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Ka Lahui Hawaiʻi
(KLH) is a native initiative for Hawaiian self-governance and self-determination formed in 1987 by and for Kanaka Maoli without the interference of the US State or Federal governments or its agencies. KLH works with many Hawaiian Organizations and ‘ohana who advocate for Hawaiian Self-Determination and Human Rights set forth in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and International Human Rights Conventions.
Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi is commited to peace, nonviolence, and disarmament.
Some of the KLH Founders in Keaukaha, Hawaiʻi Island in 1987.
We are still here…
Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi and our citizens have been on the frontlines of the movement to protect Mauna Kea for decades. Kū Kiaʻi Mauna!
Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi was a key organizer and sponsor for the 2019 Kūkahi March through Waikīkī to protest the building of Thirty Meter Telescope. This was the largest Kanaka Maoli let march with 40,000 participants. Kū Kiaʻi Mauna!
Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi co-sponsored and helped organize the 2022 Walk for Wai. We have been on the frontlines calling for the Shut Down of Red Hill, submitting testimony, and organizing for clean water. Ola i ka Wai!
ʻOnipaʻa: To be Steadfast
Every year Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi helps sponsor and organize the Onipaʻa Peace March from Maunaʻala to ʻIolani Palace on January 17th to commemorate the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893 and to raise awareness of unresolved claims for landback and justice for the indigenous peoples of Hawaiʻi.
The first march commemorating the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom took place in 1993 on the 100th anniversary. Nearly 30,000 Kanaka Maoli and supporters attended this march. On this same day on the grounds of ʻIolani Palace, Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask gave her famous “We are not American” speech.