Independence for Kaua’iTo the Forum:

To Governor Cayetano and Honorable Senators and Representatives of the

Legislature of the State of Hawai’i:

This is an open letter from a

representative of the people of Kaua’i, ranging from those who are descendants

of the original Kauaians, those whose forefathers came or were brought to this

island paradise to work the fields, and those who chose to call Kaua’i home

within the last generation.

We are all Kauaians, proud of our Garden

Island, our heritage, and the Aloha Spirit it represents.

We respectfully

request that our Nation of Kaua’i be granted full independence from the State

of Hawai’i. This process can only be started by a the initiation of an Apology

Bill passed by the Hawaiian Legislature and signed by the Governor of the

Central Government of Hawai’i.

This should be modeled after the example

set by the federal government in apologizing and paying reparations to Native

Hawaiians for the wrongs against Hawai’i by the Central Government of the

United States of America.

We expect the same Apology Bill to be passed by

the Hawaiian Legislature and reparations paid by the Central Government of

Hawai’i to the people of Kaua’i for the unlawful seizure of our independent

nation, and the overthrow by threat of force of our revered King

Kaumuali’i.

Our peaceful people and King Kaumuali’i were subjected to two

attempts by King Kamehameha I to either seize our island by brutal force or

poison our King.

The gods defeated him on two occasions by either sinking

his canoes or casting illness on his warriors. The eventual outcome was seizure

by force, or threat of force, of our Kingdom of Kaua’i by the same forces that

seized O’ahu and Maui.

Again, we ask for an Apology from the Central

Government of Hawai’i, Independence, and Reparations for the seizure of our

Nation of Kaua’i.

Tara Glover

Kalaheo