Out of a basement office in ‘Ele‘ele, Dayne Aleka Nakaahiki Kane Kanakaoli Poikauahi Aipoalani is organizing a movement to reclaim the known islands of Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau and “all existing mineral, water, oil and liquid rights” from the state and the federal government.
Aipoalani claims that nearly 3,000 people, by word of mouth, have rallied to support his efforts in “righting the wrongs perpetrated by the federal government on the people of ‘Atooi’ (currently known as Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau) after the forced surrender of Queen Lili‘uokalani in 1893,” Aipoalani said.
as a descendent of the kingdom of Atooi to all you niihau language haters and traitors, I'm not the only one trying to get back the pre-European Hawaiian language.
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to new zealanders who have no business commenting about hawaiian language: Haere mai, haere mai, haere ki uta hei patu-patu ake