Posted: Thursday, March 19th, 2009 4:42 AM HST
Native Hawaiians protest statehood
By Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) – Those seeking the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom are protesting the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s statehood.
Members of the Hawaiian Independence Action Alliance chanted and marched to the state Capitol yesterday. They wore shirts that spelled out “A history of theft” and “Fake state.”
Organizer Lynette Cruz says the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was illegal, and there was never a legitimate treaty of annexation bringing Hawaii under the power of the United States.
One protester, Richard Pomai Kinney, carried his Hawaii state flag upside-down as a signal of distress.
He says statehood has resulted in Hawaii becoming an island getaway for the wealthy that has forgotten its native people.
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