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Hawaiian Sovereignty

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America: Oppressing the Native People of the Land?

A building pressure begins to make itself known. Anger swells. Is this what being unable to do something, no matter how hard you try, feels? The Native Hawaiians may have also felt like this when they had their sovereignty ripped away from them. Although they are doing okay now, since they are the native people of the islands of Hawaii, they should have some form of sovereignty because the treaties made before the overthrow recognize Hawaii as an independent nation, and when the United States broke their various treaties made with Hawaii, the Constitution was broken. However, some say that Hawaiians should not have any sovereignty because today, Hawaii is one of the fifty states, and the …show more content…

21 countries, including Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, and the US made treaties with the Kingdom of Hawaii. These countries recognized Hawaii’s sovereignty. Furthermore, the intentions of the treaties were to be peaceful and amicable in interactions with each other, it legally guaranteed that no nation would take over Hawaii. Since Hawaii was recognized as their own sovereign nation, the US broke the treaties they held with Hawaii. When the US overthrew Queen Lili’uokalani, they violated their own Constitution. The United States Constitution consists of the basic building blocks for the laws and government of the United States of America. It consists of one Preamble, seven Articles, and twenty-seven Amendments. The Constitution and all laws/treaties made under it are the supreme law of the land, and all government leaders must uphold the Constitution. In total, the US made and broke 5 treaties with …show more content…

Section 2 of Article 6 of the Constitution reads, “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States, which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the Supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding…” This includes treaties made before the creation of the Constitution, so even though the treaties were made before the verbose document’s creation, this still applies to them. Even though the treaties were made long ago, they are still the “supreme law of the land,” as Section 2 of Article 6 dictates. The US government was supposed to uphold the Constitution and the laws created under it to the highest degree instead of ignoring it completely and breaking the laws they

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