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Voting is under way right now for about 100-thousand Native Hawaiians. The election is both historic and contentious.
For the first time since the U.S. government took control of the islands more than a century ago, Native Hawaiians have a chance to regain sovereignty similar to Native tribes on the mainland. But some Native Hawaiians believe the state-sanctioned process doesn’t go nearly far enough. There are concerns about the Hawaiian Roll Commission’s list of eligible voters and the process that led up to this vote. What’s at stake in the Hawaiian election this month?

Also mentioned on the show today: Veterans History Project

Guests:

Bill Meheula (Native Hawaiian) – legal counsel for Na’i Aupuni

Walter Ritte (Native Hawaiian) – activist and former candidate as a delegate for the constitutional convention

Moses Haia (Native Hawaiian) – Executive director of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and candidate for the Oahu delegate spot

Break Music: Ke Aloha I Ka Pu’uwai / He ‘Ili ‘Ula Au a He Hawai’I (song) Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu (artist) Call It What You Like (album)

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A new book titled “A Nation Rising: Hawaiian Movements for Life, Land and Sovereignty,” invites readers to learn more about the Kanaka Maoli or Native peoples of Hawaii. Indigenous voices come together in the pages of this book to recount the history of this land along with the major social movements and people that have inspired them. We invite you to join us as we learn more about Native Hawaiian sovereignty with our October Book of the Month guests, including Kanaka Maoli contributors Noelani Goodyear-Ka’opua and Ikaika Hussey.