MANIFESTATION OF AUTHORITY
Building a nation. One step at a time.
"Proof can be had from the works on the natural law that liberty and independence belong to man by his very nature, and that they can not be taken from him without his consent...But the whole body of the Nation, the State, so long as it has not voluntarily submitted to other men or other Nations, remains absolutely free and independent." - The Law of Nations (1758)
Reinstating the Nation
Having learned the hidden significance of the U.S. Apology Resolution, KAONA -- an affiliation of private citizens dedicated to teaching all laws relevant to nationhood -- was created in June of 1996. Its primary goal was to educate the public to a process described in international public law used to restore nations which have suffered from foreign invasion and conquest.
The members of KAONA gave presentations in every district of Hawai'i. The process they advocated was described in The Law of Nations, a text on international jurisprudence. This book was used by the framers of the American Constitution during its composition. The missionary William Richards taught the law of nations to King Kamehameha the Third in 1839. KAONA would teach these laws to all who attended their presentations.
Foremost among these principles was that all nations -- like people -- enjoy and exercise rights, and are bound to observe the obligations corresponding to such rights. Specifically, a nation has an obligation to preserve and perfect its own existence and must exercise rights to that end. In order to revive the authority that lay suspended for more than a century, the descendants of the founders of the Kingdom of Hawai'i had to reclaim the proper status of nationhood.
Individual kanaka maoli came from every island to participate in a series of conventions dedicated to raising a government identical to the one overthrown. It was hoped that enough people would volunteer to temporarily occupy the high offices of the legislative, executive and judicial branches. This would accomplish two objectives: confirm the status of being the proper claimant to nationhood, and lay the groundwork to naturalize all those who were willing to become citizens.
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