Na'i_Aupuni_Really_1I'm posting some brief news notes, one after the other, about this "Na'i Aupuni business. According to the prior link,

"Na'i Aupuni is guiding an election, convention and ratification process where all Hawaiians who wish to participate can be heard. Na'i Aupuni is separate and independent from OHA and the State of Hawai'i."

...then farther down that same page, however, it says,

"Na'i Aupuni is supported by OHA grant funds..." (So is something fishy here?)

Basically, as I understand it, this is part of a process by which the US Department of Interior is trying to encourage "Native Hawaiians" to establish a government-to-government relationship with the US (note that it is "Native Hawaiians" only. Prior to the "overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, however, the Kingdom consisted of subjects from both the Native Hawaiian community and non-Hawaiians who had moved there or were born in Hawaii). As I, and others, see it, it is an attempt to make a "tribe" out of "Native Hawaiians" that would operate under the "auspices" (aka, control) of the US government.

Therefore, NO SOVEREIGNTY is possible. In my view, they (DOI) are trying to eliminate any possibility of a fully independent Hawaiian Kingdom returning.

Grassroot Institute of Hawaii brought a case against them, and Justice Kennedy of the US Supreme Court ordered that the counting of votes not be counted. A link and a snip are below.

Supreme Court blocks Native Hawaiian election vote count

"HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked votes from being counted in a unique election that's considered a major step toward self-governance for Native Hawaiians.

"The high court granted an injunction requested by a group of Native Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians challenging the election. They argue Hawaii residents who don't have Native Hawaiian ancestry are being excluded from the vote, in violation of their constitutional rights.

"The order blocks the counting of votes until at least the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issues its ruling. The group suing to stop the election appealed a district court's ruling allowing voting to proceed."