Hawaii: Stolen Paradise 

Where ever you are in the world one thing is certain, government is always the problem and never the solution.

As a former resident of the Big Island, I learned all of this Hawaiian history AFTER I moved there. None of this was ever taught in mainland US History classes. When I taught a video journalism class at Waiakea High School in the 90's, my students covered important stories similar to this one. The Hawaiian people and Nation are owed more than an apology for what the US government has done since 1893. As an aside, President Grover Cleveland opposed the actions of Sanford Dole and the businessmen who overthrew Queen Liliokalani. However he lost an election and his successor, McKingly gave the green light to.annex The Hawaiian Nation.

From your Malay Brother in Malaysia. Don't Give Up The Fight, STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS!💪

I have been to Hawaii many times, documentation of your pre-existing government is very clear, and you should be allowed to have your own government. The problem is the economics and economically the United States is not so much a government as it is a business make sure your new government keeps this consideration in mind, the best of luck.🎉 God loves Hawaii❤

Just like Ukraine, Hawaii should be a sovereign country.

Free Hawaii, free Puerto Rico.

Stop the direct energy weapon abuse

My great aunt was a teacher there at a private girl’s school in the 1920s.

Hawaianos con todo y sus problemáticas no deja de ser HERMOSO, Qué bueno que muestren lo que sucede en realidad 😢 lastima.....

This is mostly old footage. Robert Keli'iho'omalu passed in 2015 and one of the 3' tall relatives shown here just graduated from high school.

As a Māori from Aotearoa NZ, it seriously angers me what happened to Hawai’i and how it’s like for kānaka maoli (native Hawaiians). The homelessness, poverty, over-working to survive and the tourism of all the people going and even moving there. They’re all rich too. My heart goes out to all the natives and natives only, I’m so sorry for what happened and continues to happen. In a kind and fair world, it never would have. Hawai’i will always belong to the natives. You may buy their land and their houses whilst they live in tents or leave, you may live there while they struggle to survive, but you will never ever belong there. If you are not native Hawaiian, it is not your STOLEN COUNTRY to claim. I don’t care if your grandparents moved there and you were born there, you still don’t belong there.

I was 10 when Hawaii became a US State. 8 years later I would read about the outrage present when the U.S. annexed Hawaii in 1893 through a brilliant letter written by Mark Twain.

Yet most Hawaiians I've talked to about what the gov't did to its citizens over the past 3 years...trust the gov't now has everyone's best interests in mind. It's mind boggling.

At that time in history, any country that could not defend itself was subject to this fate. Had we not done this, I am fairly sure Japan would have. I do not think things would have ended up better for the population if that was the case.

Speechless, this is horrific

Interesting how so many official documents were destroyed in maui fires. Maybe that was the underlying cause?

My Great great grandfather John Tamatoa Baker was the last Governor of the Big Island in 1893...He also was the model for the King Kamehameha statue made so by his good friend and confidant King David Kalakaua...He served in the Kingdoms legislature and traveled extensively throughout the Pacific to help initiate a family of like mind within Polynesia to maintain tradition and the pono qualities there within... Aloha... Christopher March Waikiki 'Io kea Kamakahelei Baker Raymond

the Fire was NOT ordinary . look into H.A.A.R.P

As a Kanaka Maoli. This is our Aina our country. Ku ikaika Hawaii ❤❤

I remember to be tought in school that the US were the good guys ( Iam from Germany)! But as i grow older and i learned more about the US and wooow just wooow!!! I dont talk about the most US citizens, but ur goverment and the military industrial complex are the devil in persona! What the US done in the short amount of time in their history is just insane. USA the land of freedom, but just in the US

This is most wonder full to see.!! God Bless.💚

God is always recording !!! Judgment Day Awaits!!!

Thank you for this great documentary about the people of Hawai'i, their native land, their kingdom and their beautiful culture.. looks bit like Timor. Just like how the US government helped Indonesian dictator Suharto and his military brutality in destroyed our beloved land Timor Leste in 1975. Hope one day the Hawaiians people can reclaim their Ancestor land and restored back their kingdom to the rightful owner of the land of Hawai'i. All the best to all the Hawaiians people who seek to regained control over their ancestor land.

i am finding it very interesting to see that every nation has its own unique wetiko. anger and violence is not the solution, aloha is. love and hate is out of balance around the world. teach our children to love more, hate less. no more hate, no more need for the military. plur

So Hawaii was made the 50th state in 1959, but the U.S. had military bases there and seemed fully entrenched in the 1940's?

It appears this O'keefe documenter is not native Hawaiian. Is this a woke case of "white savior" complex built out of shame? To anyone who is not "native" Hawaiian i recommend getting off that island as fast as humanly possible. In the end, they WILL come for you claiming the land you bought and live on was actually theirs 5 generations ago. This will happen if this Lawful Hawaiian Government actually takes hold...

Теперь понятно почему их подожгли.

This is not an easy situation for the Polynesians on these islands at all. Its not all lost though. Some words on economy: these islands are in the middle of California, Panama, China, Japan and South Corea. Back in the days when Europe was the main market in the world, these islands were super remote for business, yet in the now, they are on a very central location. From an economic POV, I dont think autonomy would be a disaster at all. You'd get control over immigration. This is crucial for not seeing the position for Polynesians to become even worse.

I've learned to recognize our strengths in the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Last month 'June 2024', ı and my familiy have been in Hawaii Island in Honolulu,thanks your explanation to us history of Hawaii . Greetings from Istanbul Türkiye

The guy @ 20:53 sounds like Bruno Mars😮

Very interesting document, its from 2014. Question in how the things change since 2014? I'm afraid not in a good way ;( last fire didn't help as well; Stay strong Hawaiians, best regards from PL.

I hope that the people of Hawaii will defeat the colonizer and at the same time the biggest genocidal nation, the Americans

THANK YOU Dezert-Owl

Hawaii needs a new flag!

FREE HAWAII!

Desde Colombia los veo, que buenos documentales 😮

Wild fires??? 😂😂 Are they serious

Keep fighting Hawaii..❤❤ feom Ireland...

Amerika`yla baş edemezsiniz , yakayı kaptırmışsınız birkere . ama dik duruşunuz hoşuma gitti . Süper .

Go Hawaii!!!!

Neka vam je BOG u pomoći braćo mila Havajci....❤ Puno sreće u toj mukotrpnoj borbi za suverenitet vaše prelepe zemlje , identiteta , a u stvari vašeg svega... Života, budućnosti i nekog lepšeg sutra... Potouna podrška i svako dobro žele vam braća i sestre iz SRBIJE koja je u sličnom al mnogo gorem problemu, ali od istih OKUPATORA SA ZAPADA... 💪👍👊😉🥰❤️ Kad tad pravda mora biti zadovoljena...

My Father said.... When Hawaii became a State.....it was the end of it ...He Said Goodbye Hawaii 😩...now in 2024... look after The Lahaina Fire 🔥.... there has been nothing but damage totally 😨

Free Hawaii ✊🏝️ Hawaii kingdom country not teritorial

Unfortunately the US government and military is not going to leave Hawaii at least not in the foreseeable future. So a nation within a nation like the Native Americans have would have a much better chance of succeeding.

what song is this? 20:19

Let's put it this way, Iolani palace had electricity and indoor plumbing before the Whitehouse. Now look at us. Thanks for nothing America.

FOR ME AND MY KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN HAWAII...ARE WE NATIVE HAWAIIANS? I'M JAPANESE & MY KIDS ARE JAPANESE +HAWAIIAN+CHINESE

Se os Estados Unidos não tivesse invadido o Hawai, o Japão teria invadido e teria cometido muito mais atrocidades.

What’s the name of the guy or the song he’s singing at 20:20

Men in power without God in their hearts and with darkened souls are always the reason for destruction!!! Stay strong, God love in our hearts and prayers for all humanity!

This documentary completely skipped The Great Māhele or just the Māhele of 1847 was the Hawaiian land redistribution proposed by King Kamehameha III. Which essentially gave NON Natives the right to buy and own land. Prior to 1847… only NATIVES could own land in Hawaii.

Do what Chile did for Easter Island. Only native and those born on the island itself have the right to own property.

That's right Hawaii should have there own government Hawaii remember lands has been stolen

Native Hawaiians should be given their land back, all companies residents etc vacated.... end of story !

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When these documentaries exclude the the Kamehameha kings your missing a lot of history. Queen Liliuokalani was only the end.

Very interesting 😎

So Sad, all our Kupuna who has fought for sovereignty has passed Away many of them are gone now , And where are we with this today ? No justice to the people of Hawaii …………………….

Walked past a busy delivery depot in the centre of Dublin and noticed the DOLE family symbols at either end of the roof and immediately made me think of these events of which I've only heard snippets.....

...finché parleranno una lingua che non è la loro originaria, saranno sempre una colonia.. Gli anglosassoni usano l'inglese come una delle principali forne di colonizzazione..

Wow! I thought that KAMEHAMEHA was a power move from the anime 'Dragon Ball'. I didn't know it's origin was the unifying king of Hawaii. 😂😂

i hope the hawaian people can get back whatis truely theres. the us military bases must stay for this to work with us blessings

Where the Americans intervene, it gets scary. They confused the world with their greed for power and land. I enter the position of the Hawaiians. Hopefully they can get their lives back.

It was stolen from people a lot darker than her

where are the 2005 kids missing from the Maui DEW attack??

Maui fires, even more land grabs....makes me ashamed to be white. I have been to Oahu and Maui, beautiful lands, amazing people.

Aroha nui ki nga kanaka maoli o Hawaii anei o whanaunga e tono mihi kia koutou mo nga ahi ki lahaina ma nga akua e arahi

Hawaii already has it's Own Gov't... It's called the "State of Hawaii" for a reason. The USA did NOT overthrow the Kingdom of Hawaii, it was taken over by the Cabinet Ministers & Administers appointed by the Monarchy of Hawaii. These were mostly white men that had renounced their US Citizenship and were legal non-native, naturalized Citizens of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The FACT is, the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown by an internal bloodless coup, that resulted in the formation of the 'Provisional Government' (PG) that founded the "Republic of Hawaii" to replace a minority caste system of Kings & Queens and privileged royal cousins, that lived a very good life while the majority peasants were poor basically share croppers. The US supported the independent PG and was, and always has been, dedicated to free and independent government. The US did NOT take any land, it was all purchased from greedy & corrupt royal family land-owners that gladly sold land that was given to them for immediate monetary gains. Hawaii was a target for occupation by France, Spain, Japan and was even taken over by England in 1840, for 5 months. The King traded Pearl Harbor to Export Sugar Tax-Free, to gain an unfair advantage and become mega-rich from plantation slavery kick-backs. The Monarchy lost their Kingdom.

First, they should remove that British symbol..Britan has conquer and profited off so many native lands..

Wow! I wish I knew my history, I wish I knew my history much better and I wish I knew my history much better when I was much younger…. The US of A stole the Hawaiian Islands, I can’t believe I didn’t know this. I’ve been to the islands 4 times and I swear you fall in love with it even more each time♥️AB🇨🇦🙏🏻♥️

I still belong to the land owning land is a western concept

You Gotta Crack the Code to live on Island

Vindo dos Estados Unidos Nada me surpreende A verdadeira democracia 😂

“The Righteous Judge “Jesus Christ ✝️ He will judge and right all wrongs all according to “The will of God Almighty!. Amen,amen.. .

Or i will stop it

Evil empire .......

日本に援助を求めたが・当時の日本は避けた哀れな今の自民党政治　当然の報い！ 誇りをハワイに　その後の屈辱は今の自民党政治　インデアン嘘つかない！

今の日本の国も同じですよ！

When I think about Hawaii, its not of a Paradise. I think of diabetes, obesity, laziness, welfare, handouts. I personally feel Hawaii is a strain on the US economically and financially as they provide nothing in return and rely solely on tourism and FED handouts. 90 percent of their goods are shipped in via MATSON and other shipping companies. There are some nice places there so its worth a one time visit. My work took me there lots more times than I desired over the years and you get tired of the fire dances and luaus and hearing WOE IS ME from those living in section 8 funded housing and of off US WIC and EBT payments. Perhaps if I was only a tourist and not seen what lies beneath the real Hawaii my thoughts would be of paradise. Give it back and have them start paying for any services rendered..🇺🇸🍻✌🏻

Well I mean we can pack everything up destroy all power plants rip up the roads take everything white out of there and you guys can have your island back cause quite honestly that’s extra money we need here in the mainland

Wow , didn’t knew that .

I love how a guy with 3 tear drop tattoos wants to the us about Americas “wrongs” Brah 🤙 what’s that tear drop mean, Killah!?

Not "Lalani" hut "island pronounced "eee-ooo-lani"

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TERRIBLE ACTS

Hawaii...................Mile$tone = a significant event or stage in the life, progress, development ! Miles $tone wrote the disaster book before this carnage took place! "Fire and Fury," a book claiming to examine the impacts of the Maui wildfire on climate change, was published two days bef0re the fires ! .

titoli in Italiano e video in Inglese?? booo....

How is Hawaii stolen land the people living there originated in Asia just like the so-called Native Americans, and Eskimos? Explain this to me please? If any of these people are natives then so am I?

Ready for it??

I'm highly educated and if there was no American involvement in Hawaii it would be a poverty-stricken Island just like the others around it not going to name names because that's not right. Let's face facts America built from the ground up all of its infrastructure I'm sure they'd rather go back to none or almost none😮

可以和藏人行政中央建立外交关系

The US gov and the rich Corporations should build homes for the people out there in Hawaii

Really? You think China or Russia isn’t going come drop by for a serious visit if the US military leaves?

we are the same Maori lands were stolen from us through the government

Think of the amount of tourism $$$ alone that's pumped into the economy.Their better off.

Propaganda. The kings and queens of Hawaii owned everything. Their subjects zip. This wasn’t ok with immigrants such as the Americans and not ok with the Hawaiian subjects which lead to the overthrow of the monarchy. Even today their formally royal descendants own much of Hawaii land. Finally in Hawaii native is a “non white” code word. Whites who’s descendants have been their for generation are “not native”. The dude just off the boat from the Philippines is “native Hawaiian “. Finally yes the working and middle class are being priced out of Hawaii as in other blue states-see CA, OR, WA. Thats political reality in deep blue states. Finally Hawaii vote for statehood in 1958. Could stayed a commonwealth. Strongly republican in 1958 today its a deep blue state destroying its middle class.

destroy the nature

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Thanks for all you do for us ! Blessings, can you do a ducumental of canabis please ❤