{"id":3552,"date":"2016-03-17T04:28:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T04:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2016-03-17T18:12:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T18:12:37","slug":"dr-keanu-sais-presentation-on-the-island-of-kauai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/dr-keanu-sais-presentation-on-the-island-of-kauai\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Keanu Sai&#8217;s Presentation on the Island of Kaua\u2018i"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VmM18BusV2E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On February 26, 2016, Dr. Keanu Sai and Ph.D. candidate Lorenz Gonschor each gave a presentation on the legal and political history of the Hawaiian Kingdom at Wilcox Elementary School for the community of Kaua\u2018i.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sai and Gonschor were invited by the Hui Aloha \u2018Aina o Kaua\u2018i as part of Halawai K\u016b`oko`a, a series of 6 monthly events, open to the public and free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hui Aloha \u2018Aina o Kaua\u2018i, the purpose of the events is to educate the residents of Kaua&#8217;i of the legal and historical facts surrounding Hawai\u2018i.<\/p>\n<p>We are witnessing a convergence of two very different versions of Hawaiian history:<\/p>\n<p>One version claims Hawai\u2018i is the 50th State of the United States of America, which by their own admission is flawed. See:<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Department of State\u2019s Website: Article on Hawaiian Annexation Removed<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/u-s-department-of-states-website-article-on-hawaiian-annexation-removed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=kC_qVqWMHo3y-QPBo5LgDA\">https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/u-s-d&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other belief is that Hawai`i is an independent nation, since 1843, enduring a prolonged, unlawful, belligerent occupation by the United States of America<\/p>\n<p>Our hope is to provide clarity and an opportunity for residents to ask questions and ultimately be able to make informed decisions.<\/p>\n<p>This is a k\u0101kou thing. This is a &#8220;we&#8221; thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 26, 2016, Dr. Keanu Sai and Ph.D. candidate Lorenz Gonschor each gave a presentation on the legal and political history of the Hawaiian Kingdom at Wilcox Elementary School for the community of Kaua\u2018i. Dr. Sai and Gonschor were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/dr-keanu-sais-presentation-on-the-island-of-kauai\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-international-law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p31YBQ-Vi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3552"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3555,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3552\/revisions\/3555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}