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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
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OHA Trustees Vote to Proceed with ‘Aha in Six Months
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 AM :: 4263 Views :: OHA
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An agenda for a July 8th executive board meeting was posted on the OHA website and then removed shortly thereafter prior to the 8th....
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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Why You Should Vote in the OHA Election
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:24 PM :: 3296 Views :: OHA
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It’s been 14 years since the courts gave non-Hawaiians the right to vote in Office of Hawaiian Affairs elections....
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Sunday, July 6, 2014 |
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At Meetings Statewide, Hawaiians Unite Against the Akaka Tribe
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 6908 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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When the people are nearly 100% against that for which the political class is nearly 100% in favor there is a lesson in political cowardice for all who wish to learn it....
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Saturday, July 5, 2014 |
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Grassroot Institute Talking About Kakaako
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:39 AM :: 5146 Views :: Development, OHA
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Grassroot President Keli’i Akina and Jay Fidell, President of ThinkTech Hawaii discuss development in Oahu, beginning with Kakaako....
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Thursday, July 3, 2014 |
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Email Reveals Plan to Take Control of Hawaiian Homelands as Indian Tribe
By Selected News Articles @ 4:17 PM :: 7669 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...leaked email detailing plans to achieve US tribal federal recognition status for SCHAA homesteaders through the US Department of Interior....
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014 |
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Tribe? Secret DoI Meetings in Hawaii
By Video @ 5:42 PM :: 7535 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Which Organization Is Already Contacting Native American Tribes & Hawaiian Civic Clubs In The US Asking Their Support For Hawaiian Federal Recognition?
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Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
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Obama plan to tribalize native Hawaiians runs into trouble
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:07 PM :: 7715 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Native Hawaiian activists demanded the federal government leave Hawaiians alone....
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
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Angry Aloha
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 4:58 PM :: 6517 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Monday, I attended the U.S. Department of Interior's first of 15 scheduled public hearings....
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Monday, June 23, 2014 |
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DoI Hearing: 'A lot of noes' on Akaka Tribe
By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 PM :: 9856 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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One could tell this morning's hearings weren't going to go well for the Akaka Tribe when the first question from the audience was, "Under what authority do you have jurisdiction here?"....
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Monday, June 23, 2014 |
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At DOI Hearing, Grassroot Institute Disputes Department's Authority to Recognize a Hawaiian Nation
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:18 PM :: 7216 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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The expensive, time-consuming effort to tribalize Native Hawaiians has done little to help the state or the Native Hawaiian community....
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 |
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Tribal Agenda: Abercrombie led push to Exempt Akaka Tribe from State, Federal Laws
By Andrew Walden @ 11:09 PM :: 9805 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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In December, 2009, then-Representative Neil Abercrombie introduced an amendment to the Akaka Bill HR2314 which marked a sharp departure from previous versions....
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 |
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Hearings Mask Scheme to Seize Control of Hawaiian Homelands
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 8131 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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It means that OHA, the Danners and the SCHAA would end up with control of all Hawaiian homestead lands, the ceded lands and other assets....
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 |
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OHA Trustee Stender and Former AG Lilly question current efforts to create a sovereign Hawaiian nation
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:41 PM :: 7058 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Trustee Stender agreed with Mr. Lilly that pursuit of a "another government" is a waste of valuable financial resources that could be better used to meet the needs of Hawaiians....
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Friday, June 20, 2014 |
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Full Text: Feds Release 'Proposed Rule' for Creation of Hawaiian Indian Tribe
By News Release @ 6:41 AM :: 7967 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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This document has a comment period that ends in 60 days (08/19/2014)....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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Nation Building? "Who benefits from this strategy?"
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:56 PM :: 7017 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Announcement of Department of the Interior Hearings Raises Questions About Nation-Building Process....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Interior Department CNHA Tribe Bribe
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 6453 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Another Back Door Deal Has Now Been Revealed. We've Solved Who's Involved & Have The Facts On This Inside Contract....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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Feds Coming to Hawaii to Discuss Indian Tribe Plan--15 Public Meetings Set
By News Release @ 5:14 PM :: 10303 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA, Obama
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First Hearing Monday, June 23 -- Honolulu – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Hawaii State Capitol Auditorium....
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
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Tribe Bribe: OHA Payoffs to Sovereignty Activists
By Video @ 6:47 PM :: 6338 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...Payments Under The Table To Enable Pro-Independence Groups As A Bribe To Support The Native Hawaiian Tribe....
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
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Efforts to divide Hawaiians from non-Hawaiians
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:36 PM :: 6004 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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There is no tribe — only tribal leaders who stand to gain financially....
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Sunday, June 8, 2014 |
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Report Exposes Scheme to Funnel Interior Department Money to Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
By Andrew Walden @ 12:14 AM :: 13955 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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...even a failed grab for federal money has apparently been enough for CNHA to turn DHHL and OHA inside out....
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Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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Video: Proud Hawaiians, Loyal Americans
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:34 PM :: 7916 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, OHA
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Grassroot President Keli’i Akina interviews a young man and young woman who share what it means to them to be both Native Hawaiian and a proud American....
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Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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OHA Trustee: Hawaiian Nation "an attention-grabbing public policy issue"
By Selected News Articles @ 6:41 PM :: 5098 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The question of Hawaiian nationhood ... seems to be approaching the fish or cut bait stage....
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014 |
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Hawaiians Are Not A Tribe
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 PM :: 7342 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, OHA
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In 2000, the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Rice v. Cayetano case that Native Hawaiian is an ethnicity (like, for example, Portuguese or Hispanic) and not a tribal or political category....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Star-Advertiser Poll Indicates a Lack of Enthusiasm for a Native Hawaiian 'Nation'
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:26 PM :: 5495 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Only 31% favored federal recognition, while 6% chose "independence."....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Hawaiian Sovereignty by Fiat? Feds 'advance notice' not a serious proposal
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 AM :: 7232 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...there is no Constitutional theory which endorses an executive agency alone to conduct foreign relations with existing (and for that matter, former) sovereign nations....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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IDG Geothermal Scammers Could Score $0.195 per Kwh Sandwich Profits
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 AM :: 8250 Views :: Energy, Ethics, OHA, Cost of Living
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“In New Zealand we are trying to make new geothermal power stations work, competing with other forms of generation at probably 7.5 cents per KWh."
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Keli’i Akina to Run for OHA Trustee-at-Large
By News Release @ 7:40 AM :: 4867 Views :: OHA
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Pledges to oppose race-based nation plans and meet real needs of Hawaiians....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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OHA now claims no meeting took place in Washington
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 AM :: 5473 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...I wrote to OHA on May 15 asking for a copy of the agenda and minutes of the meeting. They had 10 working days to reply....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Am Samoa: Faleomavaega Losing Touch With Reality
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 AM :: 6264 Views :: Military, OHA, Politicians
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If anyone is looking for evidence that Faleomavaega really has lost his mind, perhaps his reaction to the growing Veterans Affairs crisis is providing it....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Will OHA Delay Kana'iolowalu? Live Stream Here
By News Release @ 6:50 AM :: 5400 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The meeting, to be held at 10 a.m. at the OHA boardroom in Honolulu, will be streamed live on the Web....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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Native Hawaiians would be 'Indians' under Obama plan
By Selected News Articles @ 10:22 PM :: 5682 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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"Neither Congress nor the president has to power to create an Indian tribe or any other entity with the attributes of sovereignty. Nor do they have the power to reconstitute a tribe or other sovereign entity that has ceased to exist as a polity in the past. Tribes are 'recognized,' not created or reconstituted."
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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CATO: Obama Administration Abuses Executive Power to Pursue Race-Based Government in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 5494 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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This would be an end-run around both Congress and the Constitution....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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OHA applauds Obama Administration's consideration of Administrative path to federal recognition
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 4228 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Colette Machado and Ka Pouhana/CEO Kamana'opono Crabbe issued a joint statement today commending the Obama Administration....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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Department of Interior Secretly Planning Native Hawaiian Recognition Since 2012
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:06 PM :: 6425 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Three previously undiscovered announcements were titled “Procedures for Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe.”....
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Sunday, May 25, 2014 |
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Feds Secretly “Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe”--Since 2012
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 AM :: 12288 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...the Interior Department has quietly launched “Procedures for Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe” three times since 2012....
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
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VIDEO: OHA Election Year Politics Behind Crabbe Letter
By Video @ 12:31 PM :: 5878 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA, Politicians
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What They're Really Trying To Save Explains How They Behaved....
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Friday, May 23, 2014 |
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Decision on CNMI Vote Demonstrates the Illegality of OHA's Nation-Building Process
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:53 PM :: 5417 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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A federal court has struck down a race-based voting scheme in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
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Seven Myths About the Office of Hawaiian Affairs
By Video @ 1:20 PM :: 6570 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Myth: Most Hawaiians want a separate political nation for advancement....
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Monday, May 19, 2014 |
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OHA: Most Speakers at Maui Meeting Supported Crabbe—Molokai Next
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 4245 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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... OHA sends out an old-news press release while the Trustees hash it out with Crabbe ....
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Monday, May 19, 2014 |
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Grassroot Institute Applauds Trustees' Call to Halt Nation-Building
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:56 PM :: 4840 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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"there are other issues we should be working on rather than building this government that is not going to work.” -- Oz Stender January, 2014
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Sunday, May 18, 2014 |
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Peter Apo: OHA should abandon its role in nation building
By News Release @ 2:41 PM :: 7411 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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I propose that OHA abandon its role in nation building. That means cancelling the proposed ‘Aha and reducing the scope of activities of our Washington D.C. office....
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Saturday, May 17, 2014 |
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OHA Scandal is the Inevitable Result of their Rhetoric
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:45 AM :: 5646 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The Grassroot Institute called for the trustees to take responsibility for their part in creating the atmosphere that led to the letter....
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Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
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Did OHA Violate Sunshine Law with Secret Meeting(s) in DC?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:08 AM :: 7328 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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...no agendas were filed in advance with the Lt Gov’s office, and no public notice appears to have been given....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
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Proud to be American and Hawaiian - Keli'i Akina
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:39 AM :: 5578 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Grassroot Institute President Keli’i Akina May 12, 2014 ....
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
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OHA Chaos: Machado, Crabbe Dueling Statements (full text)
By Andrew Walden @ 2:17 AM :: 7777 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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"The stakes are far too high for OHA to proceed...." -- Crabbe
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Sunday, May 11, 2014 |
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UH Manoa Profs Petition OHA: Stop ‘Nation Building’ Until John Kerry Answers Letter
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 5173 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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We believe that the four fundamental questions posed in the letter requires a response and should be looked at critically before proceeding with any further “nation building” processes....
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