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NAUE I KE ALOHA !" INA! A march in celebration of L# K$!oko!a, Hawaiian Independence Day
November 28, 20148:00am
Old Airport to Keauhou Small Boat Harbor
Hawaiians and supporters across the islands will march on L# K$!oko!a (Hawaiian Independence Day)on Friday November 28, 2014 in an effort to enhance awareness in our communities and throughout theworld about one of the longest standing National Holidays of the Kingdom of Hawai!i. Marchers willgather at the Old Kona Airport across from Makala Blvd at 7:30am for opening thoughts and pule. Themarch will begin at 8:00am and will cover approximately eight miles starting from the Old Airport in theahupua!a of Keahuol$ and ending in the ahupua!a of Keauhou at the birth site of Kauikeaouli(Kamehameha III).
In Hawaiian, naue means to march. It also means to move, to shake, to tremble, to vibrate and toquake, as the earth. Aloha !#ina means love of one!s land or of one!s country. It means patriot, a patriotwho illustrates a deep love for the land. On this day of national independence, we hope that our l#hui will
naue. That is, this march is meant to illustrate a true and deep love that will shake, vibrate, tremble andmove our land and people towards our true patriotism.
“This is a march of aloha. This is a march of love for our land and love for our country. We marchtogether as one with the hope that our claim to national independence may be seen and heard by ourlocal communities and throughout the world. Aloha !" ina is alive and it will never die,” says Hawaiianmedium preschool teacher and march organizer, Kaho!okahi Kanuha.
On July 8, 1842 King Kauikeaouli dispatched three delegates to America and Europe to ultimatelysecure recognition of Hawaiian independence by the major powers of the world. The HawaiianDelegation, led by Timoteo Ha!alilio, was assured independence by the heads of state of the UnitedStates, Great Britain and France and on November 28, 1843 the Kingdom of Hawai!i was officiallyrecognized as an independent country by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain andIreland along with King Louis-Philippe of France through the signing of the Anglo-Franco proclamation
at the Court of London, thereby making Hawai!i the first non-European nation in the world to berecognized as an independent country. L# K$!oko!a was celebrated throughout the Kingdom of Hawai!ifrom 1843 until 1893, when Queen Lili!uokalani was illegally overthrown on January 17th with theassistance of the US Minister to Hawai!i, John L. Stevens.
The United States of America’s only claim to acquiring Hawai!i is the Newland’s resolution, a jointresolution passed by Congress and signed by President McKinley on July 7, 1898. A joint resolution,though, is limited to United States territory, which Hawai!i obviously was not and is not a part of. Becausea treaty was never ratified between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Hawai!i, Hawai!ihas been and continues to be an independent country under an illegal and prolonged military occupationby the United States of America. Building off of the momentum of the Department of Interior hearings held across the archipelago thissummer, unity marches will also be held on the islands of Maui, Moloka!i and O!ahu to raise awareness in
communities about Hawaiian history, our national heritage and of the ever-growing support for a free andindependent Hawai!i.
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H'lualoa, Kona, Hawai!iFor Immediate ReleaseNovember 12, 2014
For more information, please contact:Kaho!okahi Kanuha Twitter: @nauekealohaainaTel: 808-936-4249 #naueikealohaaina Fax: 1-866-908-4619 #[email protected] #alohaainaoiaio