safety and who are the members of The “Hawaiian League?” Will “Protecting America's Interests” take the fall for this one? Tune in and find out!We have merch!Join our Discord!Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistThe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Maura and Chloé talk about Liliʻuokalani (1838-1917); the only queen regnant of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The Fourth of July - the United States' Independence Day - has a complex history in Hawaiʻi. The forces that illegally overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi sought to symbolically bring the islands closer to the U.S. in part by using July 4th as the date for significant political acts. This includes the promulgation of a new constitution that established the Republic of Hawaiʻi (July 4, 1894) and the approval of the Newlands Resolution, which purported to annex Hawaiʻi (July 4, 1898; signed by President McKinley on July 7, 1898). Join Manu and Mehana for a lively discussion about the July 4th holiday, Native Hawaiians' complicated relationship with the United States and Hawaiian Kingdom national holidays.
Sarah Kuaiwa is a historian, art historian, and genealogist from Waimalu, Oʻahu. Her ʻohana has been living in and around Puʻuloa for the past four generations. Sarah is a fourth-year Ph.D. student at the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. She specializes in nineteenth-century Hawaiian History and her dissertation looks at creativity in kapa production in the early Hawaiian Kingdom (1810–50). Kuaiwa completed her BA cum laude in Art History and Visual Arts from Occidental College and her MA in History with a focus in Hawaiian History from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She owns and operates Kuaola or Bust, a consulting firm that specializes in Hawaiian archival research and genealogy. Kuaiwa is the recently appointed Curator of Hawaii and Pacific Cultural Resources at the Bishop Museum. To Learn more about Culturised visit: https://www.culturised.com/ Culturised is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production. #BishopMuseum #oahu #hawaii
In the first of a multi-episode series on the Intelligence wing of the Military Industrial Complex, more specifically, the CIA. Michelle and David start by setting the stage with the Dulles brothers and their full impact on the intelligence community. All resources are listed below. Support the Expiration Date Podcast by being a Patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/ExpirationDate Follow Expiration Date on Twitter @ExpirationPod Three part series on the Dulles Brothers: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ragK8hvmjCMyRPRfUCjhX?si=UPPrLYXATh24zUTNf22Q_A&utm_source=copy-link https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QSkENg5zGjzW6fIfVN41y?si=EZMxXjICR-2AgJueTaqUAw&utm_source=copy-link https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qTd9nrbfedW1bfhyJUpFR?si=gsOC75P4SmaNgMVkqm-b9g&utm_source=copy-link The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723229-the-devil-s-chessboard The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & Their Secret World War by Stephen Kinzer https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17286725-the-brothers Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put it in the White House & What Their Influence Means for America by Russ Baker https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4274612-family-of-secrets Misc Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Dulles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foster_Dulles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lansing https://www.history.com/news/how-the-sinking-of-lusitania-changed-wwi
Leon Siu makes a return visit to update us on the fight to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom, including the fight for Mauna Kea.
Listen to our playlist on Spotify New episodes drop on Saturdays Episode 2 “Fuck Authority” Description: punk rock ethics in an evolving world. Song: “Fuck Authority” by Pennywise Washington Post on Red Hill Contamination Civil Beat Red Hill Archive Grindcore Bands on Bandcamp New School Tattoo Art (al's favorite is Kelly Doty) Punk Ideologies on Wikipedia A starting point for Indonesian Imprisonment of Punk Rockers Milgram experiment podcast: This is Criminal, ep. 178 Milgram experiment Authors who write Magical Realism New Criticism Perspective Timeline of the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1893) News about the Pahoa High School Riots Our Shoutouts: Making Spaces Safer Red Paint Ideas are bulletproof: V for Vendetta --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/outonanislandpodcast/message
Discover the story of Pele's mother (also known as Papahanaumoku) and her impact on the Hawaiian Kingdom. Featured Song: "Kaho'olawe" by Hawaiian Blend, courtesy of HI*Sessions Join our email list https://legendsfromthepacific.ck.page/32ca50bd23 *We respect your privacy. We will not share your email. You can unsubscribe at any time. Visit our store: https://legendsfromthepacific.com/store Theme Song: "Mystery" by Tavana, courtesy of HI*Sessions Sound Effects: Sound Effects Factory Music Coordinator: Matt Duffy AKA DJ TripleBypass Link to this episode on our website https://legendsfromthepacific.com/91-haumea Please give us a rating, write a review, subscribe, follow us, and share us with your friends and family. ***** Join our email list and claim your exclusive unaired episode today: "Hawaii's Faceless Ghost - Mujina" (Unaired Episode) https://legendsfromthepacific.ck.page/32ca50bd23 *We respect your privacy. We will not share your email. You can unsubscribe at any time. Listen to Kamu's unaired paranormal experiences by becoming a Patreon supporter today: https://www.patreon.com/legendsfromthepacific Send your unusual Pacific experience to be shared on a future episode. https://legendsfromthepacific.com/feedback Visit our Fan Art Section: https://legendsfromthepacific.com/fan-artwork Instagram: legendsfromthepacific Twitter: LegendsPacific Follow Legends from the Pacific wherever you listen to audio. → Follow via Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legends-from-the-pacific/id1501091122 → Follow via Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/legends%20from%20the%20pacific → Follow via Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5qhdkYUl8R7hSw6OZYJLye → Here's our RSS feed: https://legendsfromthepacific.libsyn.com/rss www.LegendsFromThePacific.com
Meet Hema Watson and Anuhea McDougall, the two student hosts of the Hawaiian Kingdom Weekly, along with their teacher Trevor Atkins, a founding organizer of Ke Ea Hawaiʻi. Ke Ea Hawaiʻi is an inter-scholastic student council composed of elected student leaders from Hawaiian-focused charter schools. Their project, the Hawaiian Kingdom Weekly, amplifies student and community voices by developing a channel for new minds to choose what news is amplified and whose voices amplify it, and by developing a new generation of leaders who have experience in mass media production and critical literacy. Find Ke Ea Hawaiʻi on Facebook (Ke Ea Hawaii) or Instagram (@keeahawaii) to watch the latest newscast. Tags: Hawaii, Hawai'i, Hawaiʻi
For season 3 on Root Cause Remedies, we're digging into Energy Justice in Hawaiʻi and asking how we can move closer towards the goal of “achieving equity in both social and economic participation in the energy system, while also remediating social, economic, and health burdens on those historically harmed by the energy system.” Energy justice, like climate justice and environmental justice, demands ending corporate control of our resources and creating a future defined by self-determination and equity. In this episode, we're tackling the Hawaiian Electric Company, because we can't talk about energy in Hawaiʻi without talking about the monopoly that Hawaiian Electric has had over it since the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Then, we'll dig into what this history means for our understanding of energy justice and how we can achieve it here at home. And youʻre in for a treat, because joining me this week is Lauren Ballesteros-Watanabe who is actually the person who dreamed up this podcast. Thumbnail photo credit: Hawaiian Electric.
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