Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 12, Number 5, 1 Mei 1995 — Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

5HALL THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE ELECT DELECATES TO PROPOSE A NATIVE HAWAIIAN COVERNMENT? HE PONO INĀ KOHO NĀ HAWAI'I I NĀ ELELE NO KA NOI 'ANA I KEKĀHI AUPUNI HAWAI I MAOLI? A UNIOUE HAWAIIAN PROCE5S From November 15 to December 29, 1995, a Hawaiian Sovereignty Plebiscite will be held. This is a fair and open process for all Hawaiians to get involved in and make a ehoiee, including those whose voices have not yet been heard. Hawaiians are independently planning and making decisions about the process through members of Hawaiian organizations who are part of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council. ♦♦♦ Every legitimate government begins with the consent of the governed. If we, as Hawaiians, are serious about getting back our lands and resources from the state, this process will have to be conducted. If not now, then when? Delaying this process will only allow state and federal control of Hawaiian self-governance and lands to continue. The state and federal governments will not recognize or negotiate with any of the self-appointed groups. A delay will not make Hawaiian claims disappear. It will only lead to increased bitterness and mistrust. We need to act now!

HAWAIIAN SOVEREICNTY PLEBI5CITE VOTE 1995 FOR LIFE, FOR SOVEREI6NTY RECI5TRATION BECIN5 JANUARY 17, 1995 RECISTRATION END5 NOVEMBER 30, 1995 HAWAIIAN SOVEREICNTY ELECTIONS COUNCIL (8O8) 587-2834 OR 1 -800-958-6837

50VEREICNTY REQUIRE5 CONSENT OF THE COVERNED Sovereignty does not rest in any one organization. It rests with the people as a whole. No one organization ean govern the Hawaiian people or elaim the lands and resources of the Hawaiian people without the Hawaiian people's consent to be governed by that organization. ♦ There are many organizations with constitutions and plans for sovereignty or independence. Basically, these are political parties, eaeh earnestly supporting their own political platforms and plans. NOT A U.5. FEDERAL PLEBISCITE Right now, federal law does not provide for the recognition of Hawaiians as a nation-within-a-nation. If Hawaiians choose this form of government, the elected delegates would have to draft a proposal for the U.S. Congress to introduce and pass a special law. NOT AN INTERNATIONALSELF-DETERMINATION PLEBI5CITE For full self-determination under international law, the United Nations would oversee the plebiscite and ask Hawaiians to choose between remaining under the United States of America, becoming a nation-within-a nation, or becoming an independent country. Hawaiians have not expressed their readiness to conduct an international self-determination plebiscite, and this is not what the plebiscite asks. THIS 15 A TRAN5ITION 5TEP This plebiscite asks Hawaiians if we want to make decisions as one people through our own elected delegates rather than through state-appointed or self-appointed individuals and organizations. If the majority of Hawaiians vote "yes" in the plebiscite there will be an election of delegates. The Council will dissolve when the delegates are elected. The delegates will meet, look at different forms of government, and propose a "native Hawaiian" government for all Hawaiians to approve or disapprove. They willplan / how to get Hawaiian lands back and monetary claims. A HI5TORIC CHOICE We have the ehoiee to protect our unique culture and way of life for future generations. We have the ehoiee to get back our lands and resources and improve our health, education, and living conditions. NĀU NŌ E KOHO THE CHOICE 15 YOUR5