Celebrating Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea - ʻĀina Back: Honoring Native Hawaiian Advocacy

On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, guests gathered at Aliʻiōlani Hale to discuss civic engagement with Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea 2023 honoree, Dennis “Bumpy” Kanahele. Bumpy (President of the Nation of Hawaiʻi) and other representatives, share moments of their advocacy for sovereignty, the Nation of Hawaiʻi’s vibrancy today, and legal efforts to acquire land in Waimānalo.
Featured Panelists:
Bumpy Kanahele (President of Puʻuhonua O Waimānalo)
Brandon Makaʻawaʻawa (Vice President)
John Kealoha Garcia (2nd Vice President)
Lindsay Kukona Pakele (Senior Executive Advisor)
Kealiʻi Frank (Minister of Land & Natural Resources)
Lehua Kanahele-Santos (Puʻuhonua Mākeke Founder)
Moderated by Kainoa Daines (President, Friends of Judiciary History Center of Hawaiʻi; Senior Director of Brand at the Hawaiʻi Visitors and Convention Bureau).
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Program presented in collaboration with: King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center, Friends of the Judiciary History Center of Hawaiʻi, Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Honolulu, Hawaiʻi People’s Fund, and Purple Maiʻa.
Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) was declared by the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1843 following the five-month occupation of the Kingdom by Great Britain. In 2022, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature passed House Bill 2475, which Governor David Ige signed into law as Act 82, establishing July 31 as Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea.

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The big five has to compensate the moneys owed to the Kingdom etc. The lease is up and all assets needs to be returned to the Hawaiian Kingdom. (Collection on Payments are Due and the interest grows)