ttn KA PAKAUKAU t Definition, Mission & Declaration 3333 Ka’ohinani Drive ¢ Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817 * PH (808) 595-6691 * FAX (808) 595-0303 January 17, 1993 Ka Pakaukau is a coalition of kanaka maoli (indigenous Hawaiian) organizations committed to the exercise of our inherent sovereignty. We were founded on October 8, 1989, By sovereignty we mean that we kanaka maoli accept no higher human authority over our lives, our lands, our ocean resources, and our future than ourselves. Our coalition recognizes that the ultimate authority for ouractions resides in our po'e (people). As the po'eindigenous to these mid-oceanic islands since time immemorial, we redeclare our sovereignty as itis understood in our traditions, and in natural and international law, and reassert our special rights in our homeland. As we redeclare our sovereignty, we are mindful that our ktipuna (ancestors) exercised undisputed control over the entire pae’aina kanaka maoli (Hawaiian Archipelago), and that the international community of the 18th and 19th centuries recognized this control at least until 1893, Atthattimein 1893, U.S. armed forces, inanillegalact ofaggression that violated international law as wellas fourtreaties between our kanaka maoli nation and the U.S., invaded our homeland in support of a locally-formed, but non- indigenous and treasonous, “provisional government.” The haole(white) insurrectionists, with the assistance of the US,, toppled our constitutional indigenous government. In 1894, the illegal “provisional government” declared itself a “republic of Hawaii.” This non-republican “republic’ was succeeded by a non-kanaka and illegal USS. "territory of Hawaii" in 1898. In 1959, the US. replaced the "territory" with a non-kanaka and illegal "state of Hawaii.” The above sequence of actions, in violation of bilateral treaties and international law, temporarily deprived us Kanaka maoli, over the last 100 years, of a formal mechanism for the exercise of our sovereignty over our lands and ocean resources, which form the basis of our spiritual, cultural and social existence. @___ Theseactions occurred without the expressed consent of our kanaka maoli po/e and without compensation to us, They have compelled us to become dependent wards of the colonial administering powers oftheUS. and o> its local puppet governments, in violation even of US. laws toward native peoples. Therefore, having redeclared our sovereignty, a birthright we have never voluntarily surrendered and, having established a coalition, we also declare the 100-year period since 1893, when our nation was deprived of a representative government, to be at an end. ae We further declare our kanaka maoli nation to bea functioning polity, separate and different from the illegal state and federal governments of the occupying power: the U.S. As for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), we consider that entity to be nothing more, and nothing less, than an agency of the illegally occupying power. We now stand ready to negotiate on a government-to-government basis with all other sovereign nations, including the U.S. Wealso declare that those persons and parties, suchas the US. and state administering powers now exercising varying degrees of contzol over our lands, other natural resources and assets, to be only temporary and illegal colonial administrators. That is, they are to be replaced by permanent, legitimate officials of our kanaka maoli nation at appropriate times in the future. o x ‘We acknowledge that the almost 100 years of foreign domination and enforced assimilation have severely injured our distinctive polity, cultureand po’e resulting in homelessness and the worsthealth and social profiles of all ethnic groups in our homeland. Accordingly, we must proceed prudently, responsibly, and in our own culturally appropriate ways, to nurture and develop consensus among our po’e as to the specific shape of our political future, realizing that only through the re- empowerment of our po’e can we begin to relieve our suffering, During this transition period, we will workwith ourpo’eto defineand clarify the position ournation willadopttowards the US, other nations, the U.N., and other international bodies. We shall develop this position as a sovereign nation, exercising our full right to self-determination, which includes the right to freely determine the political form through which our inherent sovereignty shall be expressed. Weareaware that our sovereignty willbe recognized only when itis manifest that our po'eare determined to make our own decisions and prevent others from presuming to decide our fate for us. Accordingly, in asserting our inherent sovereignty, we must politically: 1. Occupy our lands and take possession of resources that rightfully and historically belong to us, and useand nurture these in revitalizing our culture and providing our livelihood. 2. Oppose measures, suchas legislation proposed by officials of the illegal U.S. and state occupying powers, not initiated by us and without our input, that violate our inherent sovereignty. These include acts that continue to subjugate us as dependent wards of a foreign government. 3. Resist the takeover and destruction of our forests, our farmlands, our fishing grounds, ourcoastal submerged lands, other natural resources, and our archaeologinal sites; the desecration of Pele, Kaho‘olawe, Makua Valley, Heiau KukuioKane, Halawa Valley and the iwi (bones) of our ktipuna. Concurrently, we must legally pursue recognition of our rightto de-colonization under Article7S of the U.N. and our right, also under the U.N. asan indigenous people, to secure our land base and resources so as to maintain ourspiritual, cultural and biological existence. Asa minimal, interim first step, but not asa final step, we must wrest from the US. recognition of our exercise of self determination to thesamedegreenow exercised by Indianand Alaskan tribes ornations without, however, having such recognition prejudice our inherent right to full sovereignty. Asa necessary course in pursuit of these steps, we must also undertake negotiations with the USS. executive fora new treaty that recognizes our inherentsovereignty and our incremental progression toward full independence, as we wish, through a succession of treaties to be renegotiated in the future after specified, mutually-agreed-upon time perio In all our thoughts and actions, Ka Pakaukau pledges itself to kanaka maoli sovereignty, solidarity with other indigenous peoples, reason, justice, peace non-violence, disarmament anda nuclear-free cosmos. Asa cherished legacy from our ktipuna mai ka po mai, we honoraloha ‘dina. That is, reverence for all of our lands and fornature around us, whose kinolau (many forms) represent the great spiritual forces responsible for our origin, and essential to our survival as a distinct people with a common culture, united in single nationhood. CURRENT MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS OF KA PAKAUKAU_ ‘Ti Noho Kai O Anahola ‘Ohana © Hawai‘ Kanaka Maoli Pele Defense Fund King’s Landing Pro-Hawalian Sovereignty Working Group NaKoa Tiaika Protect Kaho‘olawe Ohana Na Maka 0 Ka “Uhane Noa ‘Na ‘Oiwwi O Hawati United Hawai’t Aloha Nuclear Free And Independent Pacific Haw.