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Laurel Mei-singh

Oct 2, 2026

11:22
But are there other US military bases in Hawaii that are also up for renegotiation in 2029? And perhaps, if so, what are maybe the future plans for those lands as well?
11:36
Thank you.
11:37
So I wanna start by emphasizing that a tremendous amount of military lands are actually Native Hawaiian crown and government lands under arrangements made in the 1800s.
11:51
A lot of these lands are actually under the Hawaiian government.
11:57
Before it was occupied by the United States, it was a Hawaiian monarchy with rulers.
12:02
So this is the argument that there are many arguments that the Hawaiian monarchy has not been fully dissolved, and the kingdom persists.
12:11
So it's not the state of Hawaii, it's the Kingdom of Hawaii.

27 MINS LATER

39:39
And can you talk a little bit about that? What do you want people to perhaps unlearn about this idea of Asians as settlers in Hawaii, and how is this important to understanding the fight for Hawaiian independence and sovereignty and self-determination?

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