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"...No, there are no helicopters, although I asked...."

Oprah Aha begins today amid continued controversy ....

...the story begins with poor Hawaiian farmers’ Maunawili Valley leasehold homes being bulldozed and cattle being slaughtered as Honolulu police stand by with fraudulent eviction notices....

...allowing a lottery in Hawaii could open the door to other things....

...at the Royal Hawaiian Golf Club in Kailua....

The tribal plan is a combination of Larry Mehau’s goal—controlling the ports and airports--and Al Hee’s goal—stealing as much money from Hawaiians as possible and getting away with it....

The bills, SB 2127 and HB 1658, say UH has “failed to charge sufficient sublease rent...."

...Na`i Aupuni Is On Life Support & Sinking....

The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a request by challengers to an election of Native Hawaiians to find the nonprofit organization conducting the election in civil contempt of the court’s prior injunction....

Consider These Facts....

The contempt motion is on the Court's January 15, 2016 conference calendar, so we should know the results soon after that....

State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey....

... DoI Adds 2,000 Pro Fed-Wreck Testimonies -- Many Dated After 12/30 Deadline ....

This all began in Hawaii in 2011 when Act 195 was passed....

Hawaii Business Magazine published in its January 2016 issue an article entitled “Change Agents” profiling four Hawaiian activists and describing their visions for Hawaii....

...the Obama Interior Department’s proposed regulation would be contrary to laws against racial discrimination and would be an unconstitutional end-run around Congress, which has repeatedly rejected legislation granting tribal status to Native Hawaiians....

...Grassroot Institute Calls Na'i Aupuni Process an Embarrassment to the Hawaiian People....

...Added were Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Rowena Akana, Rosalie Lenchanko, Kalaniakea Wilson and former legislator Karen Awana....

Whatʻs In It For Them If TMT Decides To Stay....

"...it seems the Aha dictatorship thus far has no seeming means of keeping participants safe from stalkers and psychos...."

...ensure a “fair rate of return” in establishing sublease rent....

Coupon books will be sent out the beginning of February....

SUBMIT TESTIMONY NOW >>> ainalahui.com

Comments are open until December 30th at 11:59 pm EST (6:59 pm HST)....

December 30 is the last day to submit comments ....

About 22 of the 150 `aha participants, send the same or similar email to Na`i Aupuni confirming their participation but noted several conditions....

To apply for any of the posted positions in the jobs listing below, download, complete and submit an application....

While Na`i Aupuni Is Now Gasping For Air, Thereʻs Someone Else Whoʻs Waiting & Smiling....

...require Nai Aupuni to get a court’s official clearance under the Federal Voting Rights Act before they take any further steps....

...asking the Court to slap the State, the Governor, OHA and its trustees, and Nai Aupuni (and others, including the ironically-named Akamai Foundation) for violating the Court's injunction....

...the month-long ‘aha includes the discussions the participants will engage in with experts during the first week regarding constitution building; federal Indian law....

"Respondents have violated the Temporary Injunction and should be held in civil contempt. On December 15, 2015, Na’i Aupuni announced that every individual who ran as a candidate for delegate in the election will be seated at a convention to begin on February 1, 2016."

"OHA makes no representations as to the accuracy of these financial statements."

The push for a tribe has always been the agenda of an entrenched elite....

Plaintiffs outline possible responses to the Nai Aupuni Oprah Aha....

... plaintiffs outline their possible responses to the cancellation of the election and the seating of all candidates ...

...they are counting on the Department of Interior to legitimize a Hawaiian tribe....

They’re Pushing Harder Than Ever & Don’t Plan To Stop Until They Get It....

...that's the sort of thing that is supposed to happen only in a banana republic....

"Changing their own rules multiple times further erodes the credibility Nai Aupuni has with the Hawaiian people, who have been clear in their opposition to the state's nation-building process...."

Nai Aupuni is going to try to write and approve a Tribal Constitution at the fake 'Aha.  Then they will try to put it to a vote so Obama can 'recognize' them.  Then the Hawaiian patrimony can be split between the Feds and Hawaii political insiders....

"...the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) proposed rule would unethically terminate Native Hawaiian rights to millions of acres of Hawaiian 'Aina...."

Why They Now Deserve Everyone’s Thanks....