Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 1987 — Native Hawaiian Nation Sets Jan. 15-18 Con-Con [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Native Hawaiian Nation Sets Jan. 15-18 Con-Con

A constitutional convention to continue the Native Hawaiian Nation will be held in Hilo from Jan. 15-18, 1987, under the auspices of the Native Hawaiian Land Trust Task Force. The eon-eon will be at the Malia Puka'O Kalani Parish Hall at 326 Desha Avenue, Keaukaha, Hawaiian Home Trust Lands. The Native Hawaiian Government will be retroactive to Jan. 17, 1893, the date of abrogation of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The eon-eon is the Native Hawaiian LandTrust Task Force's response to: 1) President Cleveland's eoneem in 1893 for the solution "consistent with American honor, integrity and morality" to the complicity of the United States in abrogating the monarchy of the Kingdom of Hawaii. 2) Amity established by the Royalists of the Hawaiian Monarchy with the United States at the FirstTerritorial Legislature in February, 1901. 3) Pronouncement by the task force in its first report to the President and the Congress of the United States in 1983 that a successor to the Native Hawaiian Land Trust Task Force wiU be forthcoming. 4) The expression of self-determination by petitioners of 1845 from Lahaina, Wailuku, and Kailua-Kona to the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii. 5) The failure of the governments in Hawaii to uphold the rights of native Hawaiians from 1845 to the present. 6) The prophetic visions of the sacred Queen Keopuolani of the Kingdom of Hawaii, set forth in her final words, "Take care of these lands. . .Exercise a tender care over the people" in 1823. For further information write to: Native Hawaiian Land Trust Task Force 1021 University Avenue, Room 2 Honolulu, Hawaii 96826

This photo shows taro growing in Kanewai Stream and an abandoned concrete dam and water pipe formerly used as a source of water for farming in Waianae.