[Note: Remember that you may be an Ally of the Kanaka
Maoli, and yes, much apology for the potential burden
on the eye and memory of the long List name.]
Aloha from myself and Lynette Hiilani Cruz
Description of the List follows below.
To subscribe to the List, please send a message to
the following address:
listproc@hawaii.edu
and then send only the following message:
SUBSCRIBE KANAKAMAOLIALLIES-L@HAWAII.EDU (First, Last Name)
The Hawaiian Sovereignty Discussion List
(kanakamaoliallies-l@hawaii.edu) was created to further the
on-going discussions about the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement, and
all other issues related thereto. It is dedicated to the rational
exploration, consideration, and discussion of the political nature
of the sovereignty movement; as such it seeks to incorporate both
the academic and non-academic areas of the sovereignty movement.
A group of people, led by Lynette Hiilani Cruz, have been pursuing these discussions online for some time, and it was only natural that we would eventually create the list to better accommodate the on-going effort. Some of the fundamental questions/issues touched upon have been the meaning of self-determination in an on-going Indigenous Peoples' struggle here in Hawai'i, and elsewhere. Issues explored included the identification of the "self" in "self-determination," i.e., who is that particular "self," how has it been historically constituted by colonizations, how is that "self" to be defined amidst the different migrations into and out of Hawai'i? Accordingly, what is to be the role(s) of each "ethnic" groupings presently constituting Hawai'i? This fundamental question seeks to investigate the emerging role(s) of the Non-Hawaiians in the articulation of the larger sovereignty movement and decolonization of the Kanaka Maoli (the Indigenous Peoples of Hawai'i)? The motives of such queries are to explore the potential contours of an emerging (post)colonial society, the fair distribution of what are obviously the economic consequences of an illegal overthrow of an Independent Nation (by the United States of America), and the possible political formation of entity(ies) designed to reconcile the compounded historical injustices against the Kanaka Maoli
KANAKAMAOLIALLIES-L seeks participation from both the academic as well as non-academic standpoints (the social activism portion of the larger struggle here as well as in other areas that are potential sites of comparative understandings). Participants are encouraged to post queries, comments, critiques, reviews and/or concerns related to List discussions. The List can also be used to announce other comparable activities taking place here and elsewhere, i.e. conferences, meetings, workshops and seeks the inclusions of other related disciplines that have wider relevance to issues discussed here.
The List is managed by both Lynette Hiilani Cruz and Richard Salvador, and is partly an initiative of the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, in furtherance of one of its scholarly responsibility toward the articulation of political conditions of the larger Hawaiian community. Lynette is a Native Hawaiian person who is active in the on-going sovereignty movement in Hawai'i and is a leader as well in her community. She is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Her email address is attached at the end of this message.
Richard Salvador is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is a citizen of the Republic of Belau and has been studying similar issues of decolonization in Belau.
These can be contacted via email at:
Lynette Hiilani Cruz -
lcruz@hawaii.edu
Richard Salvador -
salvador@hawaii.edu
We look forward to your participation in List discussions.
Mahalo, and aloha to you all,
Richard Salvador
salvador@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-8141
FAX: (808) 956-6877
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