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[[File:Iolani Palace (1317).JPG|thumb|right|Main gate of Iolani Palace]]

In 2008, two attempts were made by separate groups involved in the [[Hawaiian sovereignty movement]] to occupy [[ʻIolani Palace]], the home of the last two monarchs of the [[Hawaiian Kingdom]] in [[downtown Honolulu]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Hawaii]].

((Hawaii history))
((Hawaiian sovereignty movement))

==April 30 occupation of ((okina))Iolani Palace grounds==
At around 9:00 a.m. on the morning of April 30, 2008, roughly seventy members of a group that described itself as the [[Hawaiian Kingdom Government]] blocked entrance to the grounds of ((okina))Iolani Palace in a move to assert the group's purported status as the Hawaiian Kingdom's government. According to the group's leader, Mahealani Kahau, the group put up yellow "No Trespassing" signs at the entrances to the palace grounds to "give awareness and notice to everyone that passes that the Hawaiian Kingdom Government has resumed its lawful status as the seat of government." Following negotiations between the group and the [[Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources]], the state agency with jurisdiction over the palace, the gates were reopened at around 2:00 p.m. No one was arrested.<ref>((cite news |last1=Park |first1=Gene |title=Group of Hawaiians occupies ((okina))Iolani Palace, vows to return |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/05/01/news/story04.html |access-date=June 5, 2020 |work=[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]] |date=May 1, 2008))</ref>

The group returned to the palace grounds the following day, but did not block the palace entrances and instead peacefully occupied a portion of the palace's lawn.<ref>((cite news |last1=Pang |first1=Gordon |title=Sovereignty group back at palace — minus locks |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/May/02/ln/hawaii805020369.html |access-date=June 5, 2020 |work=[[Honolulu Advertiser]] |date=May 2, 208 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605205304/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/May/02/ln/hawaii805020369.html |url-status=dead ))</ref>

==Statehood Day occupation==
On August 15, 2008, independence proponents occupied ((okina))Iolani Palace for four hours. The trespassing incident happened on [[Statehood Day (Hawaii)|Statehood Day]] 2008. On August 15, 2008, at 4:30 in the afternoon, 27 members of the so-called [[Kingdom of Hawaii Nation]], a [[nationalism|national]]-[[independence]] fringe faction,((citation needed|date=August 2020)) entered the grounds of ((okina))Iolani Palace. The group was led by James Akahi, who claims descent from [[Kamehameha I]] and called himself "Majesty Akahi Nui, King of Hawaii".<ref>((citation |title= Purported monarch couldn't find throne |last= Altonn |first= Helen |date= August 17, 2008 |work=[[Honolulu Star Bulletin]] |url= http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/08/17/news/story04.html |access-date= 2020-08-21))</ref> Fifteen to twenty members of the group wore red shirts with "SECURITY" printed in yellow on the backs while other members wore black.<ref name="Honolulu Star Bulletin">Honolulu Star Bulletin((full citation needed|date=October 2013))</ref> The purported mission of the group was to establish the palace as a new [[seat of government]], undermine the State government, and declare the [[independence]] of Hawaii from the [[United States]].

Six to ten employees of the Friends of ((okina))Iolani Palace, the nonprofit that administers the palace on behalf of the state, and the nonprofit's director, [[Kippen de Alba Chu]], locked down the buildings and locked themselves inside the administrative building, located next to the palace. Facilities manager Noelani Ah Yuen attempted to stop the intruders from locking the east gate and was injured by the trespassers; she also withdrew into the administrative building. The group flew their flag and entered [[ʻIolani Barracks]] and Palace.<ref>((citation |title= Palace takeover |date= August 16, 2008 |work= Honolulu Star-Bulletin |url= http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/08/16/news/story01.html |access-date= 2020-08-18))</ref><ref>((citation |title= Police end 'Iolani Palace occupation |date= August 15, 2008 |first1= Suzanne |last1= Roig |first2= Gordon |last2= Pang |work= Honolulu Advertiser |url= http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Aug/15/br/hawaii80815073.html |access-date= 2020-08-18 |archive-date= 2020-09-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200904122655/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Aug/15/br/hawaii80815073.html |url-status= dead ))</ref>

During the trespassing incident, a [[Honolulu Police Department|city police]] officer refused to stop the trespassers because the palace grounds are state property and hence under the jurisdiction of the state police, the [[Hawaii Department of Public Safety|HDPS]]. Police chief [[Boisse Correa]] rejected claims his officers committed wrongdoing.<ref>((citation |title= Correa defends HPD handling of palace takeover |date= August 18, 2008 |work= Honolulu Advertiser |url= http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Aug/18/br/hawaii80818058.html |access-date= 2020-08-18 |archive-date= 2020-09-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200904115638/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Aug/18/br/hawaii80818058.html |url-status= dead ))</ref>

Seven members of the group were arraigned on burglary charges.<ref>((citation |title= Hawaiian group claims that court lacks jurisdiction |date=  October 3, 2008 |work= [[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]] |url= http://archives.starbulletin.com/content/20081003_Hawaiian_group_claims_that_court_lacks_jurisdiction |access-date= 2020-08-21))</ref> Charges against six were dismissed, and James Akahi was acquitted of felony burglary charges, but convicted of simple trespass and fined.<ref>((citation |title= Akahi avoids a conviction for burglary |date= August 1, 2009 |work= [[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]] |url= http://archives.starbulletin.com/content/20090801_Akahi_avoids_a_conviction_for_burglary |access-date= 2020-08-21))</ref> Two group members were tried for assaulting an employee of the palace and acquitted.<ref>((citation |title= Palace assault trial ends in acquittals |date= August 15, 2009 |work= Arizona Daily Star |agency= AP |url= https://tucson.com/news/national/palace-assault-trial-ends-in-acquittals/article_4251d85e-3539-53a7-b81b-4cb04541ba4a.html |access-date= 2020-08-21))</ref>

==See also==
*[[Aboriginal land claim]]
*[[Hawaiian sovereignty movement]]
*[[Legal status of Hawaii]]
*[[Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom]]
*[[Wilcox rebellions]]

==References==
((Reflist))

((Overthrows in Hawaii))
((Hawaii))

[[Category:History of Hawaii]]
[[Category:Native Hawaiian history]]
[[Category:Hawaiian sovereignty movement]]
[[Category:2008 in Hawaii|Occupation of Iolani Palace]]
[[Category:Coups d'état and coup attempts in the United States]]
[[Category:2000s coups d'état and coup attempts|Occupation of Iolani Palace]]
[[Category:2008 in American politics|Occupation of Iolani Palace]]
[[Category:Occupations (protest)|Iolani Palace]]
[[Category:April 2008 events in the United States|Occupation of Iolani Palace]]
[[Category:August 2008 events in the United States|Occupation of Iolani Palace]]

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