HILO – The battle over Mauna Kea moved to Hilo on Tuesday.
22 of the so called “Mauna Kea 31” – the name for those arrested on the mountain for the blockade of the Thirty Meter Telescope construction project on April 2 – packed the District Court in Hilo to enter their plea. However, there was confusion over where they were supposed to be.
One by one, the Mauna Kea 31 made their appearance before Judge Barbara Takase. They were told their arraignment would be held on May 7 in Waimea, the proper location for the incident that technically occurred in the Hamakua district.
Some of the defendants were represented by an attorney. Others were going it alone.
A few of the defendants who said they are unable to make it to the May 7 court date were arraigned oin the spot, and entered a plea of not guilty.
Judge Takase also decided to refund the bail money for most of the defendants.
think of the education…this money could bring to at risk youth Hawaiian programs…what a waste of tax payers money….jobs and education must be first…
Mahalo to the Mauna Kea protectors, may the spirit of Hawaiian Kingdom patriot Joseph Nawahi be with you all. Ku’e!
For those that do not know, Joesph Nawahi was one of only 191 Polynesians(out of a total of 40,000 Polynesians in Hawaii at the time) that took part in the unsuccessful counter revolution against the Republic of Hawaii in 1895. The lack of participants in the counter revolution shows that Polynesians, who had languished under a Kingdom model, had now time to realize that the new Democracy (which allowed them to have two-thirds of the vote) was best going forward for them.
Liliuokalani, who was never confined after the 1893 successful revolution that brought Democracy to Hawaii, was this time sentenced to house arrest in the Palace (not such a bad place to hang out with two maids in waiting) after buried guns and notes incriminating her in the plot were discovered in her home.
Joseph Nawahi received jail time along with others, that included Prine Kuhio and Robert Wilcox (both later wholeheartedly embracing Democracy). Nawahi, already in poor health, died in jail. All others, including Liliuokalani were set free a matter of months later.
Liliuokalani abdicated her throne. At the time of her death she was flying an American flag outside her home at Washington Place.
http://historymystery.grassrootinstitute.org/2008/04/04/liliuokalanis-abdication-and-loyalty-oath/
Jose, Hawaii has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. More money thrown at “Hawaiian programs” is certainly NOT the answer when there are over 850 race based for Polynesian-Hawaiians only programs already in Hawaii, as well as illegal race based for Polynesian only schools, and race based for Polynesian only homesteading, OHA, etc.
What is needed is a moral awakening in the Polynesian-Hawaiian community led by prominent Polynesians that are successful in their fields and lead the young folks into the future NOT the past.
When will they tell the young folks that unwed motherhood, running over 7 out of ten babies born to Polynesian-Hawaiian mothers, is wrong? When are they going to tell these Polynesian-Hawaiian kids to “stay in school, don’t be a fool”? When are they going to tell the young kids that drugs never helped anyone?
It is easy to victimize a group and throw money at it. That has never worked before. It is much more constructive to lead the children on the right path of life.
you are grossly mis-informed. You are quoting the wrong history…
No my dear. You have just heard a twisted version. Let’s talk. What above did I say that was wrong?
Uncle oha recind their support for the tmt. How come?
Well firstly, this is not the same board that followed the process and signed off on allowing the TMT to be built.
That was a previously elected group. This new group of Board Members are out to get legitimacy in the eyes of their “beneficiaries”.
They are making a grave mistake in judgement.
The current development means little. Because the acting board at the time gave their approval, and signed off on it.
This is only symbolic. But, it is meaningful in the aspect that the current board has NO backbone and can be easily swede by a bunch of throwback loudmouths!
Very troubling.
Yeah I know what you mean these trustee’s something else. In plain english they should’ve said, we vote on saving our own ass so we still can collect rent either way. These guys are amazing it took these educated squid a week to come up with the word decind and vote on it. Now people getting paid to decind. Nice! Oh and they not part of the Hawaiians that I said was skilled in everything.
Sweet.
Tut-tut posting Dr. Conklin’s non-expert diatribes again Mr. Taylor, the most of what you posted is wrong and easily disproved.
On one point however the jury remains out, did Joseph Nawahi die in jail? It is my understanding he died in San Francisco over in the U.S. he had already been bailed out but had contracted T.B. The source I would cite is page 193, of “Aloha Betrayed” by Professor Noenoe Silva. There is a DVD out about Joseph Nawahi wonder if anyone who has viewed it can confirm the actual place of death. Mahalo.
According to the cited web site this is his story: “http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2010/04/biography-hawaii-joseph-nawahi.html
Elected to the legislature of the Kingdom in 1872, he represented Hilo intermittently for the next 20 years. He served briefly as the minister of foreign affairs, and became a trusted advisor of Lili‘uokalani during the last months of the monarchy. Nāwahī took a leading role in Hawaiian nationalist politics. With his wife, Emma, he founded the Hui Aloha ‘Āina political party and its newspaper Ke Aloha Aina,and they worked tirelessly and selflessly to stop annexation, and to restore Hawai‘i’s independence as a nation.
Nāwahī’s editorials and speeches of this period are some of the most passionate and articulate expressions of faith in the Hawaiian people and their ability and right to govern themselves. Because of his influence, he was seen as a serious threat to
the Republic of Hawai‘i, which arrested and imprisoned Nāwahī for acts deemed “treasonous” to the government. While a political prisoner, the harsh conditions of jail seriously affected his health, and he died in 1896.
Mr. Taylor, Joseph Nawahi did not die in prison, he was already out, he certainly died over in San Francisco, the article is incorrect on a small technicality, that is why you were asked for clarification. I will however do a spot check on some of the local media in both English & Hawaiian from that time.
Last night just happened to be scrolling through the “Hawaiian Gazette” vol. XXIV, no. 53, dated Tuesday, 31, 1899 and Joseph Nawahi is mentioned on the front page regarding a meeting in Hilo.
Good he did not die in prison. That shows how understanding and loving the Republic of Hawaii was.
At $10,000 bail on trumped up charges? A back of the envelope calculation on the inflation index equates to $285,714 in today’s monetary equivalent:
http://nupeapa-hawaii.com/tag/joseph-nawahi