#nativehawaiians — Public Fediverse posts
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#NativeHawaiians unite to buy back land from #billionaire in a move never seen before
#Molokai residents want to return #Hawaiian lands to Hawaiian hands
“Today, that prophecy lives with us. The #makaainana, the workers of the land, are rising once again. This is our moment to move from defense to action, to fulfill that prophecy, to reclaim Molokai for our #kupuna, past and present, and for future generations.”
By Christine Hitt, Sep 18, 2025
"For generations, Native Hawaiians have been displaced from ancestral lands, and on the island of Molokai, where one-third of the island is owned by Hong Kong-headquartered billionaire investment firm #GuocoGroup, that physical separation is abundantly clear.
"The current owner, Guoco Group, bought Molokai Ranch in 2005 with plans to build 200 luxury homes, but it shut down operations in 2008 after the Molokai community opposed the development. The company put the ranch up for sale in 2017 at an asking price of $260 million. Ever since, the land has been sitting in limbo, and the foreign billionaire owner has been absent for more than a decade.
"Following years of the ranch’s neglect by the landowner, the Molokai Heritage Trust formed with the goal to return Hawaiian lands to Hawaiian hands. The group is done waiting for a benevolent buyer to purchase Molokai Ranch in hopes that things will be different. Instead, the community is taking an offensive approach, coming together peacefully with the collective goal to buy back the land to take care of, protect and steward."
#IndigenousSovereignty #LandBack #LandStewards #IndigenousNews #IndigenousPeople #SolarPunkSunday
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[Short film]: Pili Ka Moʻo
Justyn Ah Chong with Malia Akutagawa (#KanakaMaoli)
"The #Fukumitsu ʻOhana (family) of #Hakipuu are #NativeHawaiian #TaroFarmers and keepers of this generational practice. While much of #Oahu has become urbanized, Hakipuʻu remains a kīpuka (oasis) of traditional knowledge where great chiefs once resided and their bones still remain. The Fukumitsus are tossed into a world of complex real estate and judicial proceedings when nearby Kualoa Ranch, a large settler-owned corporation, destroys their familial burials to make way for continued development plans."
Watch:
https://www.reciprocity.org/films/pili-ka-mo%CA%BBo#DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers
#IndigenousFilms #ReciprocityProject
#Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers #IndigenousWisdom
#RealEstate #KualoaRanch #CorporateColonialism #SettlerColonialism #NativeHawaiians #Hawaii #KingdomOfHawaii #Development #CulturalGenocide #FukumitsuOhana #ʻOhana #SolarPunkSunday -
[Short film]: Pili Ka Moʻo
Justyn Ah Chong with Malia Akutagawa (#KanakaMaoli)
"The #Fukumitsu ʻOhana (family) of #Hakipuu are #NativeHawaiian #TaroFarmers and keepers of this generational practice. While much of #Oahu has become urbanized, Hakipuʻu remains a kīpuka (oasis) of traditional knowledge where great chiefs once resided and their bones still remain. The Fukumitsus are tossed into a world of complex real estate and judicial proceedings when nearby Kualoa Ranch, a large settler-owned corporation, destroys their familial burials to make way for continued development plans."
Watch:
https://www.reciprocity.org/films/pili-ka-mo%CA%BBo#DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers
#IndigenousFilms #ReciprocityProject
#Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers #IndigenousWisdom
#RealEstate #KualoaRanch #CorporateColonialism #SettlerColonialism #NativeHawaiians #Hawaii #KingdomOfHawaii #Development #CulturalGenocide #FukumitsuOhana #ʻOhana #SolarPunkSunday -
[Short film]: Pili Ka Moʻo
Justyn Ah Chong with Malia Akutagawa (#KanakaMaoli)
"The #Fukumitsu ʻOhana (family) of #Hakipuu are #NativeHawaiian #TaroFarmers and keepers of this generational practice. While much of #Oahu has become urbanized, Hakipuʻu remains a kīpuka (oasis) of traditional knowledge where great chiefs once resided and their bones still remain. The Fukumitsus are tossed into a world of complex real estate and judicial proceedings when nearby Kualoa Ranch, a large settler-owned corporation, destroys their familial burials to make way for continued development plans."
Watch:
https://www.reciprocity.org/films/pili-ka-mo%CA%BBo#DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers
#IndigenousFilms #ReciprocityProject
#Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers #IndigenousWisdom
#RealEstate #KualoaRanch #CorporateColonialism #SettlerColonialism #NativeHawaiians #Hawaii #KingdomOfHawaii #Development #CulturalGenocide #FukumitsuOhana #ʻOhana #SolarPunkSunday -
[Short film]: Pili Ka Moʻo
Justyn Ah Chong with Malia Akutagawa (#KanakaMaoli)
"The #Fukumitsu ʻOhana (family) of #Hakipuu are #NativeHawaiian #TaroFarmers and keepers of this generational practice. While much of #Oahu has become urbanized, Hakipuʻu remains a kīpuka (oasis) of traditional knowledge where great chiefs once resided and their bones still remain. The Fukumitsus are tossed into a world of complex real estate and judicial proceedings when nearby Kualoa Ranch, a large settler-owned corporation, destroys their familial burials to make way for continued development plans."
Watch:
https://www.reciprocity.org/films/pili-ka-mo%CA%BBo#DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers
#IndigenousFilms #ReciprocityProject
#Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers #IndigenousWisdom
#RealEstate #KualoaRanch #CorporateColonialism #SettlerColonialism #NativeHawaiians #Hawaii #KingdomOfHawaii #Development #CulturalGenocide #FukumitsuOhana #ʻOhana #SolarPunkSunday -
[Short film]: Pili Ka Moʻo
Justyn Ah Chong with Malia Akutagawa (#KanakaMaoli)
"The #Fukumitsu ʻOhana (family) of #Hakipuu are #NativeHawaiian #TaroFarmers and keepers of this generational practice. While much of #Oahu has become urbanized, Hakipuʻu remains a kīpuka (oasis) of traditional knowledge where great chiefs once resided and their bones still remain. The Fukumitsus are tossed into a world of complex real estate and judicial proceedings when nearby Kualoa Ranch, a large settler-owned corporation, destroys their familial burials to make way for continued development plans."
Watch:
https://www.reciprocity.org/films/pili-ka-mo%CA%BBo#DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers
#IndigenousFilms #ReciprocityProject
#Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers #IndigenousWisdom
#RealEstate #KualoaRanch #CorporateColonialism #SettlerColonialism #NativeHawaiians #Hawaii #KingdomOfHawaii #Development #CulturalGenocide #FukumitsuOhana #ʻOhana #SolarPunkSunday -
How #NativeHawaiians Have Fought for #Sovereignty
Ever since the US overthrew the #Hawaiian monarchy in an illegal #coup, Native islanders responded with #protest, #activism and expressions of #cultural pride.
By: Kelli Y. Nakamura
Published: May 10, 2023"Ever since white Christian #missionaries first arrived in Hawaii (Native spelling: Hawai‘i) in the 1820s, the islands’ Native people have found their sovereignty, culture and way of life under increasing threat. For two centuries, many have resisted.
"The threats began early. By 1840, some scholars estimate, the Native Hawaiian population had plummeted by as much as 84 percent, largely due to diseases introduced by Western #colonizers. In 1893, an illegal coup, orchestrated by a handful of white planters [#Dole] and #businessmen, ousted the sovereign Hawaiian monarchy. Five years later, the United States annexed Hawaii, viewing the islands as both a rich agricultural resource and a strategic perch in the Pacific.
"And in 1959, the U.S. legislature voted to make Hawaii America’s 50th state. During that time, colonizers confiscated lands and #militarized parts of the island. They suppressed traditional cultural and #spiritual practices. And they banned the Hawaiian language in schools and government.
"Native Hawaiians have responded with protest, activism and expressions of Indigenous cultural pride. In the 1880s, #KingDavidKalākaua kindled nationalism and promoted Hawaii internationally as an independent sovereign kingdom. He also fostered what came to be known as the First Hawaiian Renaissance, reviving traditional cultural practices like hula dancing, an integral part of Native Hawaiian storytelling—and outlawed since 1830, largely because missionaries did not understand its cultural importance and viewed it as a pagan ritual. The Second Hawaiian Renaissance flourished in the 1960s and ’70s. Today, Native #HawaiianSovereignty remains a critical issue, informing contemporary protests against militarism, imperialism and occupation.
"'Resistance and nationalism have been intertwined throughout the last two hundred years of the history of Hawaii,' writes Noenoe Silva, a scholar of Indigenous politics at the University of Hawaii and author of Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian #Resistance to American #Colonialism."
Read more:
https://www.history.com/news/native-hawaiian-sovereignty-protest#CulturalGenocide #Sovereignty #CorporateColonialism #DolePineapple #HawaiianHistory
#History #Histodon #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousActivism