Reference documents to the panel discussion, "Ho'opunipuni: The Myth of Statehood," a panel discussion presented by Visual Communications as part of the 25th Annual Asian/Pacific Film Festival in Los Angeles, May 4, 2009.
Panel will be at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, 111 N. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (map)
Four prominent scholar/activists confront the myth of statehood in Hawai'i and present the complexity of Hawai'i's relationship with the United States in the world today. Decolonization or Occupation? Article 73(e) of the U.N. Charter or Article 43 of the Hague Convention, IV? This panel examines some of the divergent perspectives of the legal, political, and international challenges awaiting Hawaiian independence.
A Slippery Path towards Hawaiian Indigeneity: An Analysis and Comparison between Hawaiian State Sovereignty and Hawaiian Indigeneity and its use and practice in Hawai‘i today-- David Keanu Sai
Ku‘e and Ku‘oko‘a (Resistance and Independence): History, Law, and Other Faiths-- John Kamikawiwo‘ole Osorio, Ph.D.
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