News of peaceful resistance by indigenous people of Alaska & Hawai'i is stifled in the USA.
Here's an article by
Инна Васейкина probably missed or ignored by your local news sources:
http://www.mk.ru/politics/2015/05/08/alyaska-i-gavayi-prosyat-oon-priznat-ssha-okkupantami.html
Аляска и Гавайи просят ООН признать США оккупантами
(Translated eight months later:)
Alaska & Hawaii Ask UN to Recognize US Occupation
By
Ollie Richardson
Global Research, February 02, 2016
Fort Russ 31 January 2016
The indigenous peoples of Alaska and
Hawaii appealed to the international community through the United
Nations with a request to ensure their right to self-determination. The
letter was circulated in Geneva.
In the address, the representatives of
the peoples of Alaska and Hawaii urged UN members to raise the issue on
May 11th in the framework of the consideration of the UN Council on
Human Rights of the periodic review of the human rights and freedoms in
the United States, according to TASS.
The appeal emphasizes that the sale of
Russian Alaska to the United States in 1867 did “not mean the transfer
of sovereignty over Alaska to the United States” and the “US invasion of
Hawaii in 1893 was a violation of bilateral treaties and international
law.”
“The territory of Alaska and Hawaii in
1959 were absorbed by the United States through deception and deliberate
breaches of the mandate and UN principles, and the process of
self-determination”, – stated the document.
Residents of the two U.S. States urged
the UN “to fix the mistake” and use peaceful means to achieve a
referendum for the self-determination of Alaska and Hawaii. For a more
effective action in this direction, even set up a joint working group –
“Alliance of Alaska-Hawaii for self-determination.”
“They’re taking our land and are mining
mineral resources in huge quantities, causing damage to the environment.
We believe that the Russians can help us. The year 2017 will mark 150
years since the sale of Alaska by Russia to the USA. If we could,
working with the Russians, provide the truth about what really happened
in history and to reject the distorted concepts about Alaska and our
people, I think it would be a good way to rectify the situation,” – said
the representative of Alaska in the working group “Alliance
Alaska-Hawaii for self-determination” Ronald Barnes to the meeting in
the Swiss press club in Geneva.
“Our culture is suppressed. However, US
actions are directed not only against our culture but also of world
peace, because Hawaii hosts the military base of Pearl Harbor. During
military exercises they pollute our land and water. From this people get
sick. This is an abuse of our land and people. We don’t want to be a
part of the war machine”, – said the representative of Hawaii Leon Siu.
In an interview with TASS, Barnes
stressed that Alaska and Russia have a lot of common in history, culture
and religion. “I am Orthodox”, he said in Russian. Continuing in
English, he said that many of his relatives have Russian names and
Russian words are used, for example, “handkerchief” and “oil”. “We
believe that the Russians could help us, said Barnes. “The year 2017
will mark 150 years since the sale of Alaska by Russia to the USA. If we
could, working with the Russians, provide the truth about what really
happened in history and reject the distorted concepts about Alaska and
our people, I think it would be a good way to fix the situation.”
According to Barnes, Alaska could become “a neutral state lying between
Russia and the West”.
Recall that Alaska became part of the
USA in 1867. Prior to that, it was under the control of the
Russian-American company, but was sold by the Tsarist government. The
state is home to 88 thousand representatives of indigenous peoples,
including Eskimos, Aleuts and Indians.
The Hawaiian Islands were annexed by the
USA in 1900. They received statehood in 1959, before the island
functioned as a self-governing territory. The proportion of remaining
indigenous population in Hawaii does not exceed 10% of the 1360 thousand
total population of the Islands.
Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ
