{"id":109844,"date":"2020-01-21T11:06:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T21:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=109844"},"modified":"2021-09-03T15:54:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T01:54:51","slug":"indigenous-constitutions-polynesian-independence-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/21\/indigenous-constitutions-polynesian-independence-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous constitutions and Polynesian independence focus of symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Gladys Kamakak\u016bokalani ʻAinoa Brandt Endowed Chair for Comparative Polynesian Studies is hosting three mini-symposiums on indigenous constitutions and United Nations (UN<\/abbr>) paths to independence the week of January 20.<\/p>\n

The symposiums ʻOnipaʻa<\/span>: Polynesian Strategies on Political Self-Determination on M\u0101ori Constitutions<\/em> and Tahitian efforts for Independence through the UN<\/abbr> Committee for Decolonization of French Polynesia<\/em> feature some of the leaders in Polynesian independence.<\/p>\n

“When we look at all of the issues Hawaiians are protesting and trying to protect—Maunakea, Kahuku, Waim\u0101nalo, Maui Water Rights and all of the other land and water issues that are dear to Hawaiian hearts—we often consider what would happen if we had a government of our own that governed our own lands,” said Brandt Chair Lilikala Kameʻeleihiwa<\/span><\/strong>, a professor at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Kamakak\u016bokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies<\/a>, in an article she wrote for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs about the symposiums. “Such a govern\u00adment would require Constitution and even, perhaps, independence.”<\/p>\n

The speakers include Moana Jackson, founder of Maori Legal Ser\u00advices in New Zealand, who wrote the first draft of the UN<\/abbr> Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Auckland University Professor Margaret Mutu who has fought many land struggles and Sen. Ariʻihau<\/span> Tiiheiava of Tahiti and the Tahitian Inde\u00adpendence Party, who will report on his work with the UN<\/abbr> Com\u00admittee on Decolonization of French Polynesia. UH<\/abbr> participants include Â鶹´«Ã½nuiākea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a> Dean Jon Osorio<\/strong> and UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Hawaiian Studies Associate Professor Kamana Beamer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The symposiums are Wednesday, January 22 at the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Kamakak\u016biokalani Center for Hawai\u00adian Studies; Thursday, January 23 at Kaʻiwakiloumoku<\/span> on the Kamehemaha Schools Kapālama campus; and Friday, January 24 at Hale Aʻo<\/span> at Windward Community College. The events begin at 5 p.m. with the lectures starting at 7 p.m. The livestream for the \u02bbOnipa\u02bba event will be available to view on: ʻ\u014ciwi TV<\/abbr> Live<\/a>, the ʻ\u014ciwi TV<\/abbr> YouTube<\/a> account or ʻ\u014ciwi TV<\/abbr> Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Brandt Endowed Chair is part of the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Kamakak\u016bokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, which is named after her. The lifelong Hawaiian educator was the first female principal in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> when it was still a U.S. Territory before serving as a principal at Kamehameha Schools, regent and chair of the UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents and trustee at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. She also co-authored the essay Broken Trust<\/em> that led to the reorganization Bishop Estate, which is now Kamehameha Schools. Her estate established the endowed chair at UH<\/abbr> to enhance research, attract students and scholars from throughout Polynesia, and encourage positive dialogue between academic disciplines, the university and the wider community.<\/p>\n

The symposium is presented by current Brandt Chair Professor Lilikala Kameʻeleihiwa<\/span>, and Brandt Committee members Professors Maile Andrade<\/strong>, Kamana Beamer<\/strong>, Keahiahi Long<\/strong>, Noelani Puniwai<\/strong> and Tino Ramirez<\/strong>, and co-sponsored by the ʻAha Moananuiakea Pacific Consortium.<\/p>\n

For more information, email Kameʻeleihiwa<\/span> at lilikala@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The three mini symposiums feature some of the leaders in Polynesian independence, with UH<\/abbr> participants from the Â鶹´«Ã½nuiākea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[33,551,134,1503,9],"class_list":["post-109844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaiian","tag-hawaiinuiakea-school-of-hawaiian-knowledge","tag-international","tag-kamakakuokalani-center-for-hawaiian-studies","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109844"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109940,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109844\/revisions\/109940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}