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From: "Lcruz" <palolo@hawaii.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:57:59 -1000
Subject: La Ku`oko`a - Hawaiian Independence Day Celebration
Press release...
November 21, 2006 Contact: Lynette Cruz
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phone (808)284-3460
The Living Nation Celebrates
La Ku`oko`a: Hawaiian Independence Day
The Living Nation will celebrate La Ku`oko`a, Hawaiian Independence
Day, on Sunday, November 26, 3 - 7 pm on the grounds of `Iolani
Palace. Melvin Kalahiki, chair of the Living Nation, notes that "we
are privileged to remember and commemorate the life and work of
Timoteo Ha`alilio, a national hero, and to highlight the relationship
of this Hawaiian Ali`i and Ambassador to His Majesty, King Kamehameha
III."
The original celebration of Hawaii's independence took place during
the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1843, after England and France recognized
Hawaii as a member of the European family of nations, and as an
independent country equal to England, France, and the United States.
The day continued to be an annual celebration from about 1844 to
1895, and for some years afterward, unofficially.
La Ku`oko`a marks the day, November 28, 1843, that the Ali`i Timoteo
Ha`alilio, sent as part of an envoy by King Kamehameha III, succeeded
in obtaining the signatures of the authorities of Great Britain and
France on a treaty recognizing Hawai`i as a sovereign nation.
Ha`alilio, with the missionary William Richards along as his
secretary, traveled through Mexico on foot and donkey to Washington
D.C., where they met President John Tyler. Ha`alilio and Richards,
armed with his agreement, then went on to Europe, to Belgium, Paris,
and London, where the treaty was finally signed. They returned to the
United States to cement U.S. agreement. On the journey home Ke Ali`i
Timoteo Ha`alilio died, on December 3, 1844.
The Treaty of Independence was a substantial achievement under
international law, recognized by the government of the Kingdom
through the official celebration of La Ku`oko`a. After the overthrow
in 1893, the so-called Republic of Hawai`i government announced that
November 28, 1895-a Thursday-would no longer be celebrated as La
Ku`oko`a. Instead, Thanksgiving would become the official national
holiday. The po`e aloha `aina-the thousands of Kanaka Maoli opposed
to the illegal haole government-were incensed. They ignored the
government's orders, and continued to hold celebrations of La
Ku`oko`a. At those gatherings, they told the story of Ha`alilio's
journey and significant achievement. James Kaulia of the Hui Aloha
`Aina said that "the Kanaka Maoli recalled with gladness the
restoration and perpetuation of the independence of Hawai`i, but
their happiness was mixed with feelings of distress because the right
to independence had been snatched from their shoulders." He said,
further, "Ke ku nei ke kanaka Hawaii me he kuewa la, aohe ona aina:
The Hawaiian person stands as a homeless vagabond, one who has no
land." The thieves of 1895-1896 not only deprived the Kanaka Maoli
of a national holiday, they enacted laws that caused the loss of our
language and the related loss of our own history. That process caused
us to be deprived of even the memory of this national holiday.
In our current process of de-occupying, we reject the occupier's
holiday, and resurrect La Ku'oko'a instead.
As a result of the recognition of Hawaiian independence the Hawaiian
Kingdom entered into treaties with the major nations of the world and
established over ninety legations and consulates in multiple seaports
and cities. Celebrating our own holidays is one way to raise
consciousness of a history that has been erased from the standard
American textbooks and from the local Hawaii school system.
For more information about this important Holiday, visit
HawaiianKingdom.org. Funding for this project has been provided by
the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:57:59 -1000
Subject: La Ku`oko`a - Hawaiian Independence Day Celebration
Press release...
November 21, 2006 Contact: Lynette Cruz
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phone (808)284-3460
The Living Nation Celebrates
La Ku`oko`a: Hawaiian Independence Day
The Living Nation will celebrate La Ku`oko`a, Hawaiian Independence
Day, on Sunday, November 26, 3 - 7 pm on the grounds of `Iolani
Palace. Melvin Kalahiki, chair of the Living Nation, notes that "we
are privileged to remember and commemorate the life and work of
Timoteo Ha`alilio, a national hero, and to highlight the relationship
of this Hawaiian Ali`i and Ambassador to His Majesty, King Kamehameha
III."
The original celebration of Hawaii's independence took place during
the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1843, after England and France recognized
Hawaii as a member of the European family of nations, and as an
independent country equal to England, France, and the United States.
The day continued to be an annual celebration from about 1844 to
1895, and for some years afterward, unofficially.
La Ku`oko`a marks the day, November 28, 1843, that the Ali`i Timoteo
Ha`alilio, sent as part of an envoy by King Kamehameha III, succeeded
in obtaining the signatures of the authorities of Great Britain and
France on a treaty recognizing Hawai`i as a sovereign nation.
Ha`alilio, with the missionary William Richards along as his
secretary, traveled through Mexico on foot and donkey to Washington
D.C., where they met President John Tyler. Ha`alilio and Richards,
armed with his agreement, then went on to Europe, to Belgium, Paris,
and London, where the treaty was finally signed. They returned to the
United States to cement U.S. agreement. On the journey home Ke Ali`i
Timoteo Ha`alilio died, on December 3, 1844.
The Treaty of Independence was a substantial achievement under
international law, recognized by the government of the Kingdom
through the official celebration of La Ku`oko`a. After the overthrow
in 1893, the so-called Republic of Hawai`i government announced that
November 28, 1895-a Thursday-would no longer be celebrated as La
Ku`oko`a. Instead, Thanksgiving would become the official national
holiday. The po`e aloha `aina-the thousands of Kanaka Maoli opposed
to the illegal haole government-were incensed. They ignored the
government's orders, and continued to hold celebrations of La
Ku`oko`a. At those gatherings, they told the story of Ha`alilio's
journey and significant achievement. James Kaulia of the Hui Aloha
`Aina said that "the Kanaka Maoli recalled with gladness the
restoration and perpetuation of the independence of Hawai`i, but
their happiness was mixed with feelings of distress because the right
to independence had been snatched from their shoulders." He said,
further, "Ke ku nei ke kanaka Hawaii me he kuewa la, aohe ona aina:
The Hawaiian person stands as a homeless vagabond, one who has no
land." The thieves of 1895-1896 not only deprived the Kanaka Maoli
of a national holiday, they enacted laws that caused the loss of our
language and the related loss of our own history. That process caused
us to be deprived of even the memory of this national holiday.
In our current process of de-occupying, we reject the occupier's
holiday, and resurrect La Ku'oko'a instead.
As a result of the recognition of Hawaiian independence the Hawaiian
Kingdom entered into treaties with the major nations of the world and
established over ninety legations and consulates in multiple seaports
and cities. Celebrating our own holidays is one way to raise
consciousness of a history that has been erased from the standard
American textbooks and from the local Hawaii school system.
For more information about this important Holiday, visit
HawaiianKingdom.org. Funding for this project has been provided by
the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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FWD from Keani Sai -- Historical background on Hawai'i Independence Day
Wed, November 29, 2006 - 9:33 AMDate: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:02:22 -1000
From: "Keanu Sai" <anu@hawaii.edu>
Subject: Independence Day!!!
A day to remember because we almost forgot. Attached are two flyers,
one from 1873 on the 30th anniversary, and one for today on the 163rd
annivesary. Mahalo ia `oukou e Kauikeaouli, e Timoteo Ha`alilo, e
William Richards, a e Sir George Simpson.
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Faced with the problem of foreign encroachment of Hawaiian territory,
His Hawaiian Majesty King Kamehameha III deemed it prudent and
necessary to dispatch a Hawaiian delegation to the United States and
then to Europe with the power to settle alleged difficulties with
nations, negotiate treaties and to ultimately secure the recognition
of Hawaiian Independence by the major powers of the world. In
accordance with this view, Timoteo Ha'alilio, William Richards and
Sir George Simpson were commissioned as joint Ministers
Plenipotentiary on April 8, 1842. Sir George Simpson, shortly
thereafter, left for England, via Alaska and Siberia, while Mr.
Ha'alilio and Mr. Richards departed for the United States, via
Mexico, on July 8, 1842.
The Hawaiian delegation, while in the United States of America,
secured the assurance of U.S. President Tyler on December 19, 1842 of
its recognition of Hawaiian independence, and then proceeded to meet
Sir George Simpson in Europe and secure formal recognition by Great
Britain and France. On March 17, 1843, King Louis-Phillipe of France
recognizes Hawaiian independence at the urging of King Leopold of
Belgium, and on April 1, 1843, Lord Aberdeen on behalf of Her
Britannic Majesty Queen Victoria, assured the Hawaiian delegation
that:
"Her Majesty's Government was willing and had determined to recognize
the independence of the Sandwich Islands under their present
sovereign."
On November 28, 1843, at the Court of London, the British and French
Governments entered into a formal agreement of the recognition of
Hawaiian independence, with what is called the Anglo-Franco
proclamation:
"Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, taking into
consideration the existence in the Sandwich [Hawaiian] Islands of a
government capable of providing for the regularity of its relations
with foreign nations, have thought it right to engage, reciprocally,
to consider the Sandwich Islands as an Independent State, and never
to take possession, neither directly or under the title of
Protectorate, or under any other form, of any part of the territory
of which they are composed.
The undersigned, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State of
Foreign Affairs, and the Ambassador Extraordinary of His Majesty the
King of the French, at the Court of London, being furnished with the
necessary powers, hereby declare, in consequence, that their said
Majesties take reciprocally that engagement.
In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present
declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done in duplicate at London, the 28th day of November, in the year of
our Lord, 1843.
[L.S.] Aberdeen
[L.S.] St. Aulaire"
November 28th was thereafter established as an official national
holiday to celebrate the recognition of Hawai'i's independence. As a
result of this recognition, the Hawaiian Kingdom entered into
treaties with the major nations of the world and had established over
ninety legations and consulates in multiple seaports and cities. The
Hawaiian Kingdom became the first non-European nation to be admitted
into the Family of Nations, while the Ottoman Empire was the first
non-Christian nation to be admitted following the Crimean War.
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David Keanu Sai
Ph.D. Candidate (Political Science)
Teaching Assistant
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Saunders Hall 640
2424 Maile Way
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Office Phone 808-956-6064
Website <www2.hawaii.edu/~anu/>http...i.edu/~anu/
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