Les peuples des iles du Pacifique s'organisent aux niveaux regional et international pour pro... more Les peuples des iles du Pacifique s'organisent aux niveaux regional et international pour promouvoir leur droit, et celui de tous les peuples autochtones, a l'autodetermination. L'A. rend compte des debats sur la notion d'autodetermination qui ont eu lieu lors des seances du Groupe de travail des peuples autochtones du Pacifique sur le Projet de declaration des Nations-Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones, qui s'est tenu du 2 au 6 septembre 1996 a Suva (Fidji). Une Resolution sur la decolonisation des peuples autochtones du Pacifique a ete adoptee a cette occasion. L'A. se refere aussi a la session du Groupe de travail intersessions de la Commission des droits de l'homme, qui s'est tenue du 27 octobre au 7 novembre 1997 a Geneve (Suisse). Il expose notamment les positions des Etats-Unis, de la France, du Bresil, de l'Australie, de l'Indonesie. La presence des peuples autochtones sur Internet a permis de favoriser le lien entre l'action politique aux niveaux regional et international.
letter to governor waihee about senate bill 1028 establishing a state created process for a refer... more letter to governor waihee about senate bill 1028 establishing a state created process for a referendum on a convention which will in turn propose an organic document for governance of a sovereign Hawaiian natio
We are the only class of Native" Americans" who have not been recognized by the U.S. Federal Gove... more We are the only class of Native" Americans" who have not been recognized by the U.S. Federal Government. As one of your primary initiatives during this first year of your Presidency, it is imperative that you correct this serious omission. lt has been 100 years since U.S. M8I'\J1eS aided in the illegal taldng of our Sovereign Hawaiian Kingdom, which resulted in the loss of Hawaiian Crown Lands and the Cession of other Hawaiian lands and resources to the United States. We call on you lP roii]aroa pono-do what is right-and commence meetings with the Hawaiian people immediately to prepare for the expeditious disbursement and return of these illegally taken ]ands. Moreover, d~spite the U.S. government's creation of a Hawaiian Home Lands Commission to assist in placing Native Hawaiians on home and agricultural lots, over 20,000 Hawaiian people are still on the waiting list. Many of our people have died waiting for a small piece of their 'nina to be made available for them to call their home.
This material published in Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law is made available... more This material published in Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law is made available by the James E. Rogers College of Law, the Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact the AJICL Editorial Board at http://arizonajournal.org/contact-us/
Mililani Trask was born into the world of politics and struggle for Native Hawaiian and human rig... more Mililani Trask was born into the world of politics and struggle for Native Hawaiian and human rights. Her grandfather, David Trask, was an early member of the Hawai'i Democratic Party, the first Hawaiian sheriff in Honolulu, and a member of the Territorial Legislature for twenty-six years. Her maternal grandmother, Maui-born Iwalani Haia, was one of the first women to organize the Benevolent Societies on Maui and played a key role in the movement to inform Hawaiians of the events surrounding the overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani in 1893. Mililani is the niece of Arthur Trask, well-known orator, lawyer, and politician, and David Trask, Jr, a politician and a key player in labor organizing and collective bargaining for higher wages and better working conditions for public workers. Mililani is descended from the Pi'ilani line of Maui and the Kahakumakaliua line of Kaua'i. Born and raised on O'ahu, the fourth of five children of Bernard and Haunani Trask, Mililani was educated at the Kamehameha Schools. Following her graduation in 1969, she attended the University of Redlands and San Jose State University in California. In 1977, Mililani returned home with a law degree from Santa Clara University. In 1990, Mililani became the first elected kia'äina or governor of Ka Lähui Hawai'i, a Hawaiian nation formed in response to the United States' colonial dominance. She was a prominent figure in the Hawaiian political spotlight for over eight years during her leadership of Ka Lähui Hawai'i. In 1993, she served on the prestigious Indigenous Initiative for Peace under the direction of Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu-Tum, the United Nations' Goodwill Ambassador to the UN Decade on Indigenous Peoples. And, in 1995, Mililani became the second vice-chair of the General Assembly of Nations of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Orga-142
This report shows that educational models for indigenous and minority children which use mainly d... more This report shows that educational models for indigenous and minority children which use mainly dominant languages as languages of instruction can and do have extremely negative consequences for the achievement of goals deduced from central human rights instruments and thus for the right to education. We use arguments and research results from international law, education, applied linguistics, psychology and sociology. In discussing the legal basis for education, we argue, using the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right the Education Katarina Tomaševski‘s interpretations, that this dominant-language medium education prevents access to education, because of the linguistic, pedagogical and psychological barriers it creates. We show that this education has a range of serious harmful consequences which violate various aspects of their right to education and perpetuates poverty. Without binding educational linguistic human rights, especially a right to mainly mother tongue-medium (MT...
L'A. propose quelques reflexions a propos du projet de Declaration sur les droits des peuples... more L'A. propose quelques reflexions a propos du projet de Declaration sur les droits des peuples autochtones dans le contexte contemporain de crise generale des droits de l'homme. Elle plaide pour le respect du principe d'universalite des droits de l'homme et, particulierement, pour le respect du droit des peuples a l'autodetermination. Elle critique la volonte d'instaurer des instruments internationaux a double standard en ce qui concerne la question de l'autodetermination autochtone. Elle affirme que les deux Conventions (107 et 169) de l'Organisation internationale du travail (OIT), ainsi que la proposition de l'Organisation des Etats Americains (OAS) d'une Declaration interamericaine sur les droits des peuples autochtones, sont des exemples de textes qui sont en contradiction avec le principe de l'universalite des droits de l'homme. Elle soutient que le projet de Declaration sur les droits des peuples autochtones est le seul texte qui...
This report shows that educational models for indigenous and minority children which use mainly d... more This report shows that educational models for indigenous and minority children which use mainly dominant languages as languages of instruction can and do have extremely negative consequences for the achievement of goals deduced from central human rights instruments and thus for the right to education. We use arguments and research results from international law, education, applied linguistics, psychology and sociology. In discussing the legal basis for education, we argue, using the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right the Education Katarina Tomaševski‘s interpretations, that this dominant-language medium education prevents access to education, because of the linguistic, pedagogical and psychological barriers it creates. We show that this education has a range of serious harmful consequences which violate various aspects of their right to education and perpetuates poverty. Without binding educational linguistic human rights, especially a right to mainly mother tonguemedium (MTM...
Les peuples des iles du Pacifique s'organisent aux niveaux regional et international pour pro... more Les peuples des iles du Pacifique s'organisent aux niveaux regional et international pour promouvoir leur droit, et celui de tous les peuples autochtones, a l'autodetermination. L'A. rend compte des debats sur la notion d'autodetermination qui ont eu lieu lors des seances du Groupe de travail des peuples autochtones du Pacifique sur le Projet de declaration des Nations-Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones, qui s'est tenu du 2 au 6 septembre 1996 a Suva (Fidji). Une Resolution sur la decolonisation des peuples autochtones du Pacifique a ete adoptee a cette occasion. L'A. se refere aussi a la session du Groupe de travail intersessions de la Commission des droits de l'homme, qui s'est tenue du 27 octobre au 7 novembre 1997 a Geneve (Suisse). Il expose notamment les positions des Etats-Unis, de la France, du Bresil, de l'Australie, de l'Indonesie. La presence des peuples autochtones sur Internet a permis de favoriser le lien entre l'action politique aux niveaux regional et international.
letter to governor waihee about senate bill 1028 establishing a state created process for a refer... more letter to governor waihee about senate bill 1028 establishing a state created process for a referendum on a convention which will in turn propose an organic document for governance of a sovereign Hawaiian natio
We are the only class of Native" Americans" who have not been recognized by the U.S. Federal Gove... more We are the only class of Native" Americans" who have not been recognized by the U.S. Federal Government. As one of your primary initiatives during this first year of your Presidency, it is imperative that you correct this serious omission. lt has been 100 years since U.S. M8I'\J1eS aided in the illegal taldng of our Sovereign Hawaiian Kingdom, which resulted in the loss of Hawaiian Crown Lands and the Cession of other Hawaiian lands and resources to the United States. We call on you lP roii]aroa pono-do what is right-and commence meetings with the Hawaiian people immediately to prepare for the expeditious disbursement and return of these illegally taken ]ands. Moreover, d~spite the U.S. government's creation of a Hawaiian Home Lands Commission to assist in placing Native Hawaiians on home and agricultural lots, over 20,000 Hawaiian people are still on the waiting list. Many of our people have died waiting for a small piece of their 'nina to be made available for them to call their home.
This material published in Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law is made available... more This material published in Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law is made available by the James E. Rogers College of Law, the Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact the AJICL Editorial Board at http://arizonajournal.org/contact-us/
Mililani Trask was born into the world of politics and struggle for Native Hawaiian and human rig... more Mililani Trask was born into the world of politics and struggle for Native Hawaiian and human rights. Her grandfather, David Trask, was an early member of the Hawai'i Democratic Party, the first Hawaiian sheriff in Honolulu, and a member of the Territorial Legislature for twenty-six years. Her maternal grandmother, Maui-born Iwalani Haia, was one of the first women to organize the Benevolent Societies on Maui and played a key role in the movement to inform Hawaiians of the events surrounding the overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani in 1893. Mililani is the niece of Arthur Trask, well-known orator, lawyer, and politician, and David Trask, Jr, a politician and a key player in labor organizing and collective bargaining for higher wages and better working conditions for public workers. Mililani is descended from the Pi'ilani line of Maui and the Kahakumakaliua line of Kaua'i. Born and raised on O'ahu, the fourth of five children of Bernard and Haunani Trask, Mililani was educated at the Kamehameha Schools. Following her graduation in 1969, she attended the University of Redlands and San Jose State University in California. In 1977, Mililani returned home with a law degree from Santa Clara University. In 1990, Mililani became the first elected kia'äina or governor of Ka Lähui Hawai'i, a Hawaiian nation formed in response to the United States' colonial dominance. She was a prominent figure in the Hawaiian political spotlight for over eight years during her leadership of Ka Lähui Hawai'i. In 1993, she served on the prestigious Indigenous Initiative for Peace under the direction of Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu-Tum, the United Nations' Goodwill Ambassador to the UN Decade on Indigenous Peoples. And, in 1995, Mililani became the second vice-chair of the General Assembly of Nations of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Orga-142
This report shows that educational models for indigenous and minority children which use mainly d... more This report shows that educational models for indigenous and minority children which use mainly dominant languages as languages of instruction can and do have extremely negative consequences for the achievement of goals deduced from central human rights instruments and thus for the right to education. We use arguments and research results from international law, education, applied linguistics, psychology and sociology. In discussing the legal basis for education, we argue, using the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right the Education Katarina Tomaševski‘s interpretations, that this dominant-language medium education prevents access to education, because of the linguistic, pedagogical and psychological barriers it creates. We show that this education has a range of serious harmful consequences which violate various aspects of their right to education and perpetuates poverty. Without binding educational linguistic human rights, especially a right to mainly mother tongue-medium (MT...
L'A. propose quelques reflexions a propos du projet de Declaration sur les droits des peuples... more L'A. propose quelques reflexions a propos du projet de Declaration sur les droits des peuples autochtones dans le contexte contemporain de crise generale des droits de l'homme. Elle plaide pour le respect du principe d'universalite des droits de l'homme et, particulierement, pour le respect du droit des peuples a l'autodetermination. Elle critique la volonte d'instaurer des instruments internationaux a double standard en ce qui concerne la question de l'autodetermination autochtone. Elle affirme que les deux Conventions (107 et 169) de l'Organisation internationale du travail (OIT), ainsi que la proposition de l'Organisation des Etats Americains (OAS) d'une Declaration interamericaine sur les droits des peuples autochtones, sont des exemples de textes qui sont en contradiction avec le principe de l'universalite des droits de l'homme. Elle soutient que le projet de Declaration sur les droits des peuples autochtones est le seul texte qui...
This report shows that educational models for indigenous and minority children which use mainly d... more This report shows that educational models for indigenous and minority children which use mainly dominant languages as languages of instruction can and do have extremely negative consequences for the achievement of goals deduced from central human rights instruments and thus for the right to education. We use arguments and research results from international law, education, applied linguistics, psychology and sociology. In discussing the legal basis for education, we argue, using the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right the Education Katarina Tomaševski‘s interpretations, that this dominant-language medium education prevents access to education, because of the linguistic, pedagogical and psychological barriers it creates. We show that this education has a range of serious harmful consequences which violate various aspects of their right to education and perpetuates poverty. Without binding educational linguistic human rights, especially a right to mainly mother tonguemedium (MTM...
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