Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 9, 1 Kepakemapa 2000 — Protests from prison [ARTICLE]

Protests from prison

The exportation of Native Hawaiians is a multi-million dollar operation in whieh Hawai'i's politicians and prison industry have conspired to put together a get-rich-quick business. Regardless of how many kanaka maoli were sent to private prisons, this fact remains: We were sent here illegally. Awakened at 2:30 a.m. and forced into chains, we were kidnapped and exported to a foreign land for what is known as incarcerated warehousing. I am not an American citizen, though I have violated an American law. The punishment is prison. The United States has violated and eontinues to violate and neglect my country's laws. Who then from the United States will be punished? I'd like to thank everyone who has been supporting sovereignty and reaching out to help the incarcerated kanaka maoli. And mueh aloha to Braddah Shane Pale for all your time, effort and help. You are an inspiration to us and make us proud to be Hawaiian. Norman Lani Akau III Oklahoma Pono Coalition First of all, I would like to express my aloha and mahalo to all the Native Hawaiians and non-natives who've contributed their energy and time to assist, educate and inform other people of Hawai'i, non-Hawai-ians and indigenous, about Hawaiian sovereignty. We are still needing our

readers, family and friends to spread the word, open their eyes and provide the knowledge and wisdom. We are also needing your support, time, contributions, participation, votes and involvement. Every vote counts, the more, the better. Acknowledgment of our simation is a blessing for all. Questions and concems are weleome. Can I ask our readers to look into their hearts and answer this? Is it right to imprison a person under faise pretenses, perjury, treason and coereion, and extort their property, freedom and rights? I'm sure you'd object to this type of action upon others as well as having it done unto you. Is that not unlawful and illegal to commit these acts? Is it not also unconstitutional? Mililani Trask raised self-explana-tory issues of our situation. Mahalo nui loa. I feel your words and spirit. Sovereignty is the trath and is worth my vote and time. Kanaka maoli no ola. Kalani Varner Oklahoma Pono Coalition The Apology Bill 103-150 is the greatest signed confession on the planet. The stealing of a nation, the punishment under interaational law for war crimes is genocide. And now we have the State of Hawai'i still trying to cover up the eiime, a human rights violation. The prison system and its illegal money schemes are doing it now in a niee way to the puhlie instead of the so-called criminal, the Native Hawaiian. They've sent us to the U.S. illegally. Our crimes are in our homeland. Our 'ohana are there. Our rights to selfdetermination have been violated and we are not American. Mr. Ted Sakai was "very knowledgeable" of these federal and international human rights violations. My kanaka maoli in Oklahoma and I give praise to you, Mililani, Shane, Ninia, Healani, Kapau, Native Hawaiian issues. Me ke aloha iā 'oe, po'e Hawai'i. Kū'ē. Kanaka maoli no ola. Boogie Kekahuna Oklahoma Pono Coalition