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In 1893, armed U.S. naval forces helped American sugar plantation owners illegally overthrow Hawaii’s constitutional monarchy. One hundred years later, the U.S. apologized and admitted in a resolution that Native Hawaiians had never relinquished their claims to sovereignty. Today, many Native Hawaiians continue to yearn for independence. One activist, Bumpy Kanahele, has even created his own village as a model for Hawaiian sovereignty. AJ+'s Dena Takruri reports on the Hawaiian fight for sovereignty.
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When the native language is taught as a foreign language...
In Hawai'i, 'ōlelo Hawai'i (Hawaiian language) is not taught as a foreign langauge, it is taught as a language. Not foreign by all means. Spanish, French, German, etc. are taught as foreign languages. If you live in Hawai'i, went to school here, you'd know this. 'Ōlelo Hawai'i is a co-official language in Hawai'i, alongside English.
Tappy Toes not really advancement, but rather greed. Greed breeds colonizers.
@Tappy Toes People are somehow backwards for speaking their own native language? Haha how did you come up with a correlation like that? 😂. oh wait you're american....makes sense right 😉😂
Yea but the language should not be taught instead only speak it amongst real Hawaiians and not these wanna be half breeds
Notre Aira someone is racist
Hawaiian had to be "approved" to be taught as a native language... in Hawaii. Think about that.
The hypocrisy of the European diaspora knows no bounds.
Yeah, it's very depressing to think that our own government back then would do that and have caused this
mate this all started with the monarchy look up the Great Māhele.
also Blount Report because its all black and white
If I learn one more language in what's left of my existence, let it be Hawaiian.
As Sardinian I completely feel Hawaiians 💜
@@timvanrijn8239 Yeah, it was never meant to be executed like that. The US took advantage of the Kanaka, and turned the Mahele into a negative thing. Keep trying to justify America's crimes.
＂When they first arrived, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said to us: close your eyes and pray.
So we closed our eyes and prayed. When we opened our eyes, we had the Bible and they had the land.
＂。 ----- A tribal chieftain ".
Don't give up hope.
The quote is from desmond tutu from south africa
And the struggle continues...
@@planetdelta8232 That quote was first stated by Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya.
@@pele11201 Aloha, I am Harrison from Miami FL recently bought a home and moved to Maui. . Looking to make new friends out here if you don't mind
Truly tragic to see a Hawaii where Hawaiians are ignored. We should change a few things. Teach Hawaiian as a native language, not as a foreign one. Let native’s voices be heard loud and clear.
Doesn't make sense as a economic tool. That's like Greenlanders insisting on learning Danish instead of English.
True, but once exposed to the creature comforts of the modern world, it's difficult to go back....maybe it can be done, but a lot of people won't like traditional peasant life.
Hawaiian is taught as a native language. It is co-official and is taught alongside English.
@@catphuckers well that’s really re-assuring. Seems like Hawaiian culture still blooms
@@rgsxyz1105 Once you experience the convenience and culinary delight of Spam, you go ham!
Hawaiian should become the official language and be used in every public school.
Non of these people shown in this video are native Hawaiians .The original Hawiians were a very dark skin people,look up vintage photos of Hawiian people from the late 1800's to the early 1900's and see how different the people look.
@@garycollier6950 That has nothing to do with his comment, although I disagree with it. But anyways, it doesn't matter what "race" you are, what matters is if you were born and/or raised in Hawai'i.
Gary Collier haole you really have no say in this In fact this is the same comment you keep spamming, guess evil doesn’t sleep
90% of the population can not speak Hawaiian
Sbeve 8 and that shit sucks because yes this is Hawai’i but when you go to school they will fail you if you only speak Hawaiian and anything else they want you to speak English even in court
I want Sovereignty for my Polynesian cousins Hawaiians and the people of Rapanui. We Maori also have our own Sovereignty issues but we are slowly getting there.
❤
Please naga
Given maori control of a nation would be a mistake..fuccin idiot's are constantly bickering within their tribes..no unification no sovereignty
I hope one day it will happen...soon
Never lose hope.
We need to encourage native hawaiian culture, language, and religion in the state of hawaii
aaron cabral We need to do that in every western country. Western white people are losing their culture
Ya ok well they all really do that so
No name no they don’t.
Religion???
@@Rolando_Cueva Yes, teach children about Maui who slowed down the sun instead of jesus
We are going through the same experience in Puerto Rico , our hearts go out to all the natives Hawaiians . Keep on fighting for your freedom and sovereignty brothers .
@Chicken - ᛋ Reichsführer-SS ᛋ It was colonised against the will of the Hawaiian people.
@@AnglersUAE look up the macheteros in puerto rico
Anglo and black american are slowly replacing puerto Ricans unfortunately.
@@AnglersUAE they didn't lol usa owns putero that's why there ciztiens
@@felixmatamoros7534 wym lol putero Rico isn't a race there white putero Ricans black ones and ones that look asian
I need to study about Hawaiian history. I’m ashamed I didn’t know any of this.
They don't even teach us a lot of our own history in our own culture. Blame the system and never be ashamed of what you were never taught ❤ we were all taught to tolerate abuse because of colonialism.
thanks for that comment im from hawaii im hawaiian
Me either. I knew the US stole it but I didnt know about any of the other stuff.
Polynesians have a rich history: they were renowned mariners who covered massive distances with their vessels.
Clint Clucker pineapple was brought in to hawai’i
Being native and part Hawaiian but born after '59 makes me and my siblings the first generation of Americans in the family. Applies to a lot of people here also
No, I heard that hawaiin residents were americans since territory of Hawaii in United States(Before getting statehood in 1959.)
Remember America is a name of a Continent not a nation or a people only reason it's on the end of The United States of America is for a geological location , where it sits on the planet , the Continent of America, Hawaii does not sit on that Continent
@@scrapeyhawkins5299 But it is part of the United States as a state like it or not.
but how, we were illegally annexed making it not possible to leave the union. and hawaiian money was destroyed and coverted to us money, and because we are an illegal state of the united states, we are only able to us american money, but in hawaii because "of how remote we are, its causing 'priced out of paradise"
@@user-gz6lk8dc3v yaaa. no, Im from hawaii, not really anyone calls themselves american, Im from hawaii thats why, born and raised
Some of this happened when my grandpa was around 8. My mom never learned the language because he couldn’t remember it.. they forced him to speak English. Took the language, the queen, the religion, etc. my family couldn’t ever move back either because it’s so damn expensive to live there now. What I would giveeeee to one day have the money to bring us back.
The Hawaiian Kingdom enacted an education policiy to transition all schools from the 'olelo to english-only instruction. Hawaiian Kings wanted kanaka to learn english to interact with the international community. By 1893, almost all schools were full english immersion schools. Some kanaka lie that they were 'forced' to speak english. They ignore the mo'olelo.
@@sunnysied713 The American government are guilty of prejudice hatred towards anybody of color. Look at American history. They broke and destroyed treaties they had with native Americans and you can guarantee that they shafted the Hawaiian people out of their own land as well. American government have been on a mission to destroy the indigenous people. Look to The Rockefellers and the rothschilds. They are majorly responsible for the tyranny we have seen. The American government is in possession of stolen property. Including homeowners. Nobody actually owns their home. The government takes it away from you or can take it away from you as you never fully own your own home. Thanks to property tax and so many other variables that allow them to snatch your home from you. Just like they have done with the native Americans and the indigenous people of other lands. The indigenous people all over the world should you night and push back against these thugs. Most of the US government belongs in prison.
The religion was being phased out by Hawaiian leaders we'll before Hawaii was a state.
@@sunnysied713 you should know right that the monarch were force and bend down by business man form mainland US with mikitary backing during that time?
@@cnachopchopnewsagency It's a huge myth that the Hawaiian language was banned/eradicated by the Provisional Government, Republic of Hawaii or United States. The Hawaiian Kingdom enacted an education policy that highly favored English before the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893. King Kamehameha IV stated in His Majesty's Speech at the Opening of the Legislature (1855):
"To foster education and widen every channel that leads to knowledge, is one of our most imperative duties... It is of the highest importance, in my opinion, that education in the English language should become more general, for it is my firm conviction that unless my subjects become educated in this tongue, their hope of intellectual progress, and of meeting the foreigners on terms of equality, is a vain one."
King Kamehameha IV stated in His Majesty's Speech at the Opening of the Legislature (1856) that he was satisfied with the Board of Education's progress on English instruction
"It is particularly gratifying to know that instruction in the English language is prosecuted with so much success among my native subjects. I recommend you to make as liberal a provision for the support of this class of schools as the state of my Treasury will admit."
And this *Hawaiian Kingdom Policy* was very successful in adopting the English language as the main language of education and instruction.
1881: 66% English, 33% Hawaiian
1887: 84% English,16% Hawaiian
1892: 95% English, 5% Hawaiian
1896: 97% English, 3% Hawaiian
Same as the Philippines, except we got colonized twice. Now independent, but the imprint remains.
The US did not necessarily take over. They were just kicking out the Spanish and stayed but left
@@splats6164 they paid the occupation here in the Phillipines, but how sure are you they didn't do anything here? They killed atleast 20000 during Fil-Am war alone.
The Philippines would probably be greatful if us take Philippines as one of its state
@@apdroidgeek1737 yeah thats what I thought haha
@@apdroidgeek1737 you're only the grateful ones.
"The Hawaiian language would have never been approved to be taught as a foreign language."
*foreign* language
Lies in the vid
I want the Hawaiian culture to still be alive
Oh yeah, The USA thought you were about to bomb Hawaii. That's whats happens when you replace English with Hawaiian. Thank God Hawaii's mistake was not taken seriously. America might have sent a couple of ICBM'S your way. Rocket man be careful, your dealing with President Trump not Obama.
I cannot Think of a name lol ok kim
I cannot Think of a name it's alive just dieing out because us kids are starting to forget who we are and once are and we getting moa lazy because of the internet age a little
pHil SWifT hERe fOR FLeX TApe you have no clue how much it means to me that you care about my people’s culture 😭❤️
@@ColliePops we gotta remind our next generation
Keep fighting, never forget your roots! Much love from another islander [PNG]
yeah...never forget your roots from Manila or Lisbon.....duuuuuude
@@lauraboehm6717 what’s that supposed to mean
@@zsan157 because hawaii, guam and the philippines were are relatives during the ancient times until the spanish and portuguese came then seceeded to the US by the spanish and portuguese govt and became a Commonwealth of the US. Philippines got their independence and Hawaii became a state of the US and Guam remain a commonwealth.
As a Puerto Rican i truly understand the struggles the Hawaiians face. We also try to protect our native lands and most of us want out of the US
Yet leaving the US would drastically decrease the quality of life for PR. Literally twice as wealth per capita then the rest of Latin America.
Hope you got what you wanted!
That's not what the voters say
@@bruhbutwhytho2301 The turnout is always pretty low but yeah. You’ll see that this opinion is really divided and it is very controversial in the island. Some want statehood, others want to stay the way it is and others want independence.
@@bruhbutwhytho2301Saddly half the country is old and they vote loving USA while the young ones want to be independent and then the ones that dont care so yeah we kinda stuck.
Its kinda irritating that some mainlanders misinterpret hula into thinking it a sexy dance by showing by wearing coconut bra and fake grass skirts, Its like mocking our Hawaiian traditions
Caydence-Elizabeth Cadelina. Hula dancing is very beautiful & graceful at the same time & the dancers are telling stories of traditions & hawaiian way through their dancing.
Absolutely .....IT'S MAKING A MOCKERY OF YOUR DANCE AND YOUR PEOPLE !!!!! Absolutely .....very sad. I am a Native American and I understand the blatant disrespect of our culture and of your culture....from my Meskwaki People , I apologize.
Clorox Bleach actually Hawaii isn't really a state because a law Said that a annexation treaty has to be signed by both countrys which did not happen sooooo.it was illegal and you guys broke your own laws and shows how evil the us government is
Clorox Bleach but you didn't adpot the traditions so it's not the U.S's traditions
Clorox Bleach I know that now and we just have to accept it
People in Hawaii are not Americans, they're Hawaiians.
#FreeHawaii
Theyre Americans , and Hawaiians. Not a damn thing they can do about it. Except learn economics and quit voting for Democrats that wrecked the economy and devalue the currency. And make things cost more. Inflation is created by the Democrat Federal Reserve. They vote for their own destruction.
Tremendous Fighting
Not everyone here is Hawaiian. A lot of Asians here, the people in this video aren’t even true Hawaiian. Just Japanese mixed, the real natives died off, some live in homesteads.
It is irrelevant Hawaii will always be america now.
Dieseltu Hawaii will partition from the Union someday. The state was annexed over selfish American greed. It's like Trump said, why does a region across the ocean have a say in American politics.
Dieseltu straight up stop boating democrats
i love hawaii and im sad for hawaii losing everything from land to language,culture, traditions,identity,etc.
Native Hawaiians are now outnumbered by people from different countries.
You are now like a stranger and a lowclass citizen in your own land.
Hawaii is a paradise,a land from a very far away from continents of asia and america.
Your place is truly a paradise and the people and language are beautiful.
Please make hawaii a republic.
All are land is gone and its sickening to see our brothers go though the same shit they call america land of the free because they never paid for it ..and they will steal your land too..
@@gordonlewis4280 The land was conquered and it is free.
Good luck reaching republic status as a state., maybe if america collapses in 100 or so years when everyone now is long dead and buried, maybe you'll be independent if another country or a remnant of the u.s doesn't claim ownership.
If the united stated left Hawaii, China would take over in a matter of weeks if not days. Hawaii is such a strategic spot in the pacific. It would be foolish to not think of that possibility.
Us native Americans have a whole continent we aint ever getting back... but i love my Hawaiian bros and sisters much love and they are in my prayers. Aha
Aloha, I am Harrison from Miami FL recently bought a home and moved to Maui. . Looking to make new friends out here if you don't mind
Native hawaiians are like 10% of Hawaii.
Like you said, the US will keep it’s colonies for its military operations, funded by the stolen revenue from the colonies. We gotta fight alongside Landback activists as readily as possible
@The Prophet Truth specifically Filipinos
Ma’am. I am not unsupportive of yours movement. However, When the US government calls I have to shoot seditionists. It is what it is.
it makes me sad the more I learn about what Hawaii lost to the US just as the Native Americans did. I'm glad I was fortunate to have lived there for a short period of time as a child and got to learn some of the culture through school by our culture teacher(not an actual teacher) she was like a mother to all the kids she taught Hawaii.
What I don’t get its it’s that they have a gut to point finger at China occupied the Tibet and Russia occupied of Crimea
If the united stated left Hawaii, China would take over in a matter of weeks if not days. Hawaii is such a strategic spot in the pacific. It would be foolish to not think of that possibility.
@@meteorman6167 I don't think so just let's Hawaii be free and have the own nation and then China will also will allows Taiwan to be independent, US is double standard and thinks China and Russia are fools but they are not. And its sad to see these people are homeless on the own soil.
@silly natives are still around though,aka latinos
@@AA-wu2fk but they lost the language, by cultural genocidal.
I am so sorry for your pain. I visited Hawaiin Islands on vacation and learned some history. I am a black woman and was treated very respectfully by every native. I support your struggle and pray your land will be returned to you.
“Genocide in paradise” Sad but true
There's no genocide here. Look up the word 'genocide'. Lol
@@sunnysied713 Yes, its more an Assimilation.
@@sunnysied713 it doesn't matter what word is used. America has been trying to kill off native Hawaiian people and culture.
@@Zerpentsa6598 The Native Hawaiian experience is nothing like the Native American experience. The United States hasn't been trying to kill the kanaka maoli and culture. I don't the you know very much about Hawai'i, kanaka maoli and the mo'olelo. I'll say it again, there was no _genocide_ in Hawai'i.
@@bluerose1528 Part C of the _Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (1948)_ states that _deliberate_ actions need to be taken to bring about the _physical_ destruction in whole or in part. There needs to be premeditation with direct intent to destroy a people. You haven't proved that. The United States did not commit any genocide in Hawai'i.
Some people falsely claim that the Provisional Government, Republic of Hawaii or United States tried to ban/eradicate the Native Hawaiian language. That's a huge myth and lie. There were no premeditated efforts to destroy or ban the 'olelo. The Hawaiian Kingdom enacted an education policy that highly favored English before the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893. King Kamehameha IV stated in His Majesty's Speech at the Opening of the Legislature (1855):
"To foster education and widen every channel that leads to knowledge, is one of our most imperative duties... It is of the highest importance, in my opinion, that education in the English language should become more general, for it is my firm conviction that unless my subjects become educated in this tongue, their hope of intellectual progress, and of meeting the foreigners on terms of equality, is a vain one."
King Kamehameha IV stated in His Majesty's Speech at the Opening of the Legislature (1856) that he was satisfied with the Board of Education's progress on English instruction
"It is particularly gratifying to know that instruction in the English language is prosecuted with so much success among my native subjects. I recommend you to make as liberal a provision for the support of this class of schools as the state of my Treasury will admit."
And this *Hawaiian Kingdom Policy* was very successful in adopting the English language as the main language of education and instruction.
1881: 66% English, 33% Hawaiian
1887: 84% English,16% Hawaiian
1892: 95% English, 5% Hawaiian
1896: 97% English, 3% Hawaiian
As a mainland American, i have never visited Hawaii. I was the ONLY one of all my friends to not honeymoon there. I feel as though we are colonizing a sovereign nation. The hurt I feel by the US Southern border situation would make me a huge hypocrite if I vacationed there. God bless. Also, my prayers for Maui.
I've been reading a lot of comments and it seems like people are uneducated on the topic and not getting the message. The Hawaiian queen was overthrown and killed in her own home and the Hawaiian language was banned for about 60 years. This killed most of the culture and there's no justice for it. The best things Hawaiians can do is to preserve their own culture and not have the government get involved anymore. Are Hawaiians saying they want to break off with America? of course not! (also, yes Hawaii is apart of a America. No, the volcano does not disrupt the peace and no, Hawaiians don't even care about it. They already know) I'm saying comments that are like "stupid Hawaiians" "so they hate white people huh" "the Hawaiians are greedy", Which none of this is true. Please try to look at it from both a Hawaiian person's perspective and a white American citizen's perspective before making any judgements!
I thought it was obvious that most Hawaiians were racist against white mainlanders. Haole is actually for white Americans and usually derogatory. Give them back the islands and take all the white people off. It would be interesting
Hawaiians aren’t racist you white people that say ignorant shit like that makes us look at you different and obviously you wouldn’t know because no land was taken from the US At all and they don’t know how it feels at all
@@kalaniscanlan9835 Hah, I was there for a month and I experienced plenty. I'm not even american.
Actually she died from a stroke
leemsy lazy No. . . they can’t. And “white people” didn’t want to do anything to them.
America should give back Hawaii to their own people.
Future Past so they can be annexed by another country?
Future Past If they do, they’ll be snapped up by China.
We annexed Hawaii. We didn’t steal it 🙄
Lmao, just like that, just cause some people want it right?
America should give Puerto Rico back to the own people.
As the hawaiian i really proud to see this video and support what they do. Wish i can back to living there :(
Native Hawaiians are peaceful and respectful people . Is their land it should be left alone .
Have you ever lived in Hawai'i? because there's plenty that are not like that.
@@nightstreetWalker he said native hawaiians meaning 100% and he correct since there's not many of them left since they died of disease brought by foreigners
@@kiatrucking6863 I stand by my statement.
@@nightstreetWalker ye because ur being rude to them
😂😂😂 that's what led them to there destruction for being to nice and for not protecting their culture but let invaders change it
I’m not Hawaiian but lived here for a very long time.. these people deserve sovereignty. I love these folks dearly with much Aloha.
@Idk Idk Fcking US lmaoo
@James F honestly I wish America could pull out and become an isolationist nation again, I’m sick of people like you and the rest of the world joining into the I hate America circle jerk.
If the US troops currently deployed around the world were all brought home, several things would start happening:
Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, ISIL, and few other countries would start expanding their borders at the expense
of their neighbors.
Aggressive countries whose military strength might decline over time with the loss of supply and maintenance might attack a weaker neighbor because they have to “use or lose” their military equipment anyway.
Traditional US allies will feel betrayed by the USA and will scramble to form some type of regional alliance among themselves to try to prevent more powerful militaristic neighbors from taking advantage of the vacuum. They will be hesitant of fulfilling their treaty or contractual obligations with the USA and will never sign a treaty with it ever again.
US businesses and companies will be subject to an anger backlash against the US government and will be overcharged and overtaxed by many countries all over the world if they try to set up businesses outside of the USA.
Americans anywhere in the world will be subject to criminal attack of various kinds and will be forced to retreat to the USA for their personal safety. Many of them won’t make it back home. Any Americans who might want to travel abroad will no longer want to do so.
There will be a surge in violence between aggressive neighboring countries because there won’t be a stronger military around to tell them to talk instead of fight.
The global shipment of petroleum and natural gas by sea, as well as passenger cruise ships will diminish and shipping insurance will skyrocket in price as local pirate fleets start preying on their ships.
The global shipment of parts and components for computers, electronic devices, modern appliances will diminish or permanently decline as these become subject to piracy and seizures by local navies that want to apply a higher tariff on them. The global economy will start to unravel.
The flow of food and manufactured goods will continue but at a more expensive rate as every shipping company will try to arm its merchant ships or will hire small navies to try to shepherd them through dangerous waters.
The global flow of cash and international funds as we currently know it will also diminish or end because these will be subject to interception, embargo, or capture by local governments that will be emboldened by the absence of a strong global police force to make sure they will follow the rules.
The USA will lose customers for its biggest products: software, entertainment media, movies, TV series, music, books, etc., because the poorer nations will not be able to afford them anymore and would rather spend their limited cash on survival-oriented purchases.
There will be an immediate scramble by rich people from various countries to smuggle themselves into the USA to avoid being kidnapped or hostaged by criminal gangs and local warlords in their home countries. Many of them won’t make it to safety.
Many liberals and pro-Communist socialists will initially rejoice that the USA has retreated from the world but will eventually wish for the good old days when it hadn’t done so.
@@shockingbunny2122 they don’t wanna hear the truth.
If the united stated left Hawaii, China would take over in a matter of weeks if not days. Hawaii is such a strategic spot in the pacific. It would be foolish to not think of that possibility.
Make Hawaii Independent Again
Brandon Sagucio Alaska should also become independent as well
Alaska should be canadian
exactly ... they have to pass canada to get there dose that even make any sense lol
idiot .......was sold by the Russian empire in the 1860's......it should go back to Putin ...enjoy living under Putin
I bet Hawaii will be really successful without the US
I just learned about this today, thank you for educating! Similar situation in my country as an indigenous born and raised Maori Kiwi. Our language after being stripped from our ancestors and generations beyond has since become officially recognized but only as an option alongside Japanese and European languages to learn in high school. Any indigenous language being officially recognized anywhere is only because of the indigenous people taking a stand to demand it through tremendous effort and overcoming countless challenges and struggles.
If you’re interested in more Hawaiian related content, check out my interview with Stanford student and Hawaiian Native! Would really appreciate some feedback :) have a great day czcams.com/video/2t4GIpPGabE/video.html
Hawai'i is different. It's a huge myth that the Hawaiian language was banned/eradicated by the Provisional Government, Republic of Hawaii or United States. Hawaiian Kingdom enacted an education policy that highly favored English before the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893. King Kamehameha IV stated in His Majesty's Speech at the Opening of the Legislature (1855):
"To foster education and widen every channel that leads to knowledge, is one of our most imperative duties... It is of the highest importance, in my opinion, that education in the English language should become more general, for it is my firm conviction that unless my subjects become educated in this tongue, their hope of intellectual progress, and of meeting the foreigners on terms of equality, is a vain one."
King Kamehameha IV stated in His Majesty's Speech at the Opening of the Legislature (1856) that he was satisfied with the Board of Education's progress on English instruction
"It is particularly gratifying to know that instruction in the English language is prosecuted with so much success among my native subjects. I recommend you to make as liberal a provision for the support of this class of schools as the state of my Treasury will admit."
And this *Hawaiian Kingdom Policy* was very successful in adopting the English language as the main language of education and instruction.
1881: 66% English, 33% Hawaiian
1887: 84% English,16% Hawaiian
1892: 95% English, 5% Hawaiian
1896: 97% English, 3% Hawaiia
(Hawaii leaves statehood)
Every country in the east- "it's free real estate"
As a Hawaiian i always fear this from China and for some reason this mad me laugh super hard 😂😂
@Islander Local thats the problem if other powers interfere then whats really stopping them from kinda influencing our government? either NATO or SCO or some other alliance that hates each other can obviously see that if you own pearl harbor you basically have easy access to the largest ocean in the world
@Islander Local true I guess my biggest fear is how other countries would be involved the USA isn't the worst so I wouldn't mind there military here it would help us out infact because we can focus more money on other things I just feel we as a small nation with a powerful position need a larger nation or a community of nations because countries like China and Russia aren't exactly known for respecting other countries
@Islander Local I agree America's treatment doesn't mean we should stay with them but the difference from other smaller nations is hawaiis location and natural harbor it's like Hawaii was made just to be the perfect location to control the Pacific
@Islander Local ahh yes i see I do agree but sadly I the end it's not up to us it's up to the world
Hawaii should be its own country like Samoa and Fiji.
@John Lopez considering there’s not 1 million ethnic Hawaiians I think you’re full of it cause there’s not even 3 million Polynesians😂
I would love to live in Hawaii and learn about the heritage of the natives.
Redd Wolf I was lucky enough to live there when I was in kindergarten and first grade. I lived on Oahu, in Pearl City and Honolulu, at one point in an apartment that had a spectacular view of Pearl Harbor and Diamond Head. They had a fat lady in a pretty Hawaiian dress come in every week to teach "Hawaiiana" which is about the history of Hawaii and also Hawaiian songs. My first field trip was to a pineapple farm, and I also went on field trips to Waiamea Falls, Honolulu Zoo and a Pearl Harbor memorial and a natural history museum where I learned about volcanoes. I got to do a Polynesian style petroglyph as an art project. My teachers were Japanese so I learned a lot about Japan as well. As a white I was a minority, I was rather homesick and I kind of felt like I wasn't in "real" America, but looking back I am happy to have had that experience.
@Islander Local Yeah it's like a melting pot of Asians and Pacific Islanders like how the mainland US is/was a melting pot of Europeans.
Lol You'll just get your car broken into and assaulted by a group of locals simply for being "haole". Not worth it
@@nathangarrett6877 Isn't it strange that you're bothered by local people who are held and oppressed by your white military who are poisoning their water? Why would they be angry at white people at all? Answers right in front of your mirror.
I visited 8 years ago for 11 days. It was a vaccination of a lifetime. Looking forward to going back. Wish I could afford to live there or have a vacation home there.
Growing up as a child and independently studying different cultures, my heart ached after learning about the atrocities of many indigenous people. God bless the world, especially Native Americans, indigenous Hawaiians, Chamorro People, People in the African Diaspora, The Ainu People, The Andamanese, The Vedda, Indigenous Taiwanese, Agta, Aeta, Batak, Semang, Sakai, Australia Aborigines, Maori, Moriori and many other indigenous or socioeconomically deprived people!
No bless for me?
@@user-ck2hr5vn8e huh?
I lived here for three years when I was in the military. Although they want to preserve and honor their native culture, multiple locals I talked to acknowledged if the U.S wasn't there, the Japanese would've brutalized the Hawaiian people as well during the Second World War. At least the U.S has treated the people with respect and humanity.
From Taiwan to our Austronesian cousins in Hawai'i: May our nations be free ever again.
from the dutch sorry for brining in the chinese.
Taiwan is doing pretty well and highly developed so aside from the geopolitical political tension with the Mainland, you're not exactly in shackles.
We're still under Chinese cultural hegemony.
Taiwan is already an independent country, hawaii isn't unfortunately.
I'm stupid I didn't thought you talked to native Taiwanese austronesians
I didn't know this was happening in Hawaii. Pacific Islanders need to band together to help out our brothers and sisters in Hawaii and other American Territories like American Samoa. I'm Samoan and seeing what is happening to them is not right. It's time we make a movement.
That's happening all over the world they took our whole country native people here suffered and still do to this day we lost everything here in what they branded america they told us speak English but this is not england anyway love and respect my samoan sister from the yavapai apache nation 100 percent native 0 percent american.
How did you not know lol
U should be arrested for treason this is inciting a rebellion if ur not loyal to the US flag then u shouldn’t be speaking out
@@gordonlewis4280 You guys didn't even make a country before Europeans came and made it one.
@@brittanyhayes1043 we didn't need to it was perfect before you got here no pollution clean rivers no disease we all spoke our language not english this is not england no governments it was so much better but just like everything you people have to screw everything up you should all just leave and screw up something else it's not to late you can still leave your really not wanted here ..
I moved to Oahu from North Carolina as a single parent and lived there for 9 yrs. Worked as a police officer. I noticed that the Japanese and Koreans seem to own everything. There wasn't a house for sale anywhere for lass than $400,000. Rent for a small studio type house of 600 sq. ft. took half my paycheck. It seems everybody was working 2-3 jobs and had people renting a room from them. I left and will never go back.
Sums it up!
Why/how move to Oahu as a single parent?
It’s wonderful to have seen your story. I learned a lot
Restore Hawaiian independence!
Nick Arjomand sources ?
@Nick Arjomand The sugar plantation owners threatened the monarchs by force and military intimation to gain voting rights that benefited themselves. White sugar businessmen tried this crap on Cuba and the Cubans resisted except for the wealthy cubans who were in it for themselves. That's why Cuba is still its own sovereign nation. Read up on the Mexican-American War.....same pattern.
We both know that will never happen.
Nope, they got conquered
@@kdfooaijfea3asdf yes because we all know how good Cuba is…
This is why my grandma left hawaii, it's just not the same😔
Feel the same way as a Scottish man regarding Scottish gaelic, England has destroyed our culture.
Lmao ok so Hawaii can either be a full part of the US enjoying citizenship, full economic benefits and statehood. Or be an impoverished Pacific island nation. That like all the other Pacific "countries" would be wholly and entirely reliant on the US for economy, defense and anything else that's important.
Kinda like Ecuador...
@@NubiansNapata what I get what you're trying to say, not at all. Countries like Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, palau are associated states with the US meaning they are pretty much dependent on the us. Hawaii would be the same especially with all the non Hawaiians living there. Ecuador is it's own complete sovereign county capable of defending it's own borders albiet I don't know how well it could
@@andrewfranciscohughes2481 Ecuador is 3rd world us colony
@@andrewfranciscohughes2481 That's the whole point these people want to be independent... They want their island and sovereignty back... Their culture is dying.. Island is filled with drugs...
LOL! So true!
*Free Hawaii*
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Satan USA must be destroyed
Stay strong my Hawaiian brothers and sisters
I couldn't watch this , it's too painful. Each time I've visited Hawaii I see things that make me sad, seeing mainlanders working when unemployment is so high among native Hawaiians is just one of those things. I love the culture and history of the islands, but somehow always feel some guilt when I'm there.
Does it make you sad when "foreigners" have jobs on the mainland when mainlanders are unemployed?
@@bones6554 YUP!
@@bones6554 you don't see how that is a completely different concept at play when you are talking about colonization and sovereignty as a nation. In the mainland US American citizens still have their national sovereignty, control the vast amount of wealth didnt have their lands siezed and have homes taken, quite the contrary they are living on land stolen from another group of people that they actually did that to.
Also, immigrants that come from Latin America are driven out of their countries as a result of the conditions caused by the United States interventions into the region over the last 140 or so years, backing dictatorships, genocide for Chiquita banana, CIA creating narco states in the name of fighting communism, military coups, operation condor etc etc etc.
So essentially, correct me if I'm wrong here but, you are comparing desperate economic migrants and refugees looking for a better life in America because of the conditions America created....with..... wealthy Americans moving to Hawaii after their government stole the land, driving up the price of housing and pricing native Hawaiians out of their homes and off the island entirelyin many cases.... very interesting brain you have.
A more fitting question and comparison would be "does it make you sad to see a white guy named Tom Johnson working and living in a McMansion while Native Americans have the unemployment rate that they do?"
@@jstwntmusic sad... I had more hope for you from the OP
@@chenzomutumbo9140 Someone has white hate.
Hawaii is absolutely a independent country! It should earn respect from the world and should be admitted by UN. USA invaded and militarized Hawaii. It is a totally violation of international law.
I love how the Native Hawaiians are reclaiming their lands Im Puerto Rican and although its not a state I dont want the same thing to happen to it and ill do anything in my power to stop that.
Spanish is not the native language of Puerto Rico. It's a colonial European language. Not comparable to Hawaii at all
@@user-cr3pn7rk2v I didnt say anything about the language
@@yeetersnitzel6351 it's just that many act like Hispanic culture is someone a native culture white Anglo culture is not... Borikén belongs to the Taínos
@@user-cr3pn7rk2v I agree that the island is the Tainos but I don’t believe any pure bloods exist of course there are Puerto Rican’s of greater Taino blood but most of them are not pure bloods. And Spanish isn’t Anglo Anglo is from the UK, Hispanic is Spanish and Puerto Rican’s are a mix of 3 African, Spanish, and Taino. I am Afro Puerto Rican so I can assure you there are many of us. And most Puerto Ricans of mainly Spanish descent don’t even consider themselves to be white really but then again what do you define as native because Puerto Rican’s are not Tainos so for all I care Puerto Rican’s are native.
@@yeetersnitzel6351 I think the entire new world should just embrace they are a mix of different continents :)
Does Al Jazeera ever do any stories on modern day slavery in the Arab world or the stone age human rights abuses on its own people?
TeacherTeacher no, they just like to criticize the Western world; namely America
Rogin you must subscribe to Al Jazeera
Rogin 🤣 now I know you’re full of shit. 🤣🤣🤣
His Dudeness how ironic👏 .....an american talks about criticism....
Omar Alsinawi what country are you from?
One day the hawaiians will have their country back, and when that day comes, I will celebrate for the rest of my life.
It's not going to happen.
@@brittanyhayes1043 Hawaii is too strategic important for the U.S to allow it to gain Independence
It will happen. The US is imploding from within. Just wait and see. 5 years from now it will be in the throes of internal strife, it will most probably divide in a few pieces. And Hawaii will be able be free again if it so wishes.
@@Alpha-Andromeda i am loyal to hawaii and the people of it. i hope so.
Bless from us other Islanders who know the Hawaiians pain. Love from pohnpei.❤️
dude isnt micronesia an independent state?
Us micros was taken over by Japan, then the US came over and started testing on our islands. Also spreading diseases to us. Making most of us Have to leave the islands. And making our kids become citizens to get US rights and food stamps. So we basically had to be in the US to live good.
The annexation of Hawai'i is so heartbreaking to read and watch over again. The death of Hawaiian language after annexation is like removing ones soul. Not sure how much is possible now, but maybe in time, Hawai'i will have it's proper sovereingty back and culture revived.
It's not going to happen. The Native people need to learn to write down there language and safe guard it instead if depending solely on oral teachings because of how that can be dangerous. The Celts never wrote down there language or there history thus we are clueless of the full scope of there culture and linguistic communication.
If the united stated left Hawaii, China would take over in a matter of weeks if not days. Hawaii is such a strategic spot in the pacific. It would be foolish to not think of that possibility.
Mahalo nui loa Dena, it’s so important to share this with the world, 🤙🏾
Aloha, I am Harrison from Miami FL recently bought a home and moved to Maui. . Looking to make new friends out here if you don't mind
Wow there's actual hawaiians in the comments 😊
Hope Hawaii becomes free
I’m from New Zealand and my culture is Maori. Us and Hawaiians all look very alike❤️
Love Hawaii from your (Southeast) Asian brothers!!! 🤗
Philippines lol its the only country in south east asia that have the same server as us in youtube cuz they can speak english, Philippines is also part of Polynesia
To our brothers and sisters of Native Hawaii, keep believing and fighting for your existence. Your not alone and have support from us tribes on the main land. Government and political status from non natives can never kill whats in your heart, your spirit. We will all survive, somehow, someway. Our mother/creator sees our struggles but will make sure she keeps up near her womb. We have to learn how to adapted and continue to keep our native culture traditions alive. One key character is keep your language which is the foundation for all native cultures. We are here together to protect mother earth/creator and life she has brought into this world she placed. Thoughts and prayers for you all native Hawaiians and all indigenous people around the world.
Stay blessed Hawaiian lifestyle.
Stay blessed Hawaiian lifestyle will last forever.
Do you like white people or are you a racist?
Guam and Hawaii should work together.
DeathM10 nop guam & norther marianas should merge
Jonathan McGuire Your mind is a shi*thole
@@nab.7250 lol
Guam is a US territory not state jackass. They chose to be part of the US in a way
Jonathan McGuire shitholes... like yourself?
I am so happy to see this. Hawaiians need to take their islands back. We lived their in the early 70's it was beautiful. Even at that time it was so sad to see what was happening. I hope and pray they win it all back every single island. 🙏
If the united stated left Hawaii, China would take over in a matter of weeks if not days. Hawaii is such a strategic spot in the pacific. It would be foolish to not think of that possibility.
@@meteorman6167 blah blah blah always blame china in everything. look at the map, idiot! for china, the south china sea is more profitable than hawaii! keep this in your brain.
Don't hold your breath no way were just giving up one of our states and the last time someone tried leaving it caused our civil war
@@meteorman6167not if they joined NATO immediately
@@crazycatpetera1404 so we would still have military installations there and sending them money..ok
I truly miss O'ahu I live in Tennessee now but I was raised there as a kid, very unique and fascinating culture.
Are we sure??
Hawaii-a U.S. territory since 1898-became the 50th state in August, 1959, following a referendum in Hawaii in which more than 93% of the voters approved the proposition that the territory should be admitted as a state.
There were many Hawaiian petitions for statehood during the first half of the 20th century.
The voters wished to participate directly in electing their own governor and to have a full voice in national debates and elections that affected their lives. The voters also felt that statehood was warranted because they had demonstrated their loyalty-no matter what their ethnic background-to the U.S. to the fullest extent during World War II.
In retrospect, perhaps, the genuinely interesting question about Hawaii’s becoming a state is why it took so long-60 years from the time that it became a U.S. possession. There were many Hawaiian petitions for statehood during the first half of the 20th century. These were denied or ignored. Some in the U.S. had been convinced, even at the time of Hawaii’s annexation, that Hawaii had no natural connection to the rest of the states. It was not contiguous territory, most obviously, but 2,000 miles from the coast.
In retrospect, perhaps, the genuinely interesting question about Hawaii’s becoming a state is why it took so long.
Hawaii’s annexation in 1898 had much to do with the power of American plantation owners on the islands and the protection of their financial interests-both in gaining exemption from import taxes for the sugar they shipped to the U.S. and in protecting their holdings from possible confiscation or nationalization under a revived Hawaiian monarchy. There was considerable sentiment in the U.S. that annexation would be an unjust, imperialistic, and therefore un-American, move (Hawaii had more than sugar; it was a potential harbor and coaling station for naval vessels and was historically pressured in the 18th and 19th centuries for concessions by countries including Great Britain, Japan, and Russia).
Nevertheless, at the time of annexation the monarchy itself had only been in existence for a century, and originally consolidated power brutally, with the help of European sailors and firepower. Even by the end of the 19th century, a significant portion of the Caucasian residents of Hawaii had been born and raised there and considered themselves natives. Complicating the question was a large population of immigrant Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese, all of whom had been originally encouraged to come in order to supply agricultural labor to the islands.
At the time of the vote, 90% of the population of Hawaii consisted of U.S. citizens.
Part of the decades-long reluctance to change Hawaii’s status from territory to state derived, both in Hawaii and on the mainland, from uncertainty and fear about granting electoral power to one ethnic group or another. This was not just Caucasian vs. ethnically Polynesian. Some ethnically Polynesian Hawaiians opposed the change from territory to state because, while they had come to feel comfortably “American,” they feared that the Japanese population on Hawaii (perhaps as high as 30%) would, under a universal franchise authorized by statehood, organize and vote itself into power to the disadvantage of the Hawaiians of Polynesian descent.
At the time of the vote, 90% of the population of Hawaii consisted of U.S. citizens. Hawaii’s importance in World War II had secured its identity as fully American in the minds of both Hawaiians and mainlanders. In addition, persistent and effective lobbying of Congressional representatives during this initial period of the modern Civil Rights Movement convinced enough members of Congress that this was the right moment to accept Hawaiian statehood, no matter what its racial makeup was.
Hawaiians themselves had been awaiting this for years, so much so that the “49th State” Record Label had been selling popular Hawaiian music since shortly after the War. As it turned out, Alaska entered as a state at the very beginning of 1959, making it the 49th, and when Hawaii came in several months later, it became the 50th state of the Union.
For more information
An Act to Provide for the Admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union. Act of March 18, 1959, Pub L 86-3, §1, 73 Stat 4.
Hahaha, this is the comment that all these "free everything" people get triggered by. Facts don't care about feelings.
The UN ruled that a vote must be brought to the Hawaiian people to decide if they wanted to remain a territory, become a state OR leave the union and reform their own government. That last option was left off the ballot. It’s not hard to see that if the only options were remain a territory or become a state that the vote would go incredibly towards statehood: it’s as simple as a representation issue. If you’re going to be living under US law, you should be able to have a say in the national discourse. This was not a choice to become American, it was the better of two evils. Therefore your point about the 90% figure doesn’t hold merit.
Not only did the annexation violate international law, it went against the MAJORITY of native Hawaiians (about 2/3 of kanaka maoli) personally signed a petition against the annexation.
No one can argue with the facts and that this takeover was wrong on so many levels (you even mention this)
I know that sovereignty would not make everyone happy; that is simply impossible for such a deep-rooted problem. But it is the United States’ responsibility to right the wrongs of history and give justice to Hawaiians.
you'se always have another home in Polynesia ✊🏾✊🏾voyage down to Samoa ✌️🏾
Manoa I’ve never heard of this but very interesting. Most people I know move to the US continent, and a few to other countries
Actually some natives already flew to another countries
Why go to Samoa when you got TONGA, WOOOOOO 🎊 🎉 🍺
The US have also colonised Samoa, the country is divided into free independent Samoa and colonised American Samoa.
Then the majority of Samoans immigrant to New Zealand, Australia or the United States.
I support Hawaiian independence, love from Wisconsin!
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I just visited Maui and got back, and I was so emotional to learn about what had been done to such a beautiful place, beautiful people and their beautiful culture. I one day would want to live in Hawaii and learn to integrate with the beautiful people of Hawaii. God bless
Did you meet some "Hawaiian" people while you were there? NOPE! Not on Maui BRAH! Only on Niihau.
As usual, this video simplifies an extremely complex issue. Yes, U.S. business interests screwed over Native Hawaiians from the beginning. But what about these questions:
*Who abolished the kapu system and why?
*Didn't the Kingdom declare that ALL children, regardless of race, who were born in the islands were "Children of Hawaii?" If sovereignty was achieved, what would it look like? What happens to property? What happens to land? How would the state be run? Do ALL non-natives get kicked out? If so, how much native blood do you need to have to stay? What if you're married to someone without native blood? How do you defend your country from aggressors?
*In the 19th century, all western powers were problematically imperialistic. If it wasn't the U.S., wouldn't it have been France or England or Russia?
*What about the thousands and thousands and thousands of folks with Native Hawaiian blood who love, support, and embrace the notion of maintaining and fostering Hawaiian culture and ideals, but who DON'T GIVE A RIP ABOUT SOVEREIGNTY?
jay dubya understand that ... Not everyone is going to be happy . It isn't our job to make sure everyone is happy . Lol this is HAWAI'I. don't make you happy ; leave .
Do you really think that they wouldnt find a solution to all the things youve mentioned? Do you think that theyre not aware..? These people have longed to have their own constitution and a draft may already exist for all we know. Jeeeez.
Hawaii is too vulnerable. It will always be conquered.
Always.
How bad is it, really? How do you know that there isn't an alternate universe where poor, subjugated, and malnourished sovereign Hawaiian's are continously drowning in cross ocean outriggers trying to make it to America. Kind of like Cuba, but with a lot more ocean in between, or like the European boat migrants. Maybe you all got it good and don't appreciate it. How about that?
@@regulusmine2336 well at least the people in cuba is not being ejected from their own ancestral land when they can work on. Are you saying palestinians are better with occupiers? Same analogy. That is the issue on the video right... people being kicked out from their own land but in a smaller scale...
They should fight for their Land . No culture should die like that.
Long live free hawaii! Long live free Texas! Death to the cultural murder by the u.s
What culture death? They have free speech and religious freedom just like everyone on the mainland
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv culture death isnt just about the lack thereof free speech or religious freedom lol its about a different culture displacing or assimilating a culture in which this case was unjustly acquired
Their culture is dead because they have forgotten their Ancestors language
Cicada 3302 we haven’t forgot it. the US made it illegal to speak Hawaiian until 1986. by then, we’ve gotten so used to how speaking English is more “convenient” than speaking in Hawaiian.
Weird how she would ask him if she could apply for citizenship even if as a joke, considering it's a movement to preserve their own native national/culture identity on the face of gentrification
The Hawaiian kingdom must be restored and the 50th star removed from us flag
No thanks, most people love being part of the United States.
@@lindsey_8477 No native hawaiian in their right mind wants to be independent. We're geologically isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We import 90% of our energy. The agriculture industry is dead because imports and exports are very expensive... because we're in the middle of nowhere and everything is cheaper and fresher on mainland America and Asia. Shipping costs are too high and transport takes too long. We can't defend ourselves and will always need the help of a Big Brother, which will keep all of the same problems. Nobody will protect us for free. Our biggest industries are Tourism ($16B) and Military ($16B)... and that won't change... because we don't have much else to offer. Most native hawaiians love being part of the United States because of first world status, safety and security, don't want to be invaded and don't want to be a third world country.
Hawaii won't survive for long if it becomes independent.
@@sunnysied713 that's what coloniesers want people to think that's how they stay in power
@@joshuamast5128 Native Hawaiian activists groups pushed and lobbied hard for statehood. In 1819, Prince Kūhio even wrote the first congressional statehood bill to request that Hawai'i fully join the United States. Many people ignore that inconvenient history. Furthermore, Hawai'i is stuck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and it's very tiny. It enjoys HUGE social, economic, political and military benefits from the United States. Most Hawaiians enjoy their lifestyles, safety and security. Lastly, Hawai'i was never colonized. Most people don't even know what 'colonization' even is. They just throw the word around without thinking. Hawai'i wasn't a colony of the United States.
Your remark to Bumpy was disingenuous. Muslim are citizen like others in the US and have always been accepted as such. You live a comfortable life that is safe, much safer than you would have in most Muslim countries, and ladened with opportunity and material wealth, and you equivocate your situation to those of dispossessed Hawaiians? By the way, in a Hawaiian state run by Hawaiian (if we follow what most defend), you won't have the same rights that you might "enjoy" in America due to your non-Hawaiian blood. The annexation in 1893 was a coup and was unfair to the Hawaiian people that almost disappeared, everyone agrees with it, the solution to this injustice hasn't been found yet. At least by the majority.
May Hawaii have freedom soon. Love from Singapore
Um they already do! I’d Call the U.S Constitution 2 Senators 2 Congressman 4 Electoral Votes and Elected Governor and State legislator Freedom
@@alcarbo8613 they have the same mindsets as the “sovereign citizens” police pull over.
@@alcarbo8613 they just want white men out of hawaii
Thank you for supporting native hawaiian people
The information you give are useful and valuable and will be beneficial to them.
I am grateful to listen and see their stories so we can know them personaly and be of support as much as possible.
May native hawaiian people be blessed
Thank you, AJ for all that you do.
I learned about the history of hawaii. It's insane how it lost its kingdom. I live in hawaii though cuz i was sent here by the US Navy. Hawaii is beautiful though and has so much of its own culture to discover.
You are part of the problem. Because of money you would rather oppress them and assist your government to seize their lands and have the nerve to comment.
@@WARLORD8189 how am I part of the problem? I am not the government. I am property yes but I don’t control the government.
I am an American citizen so I can’t just become a sovereign citizen and disobey.
Hawaiian should be Hawaiian. That's that ;)
@Notorious KFC So are you ?
Gets clapped by China lol
Aloha, I am Harrison from Miami FL recently bought a home and moved to Maui. . Looking to make new friends out here if you don't mind
@@harrisondwlight7813 I'd appreciate it, but I live a little distant ;)
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@@guedxander Not bad at all,
How's life over at Brazil though
I feel their pain... And so do my ancestors. ✊🏽❤️
This video was created 6 years ago. A spotlight needs to be shone on this independence movement. The Native Indigenous Hawaiians have absolute and complete rights to their independence and sovereignty returned to them. The USA stole Hawaii, plain and simple. Indigenous Polynesian Hawaiians have so much to be proud of on their own. Keep fighting the fight beautiful warriors. 👍👍❤️
Out of a total population of 600,000 in the islands and 155,000 registered voters, 140,000 votes were cast, the highest turnout ever in Hawaii. The vote showed approval rates of at least 93% by voters on all major islands. Of the approximately 140,000 votes cast, fewer than 8,000 rejected the Admission Act of 1959.
so if you take one million Americans to another country and have them register to vote and then vote to make that country the fifty first state and the people of that country don't vote but put together a petition against having their country annexed to america and america don't even follow it's own laws, that's okay because america said they sorry, wow god has truly blessed america, they can do no wrong, unless they collude with the Russians, lord Jesus please save us (the innocents of the world) from evil minded people who have no love in their hearts for their fellow brother and sister except for the love of money, here in the kingdom of Hawaii we say aloha ke kahi i ke kahi which means to love one another, yes there are some Hawaiians who are giving into hate, and although one might have some understanding of why, its dose not justify their feelings or actions, love is the greatest gift of all, so with that i a kanaka who served america along with my brothers,cuzins, father and uncles would like to send a big aloha to the world.
Hawexit. hawaii becomes a country.
JMRFalcon it already was a country...it would just go back to being one and rightfully so
Of course they will, and they will become a third world country, and then they'll realize that being an american was the best thing that could happen to them, when they realize it would be too late.
Home Traders Bruh, we could live off a damn coconut tree if we needed to lmao.
Robert Maldonado haha!!! Biggest joke i ever heard
Robert Maldonado hahaha you're so Funny! Joke or not. 100% false
Right on. Thanks for getting it out there. Letting the people know what’s real out here.
Those who were born in Hawaii are Tangata Whenua, ''People of the Land'' but doesn't mean they're ''Indigenous First Nation Sovereignty'' just immigrants born in Hawaii.
The Hawaiians look like the native olmecs but that's just me though
ButtOnAStick They do.
I'm salvadoroan so I know.
Kevin Qujada What's that, like another native group I respect that
I believe tthey are Olmec or Inca. Travelled from the north and south americas during wars in ships built by Hagoth.
ButtOnAStick giant hawaiians could eat little olmecs in one sitting.
They can try but its probably never going to happen. First of all, the United States as many military bases in Hawaii since its right near Asia. 2nd, the Native Polynesians are outnumbered by Asians and white immigrants who would most likely side with the United States. 3rd, most of the economic revenue comes from farming and tourism.
I’m fully support Hawaii independence, love to you from Canada 🇨🇦.
Lol canada go sit in the corner aye mexico could invade yall
Matthew Hake sorry but tf is Mexico gonna do? They’re struggling with the cartel
Support from a country that also took away Indigenous lands. Well done!
Of course the Chinese Colony would support another piece land to be primed for China.
@Clint Clucker He's not wrong. If Canada is so in love with helping indigenous people in places like Hawaii, maybe make a few concessions for the Inuit people you lot all but genocided off the face of the earth? This doesn't even have the excuse of being hundreds of years ago, Canadians have actively been participating in Inuit genocide in the past fifty years.
Even though I was born and raised in NYC Hawaii feels like home the people the culture ,the life style , the love of the people, there strength , this feels like home .
Because they're one if the 12 tribes.... current descendants of the c12 tribes are known today as Hispanics, Latinos, blacks, indigenous, natives, from Brazil to north America to Hawaii. All the 12 tribes. Wishing more brothers and sisters wake up🙏🏽🙏🏽☺🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@@ria0991
Wow, such real world unity, you support segregation
Sad
According to the survey by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser those polled only 6% supports independence (3/6/2014).
What do you expect when only 10% of the population can claim Hawaiian ancestry.
Serious question- how would Hawaii stop others from taking over when/if US left?
Anthony Fonua Propably by becoming an U.S. protectorate,same as Iceland
Anthony Fonua no one else would .
Anthony Fonua aotearoa
Sea turtles..
My grandmother was scared to teach us Hawaiian because it was illegal in her time she did teach me to play the ukulele that was the best times with her.
Out of all the states, Hawai'i has always seem to be separate from the country, in terms of culture, policies and history.
There's a reason why the flag encompasses the Union Jack.
Because the king liked the union jack.
I don't blame him British colonial flags are beautiful.
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I am Hawaiian by blood and it's sad that Maui doesn't teach Hawaiian. Oahu is so rich with culture yet looks so much like the mainland Maui has very little culture but doesn't look like the mainland sad.
"55 year lease" dafuk outta here. It's their land. The States should pay rent. I'm not Hawaiian, I'm black, but I want to help without adding to colonization. Any ideas?
Re-establish the Kingdom,you've got the legitimate heirs to the throne right there!
Imagine never had the US. Would've been "meet the native hawaiians fighting JAPAN occupation"
nicksinister thank you for saying something these liberal idiots didn't.
So US become another japam, nice! how brutal?
if the US never controlled Hawaii, the japanese wouldnt have bombed Hawaii lol. even if the japanese did take hawaii in ww2, the americans can still send aid and walk through foreign occupied land just like they did in europe with france and nazi germany. the US defended the philippines, palau, fs of micronesia, and marshall islands from the japanese, yet you dont see them being part of japan nor part of the US today, are they?
@@jmichell5491 um the Sovereignty movement has been happening since the Illegal overthrow if you're not from Hawai'i do not speak. If you aren't Hawaiian by blood do not give such ignorant views.
The Hawaiian Islands and their native culture are beautiful - but that's completely irrelevant; if they were bare rock piles or covered in ice they would still be a prize for whatever super-power could snag them. They are simply the most strategic real estate in the entire Pacific basin - whoever controls Hawaii controls the Pacific. Period - end of story. Whoever doesn't understand this just doesn't get it, but trust me - the major powers do. This reality represents a tragedy for the Hawaiian people - but if the USA hadn't snagged the islands, someone else would have. And if the USA fades as a power (all empires eventually fall) another will claim Hawaii, and it's people will be in the same situation. Forever, more or less...
Mahalo for this...it’s so good to know that there is someone bringing light to what’s happening to my people and my land!
No problem. You have the full support of Putin, the North Korean dictator, the Chinese communist party, Hugo Chavez, the Taliban's, Al Jazeera and everybody else who hates the US. What you call "my land" is an Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean which was occupied by the Polynesians before the US took over. If it wasn't the US, it could have been the Dutch, the French, the British, the Chinese, the Japanese, the Russians etc. Looking at this long list of possible "occupiers", which one do you think would have treated the Hawaiian born people better than the US ? Count your blessings and be proud to be one of the lucky ones who can call themselves AMERICANS. Stop the division and the hate. Count your blessings because you have no idea how many civilized Nations would be HAPPY to have been "occupied" by the USA - the Greatest Country on Planet Earth.
@@nickfreeman3572 Ok Assimilationist
@@nickfreeman3572 This is the same arrogance the British had before their empire crumbled.... The "Greatest Country on planet Earth" is an imperialist nation that deposes democratically elected leaders and starts wars just for resources/profit. Look at Iraq for example, do you really think your government wanted to liberate Iraq? or were they scared that Saddam was planning to sell oil for gold? The US is barely out of it's diapers and like all great Imperialist empires it will fall. My country India had proud and arrogant dynasties that ruled for centuries but then fell just like every other dynasty/Empire.
@@nickfreeman3572 ive never seen something so incorrect in my entire liefe. The us GENOCIDED native hawaiians
We went to Hawaii and I love his people.
Thank you for sharing this video. I would love to visit this strong and courageous community of native Hawaiian brothers and sisters. I am a fellow Pacific Islander and have and understanding of colonialism and the nuclear legacy,
Hawai'i wasn't a U.S. colony. Different story.
Very nice and informative. Thanks AJ for always bringing real news from all over the globe.
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I want to sail around the world and help everyone everywhere so sad for Hawaii I was in Tahiti in 1969. When a person visits someone else’s homeland they should totally respect it. ❤
Hello,
I am currently in Hawaii. Does this sovereign state still exist, can outsiders visit?