Guest guest Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 Hawaii Nation Info <info >hawaii-nation >[hawaii-nation] La Ku`oko`a - Hawaiian Independence Day 11/28 >Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:27:37 -1000 >>Aloha kakou, > >This Friday, 28 November is La Ku`oko`a, Hawai`i Independence Day. > >It marked the day in 1843 that the treaties of international recognition >were signed in London. On that day, Belgium, France, Germany and the UK >recognized Hawai`i as a full fledged member of the international >community. These treaties established that we were subject to the Law of >Nations. > >It has been a holiday of independant Hawai`i since 1844 when Kauikeaouli >declared it so. It stopped being so when the provisional government >outlawed it in 1893. > >Come celebrate La Ku`oko`a, whoever wants to come celebrate this great >National Holiday. Will be there at `Iolani Palace to celebrate it at Noon >to whenever. Anyone else interested in celebrating is welcome to come. If >we don't remember our history and make it live, then we will have no >history. > >And if you can't be there, you can celebrate La Ku`okoa wherever you are! > >Potluck, bring `ukulele, whatever. > >Malama pono, > >Kaho`ola > > > >Excerpts from "La Kuokoa" > >By Noenoe K. Silva <noenoe, 1998 > > >La Ku'oko'a--Hawai'i's Independence Day--was officially celebrated >around the same time as Thanksgiving from about 1844 until 1895, and >for some years afterwards unofficially. La Ku'oko'a is the 28th of >November. It marks the day, November 28, 1843, that the Ali'i Timoteo >Ha'alilio succeeded in obtaining the signatures of the authorities of >Great Britain and France on a treaty recognizing Hawai'i as a >sovereign nation. Ha'alilio, with the missionary William Richards >along as his secretary, traveled through Mexico on foot and donkey to >Washington D.C., where they met President John Tyler. President Tyler >agreed to the intent of the proposed treaty. Ha'alilio and Richards, >armed with his agreement, then went on to Europe, to Belgium, Paris, >and London, where the treaty was finally signed. They returned to the >United States to cement U.S. agreement. On the journey Ke Ali'i >Timoteo Ha'alilio died, on December 3, 1844. > >Although the treaty of independence did not solve Hawai'i's >problem--being a target for colonizers--it was a substantial >achievement under international law. This achievement was recognized >by the government of the kingdom through the official celebration of >La Ku'oko'a. > >After the haole coup in 1893, and the attempted counter coup of 1895, >the so-called Republic of Hawai'i government announced that November >28, 1895 --a Thursday--would not be celebrated as La Ku'oko'a. >Thanksgiving would become the official national holiday instead. > >The po'e aloha 'aina--the thousands of Kanaka Maoli opposed to the >illegal haole government--were incensed. They ignored the >government's orders, and held celebrations of La Ku'oko'a instead. At >those gatherings, they told the story of Ha'alilio's journey and >significant achievement. James Kaulia of the Hui Aloha Aina said that >the Kanaka Maoli recalled with gladness the restoration and >perpetuation of the independence of Hawaii, but that their happiness >was mixed with feelings of distress because the right to independence >had been snatched from the shoulders of the Kanaka Maoli. He said: Ke >ku nei ke kanaka Hawaii me he kuewa la, aohe ona aina: The Hawaiian >person stands as a homeless vagabond, one who has no land. > >The colonizers of 1895-1896 not only deprived Hawaii of a national >holiday, they enacted laws which caused us the loss of our language >and the related loss of our own history. That process caused us to be >deprived of even the memory of this national holiday. > >Source: _Ke Aloha Aina_ (Hawaiian language newspaper) >November-December 1895, January 1896. > > ><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>> > Note: the content of forwarded messages reflects the opinion of > the authors, not necessarily that of the list maintainers. > _______________ > This list is provided as a free service. Donations may be made to: > Aloha First, PO Box 701, Waimanalo, Hawaii 96795 > _______________ > Hawai`i - Independent & Sovereign > info http://hawaii-nation.org > _______________ > "The cause of Hawaii and independence is larger and dearer than > the life of any man connected with it. 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