Why Is the Hawaiian Language Synonymous with Hawaiian Nationality?

5/3/2020

The reason that the Hawaiian language is synonymous with Hawaiian nationality is because a treaty of cession has never been produced to transfer the sovereignty and territory of the Hawaiian Islands to another country. Hawaiian nationality has never ceased to exist because there is no treaty of cession to terminate it. Likewise, without a treaty of cession, the Hawaiian language remains the national language of the Hawaiian Islands. Hence, Hawaiian nationality is built into the Hawaiian language, and the Hawaiian language is built into Hawaiian nationality. Restore the Hawaiian language and the reawakening of Hawaiian nationality will naturally follow. Reawaken Hawaiian nationality and the restoration of the Hawaiian language should naturally follow. To restore the Hawaiian language is to restore the national language of the Hawaiian Islands. The rest will follow naturally.

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He Hawaiʻi Aloha ʻĀina au, mau a mau, he mamo haʻaheo a kuʻu tūtū wahine nui ʻelua, Loke Kaʻilikea, no Kaupō, Maui, Ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina

Keokani Kipona Marciel is a great-great grandson of Loke Kaʻilikea (1857-1914), of Kaupō, Maui, who signed the historic Petition Against Annexation in 1897, which defeated the proposed treaty of illegal annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by a foreign country in 1898. Inspired by that legacy, Keokani is a founding member of Pilina Aloha ʻĀina Kauʻāina (International Hawaiian Patriotic Union).

Keokani is a Professional Registered Parliamentarian accredited by the National Association of Parliamentarians, and is a member of the American Institute of Parliamentarians. He currently serves as the Parliamentarian for the National Education Association of Southern Nevada.

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