Synopsis: Since Hawai'i was never legally annexed to the U.S., but is currently under U.S. occupation, the fact that Barack Obama was born here in Hawai'i calls his presidency into question because, under the laws of occupation, he cannot be a natural-born U.S. citizen.

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Aloha mai kākou e nā hoa o Kauakūkalahale. Aia nō kekahi po'e e kū'ē nei i ke kūlana o ka Pelekikena Obama he kupa hānau 'o ia no ka 'āina o 'Amelika. Wahi a lākou, ua hānau 'o Obama ma ka 'āina 'ē, a no laila, 'a'ohe ona kuleana no ka lilo 'ana i pelekikena no 'Amelika. A i loko nō o ka loa'a o kona palapala hānau kūhelu ma lalo o ka Moku'āina 'o Hawai'i, ke noke nei ua po'e kū'ē lā i ka 'ōlelo 'ana no ko Obama kūlana he maka'āinana no kekahi 'āina 'ē, no Kenya paha, kahi i hānau ai 'o kona makuakāne.

Kainō a he mana'o haku'epa kēia na ka na'aupō, eia kā, ua pololei nō! Eia mai ka mea e pololei ai i 'ike 'oukou. 'Ekolu ala e lilo ai i maka'āinana no 'Amelika: 1) Ua hānau ma ka 'āina o 'Amelika a ma kahi kelikoli paha o 'Amelika. 2) Ua hānau i kahi 'ē a he 'Amelika na'e kekahi o nā mākua pono'ī. 3) He maka'āinana no kekahi 'āina 'ē i 'ae 'ia na'e kona ho'opi'i 'ana e lilo i maka'āinana no 'Amelika. Ma ke Kumu Kānāwai o 'Amelika Hui pū 'ia, 'o ka maka'āinana hānau o ka 'āina, e like me ka 'ōlelo ma ka helu 'ekahi, 'o ia wale nō ke lilo i pelekikena no 'Amelika Hui pū 'ia.

Ua hānau ka makuakāne o Obama ma Kenya, a i ka wā i ho'iho'i 'ia ai ke ea o ka 'āina a kū'oko'a ho'i 'o Kenya, ua lilo 'o ia i maka'āinana no ke aupuni o Kenya. 'O ka makuahine na'e, ua hānau nō 'o ia ma 'Amelika, a no laila, he maka'āinana 'Amelika ia. A no ia mea, he maka'āinana nō ho'i kāna keiki, 'o Barack, no 'Amelika. 'O Hawai'i nei na'e kona 'āina hānau. A no ia mea, 'a'ole 'o ia he kupa hānau no ka 'āina o 'Amelika. A no laila, 'a'ole i ho'okō 'ia nā koina e lilo ai 'o ia i pelekikena no 'Amelika Hui pū 'ia!

Inā e nānā hou kākou i ke kolamu a Keao NeSmith i puka mai i ka lā 21 o Malaki nei, ua ho'ākāka 'ia ke kūlana o Hawai'i nei he 'āina e noho koa 'ia nei e 'Amelika. A wahi a Keanu Sai, he polopeka nāna i noi'i nowelo a kākau i kāna pepa nui no kēia kumuhana, ma lalo o ke kānāwai noho koa o ke ao nei, 'a'ole 'o Hawai'i he kelikoli a moku'āina paha no 'Amelika. A no laila, he 'Amelika 'o Obama, 'a'ole na'e 'o ia he maka'āinana hānau no ka 'āina o Amelika, a he kūpono 'ole paha kona noho 'ana i pelekikena. Eia hou ho'i, 'oiai 'a'ole 'o Hawai'i he 'āina no 'Amelika, a ua hānau ke Kenekoa Iouye ma Hawai'i nei, 'a'ole 'o ia he maka'āinana no 'Amelika. He maka'āinana na'e 'o ia no ka 'āina o kona mau mākua, 'o ia ho'i, 'o Iāpana, a 'a'ohe ona kuleana e noho ai i kenekoa no 'Amelika.

'O ka po'e “birthers” e mana'o nei e kū'ē i ke kuleana o Obama e lilo ai 'o ia ka Pelekikena o 'Amelika, ua pololei lākou. Aia na'e ko lākou pono i ka 'ae 'ana i ka noho koa 'ia o Hawai'i!

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E ho'ouna 'ia mai nā leka iā māua, 'o ia ho'i 'o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:

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This column is coordinated by the Hawaiian Language Department at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, supported by the Initiative for Achieving Native Hawaiian Academic Excellence.

Editor’s note: Barack Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in the state of Hawaii, making him a U.S. citizen.