Native Hawaiians that advocates sovereignty locked the gates of a historic palace Wednesday in downtown Honolulu.

Protest leader Mahealani Kahau said the group doesn't recognize Hawaii as a U.S. state. Supporters planned to keep the protest peaceful and if evicted would return later, she said.

The group is one of several Hawaiian sovereignty organizations in the islands seeking to regain independence, which was formally annexed as the 50th U.S. state in 1959.

Native Hawaiians that advocates sovereignty locked the gates of a historic palace Wednesday in downtown Honolulu.

Protest leader Mahealani Kahau said the group doesn't recognize Hawaii as a U.S. state. Supporters planned to keep the protest peaceful and if evicted would return later, she said.

The group is one of several Hawaiian sovereignty organizations in the islands seeking to regain independence, which was formally annexed as the 50th U.S. state in 1959.

Related - Shanghai Scrap writes about restricted traffic on dates of the May Pilgrimage to the Sheshan Chapel near Shanghai:

http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=702

http://www.anti-cnn.com/

http://www.dalai-liar.com/

Tibet is part of China since 13th century.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x9QNKB34cJo

This is the picture that you will not see from CNN, where Protesters Took Advantage of Handicapped Torchbearer's Disability.

http://www.anti-cnn.com/jinjing/paris_protesters_took_advantage.dwt

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NDLfj8cKmc0

CIA???s Secret War in Tibet

http://www.historynet.com/cias-secret-war-in-tibet.htm

Michael Parenti - Tibet: Friendly Fuedalism?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWGGjpJJCKE

Dalai "Da-Lie" Lama's Naked Truth Exposed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1O-eLmAA8Y

Free Tibet, wait, where is Tibet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twHzXN3kNTs&eurl=h

Lakota Nation Breaks Away From America

http://theblacksentinel.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/lakota-nation-breaks-away-from-america/

Tibet: The Truth (oppression, monks, nuns... you're wrong)

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsoc4-QnplY

Tibet! The real Tibet may have you shocked!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siBqFgwL-lA&NR=1

Reality and History

http://www.peaceintibet.com/history.html

BBC: A Year in Tibet Episode1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3725573386055408291

BBC: A Year in Tibet Episode2

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4651674230515514021

Comment: CCTV9 Documentary on Lhasa, Tibet, China Riots (Part 1 of 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z_prFMROC8

CCTV9 Documentary on Lhasa, Tibet, China Riots (Part 2 of 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiVunJBIGoM

Comment: The Olympic Torch Relay Campaign

http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/fulltext/56145

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Tibet

Flag of Tibet

During the era between 9th and 18th century, Tibet did not have an official army. In late 18th century, after the Qing government defended Tibet from the Nepalese invasion, they created a twenty-nine points resolution called ???Twenty-Nine Regulations for Better Government in Tibet"[3]. The fourth clause of this decree stated "The lack of official military in the region of Tibet has lead to emergency drafts in time of crisis, which has proven to be harmful to the Tibetan people. (This reform package included the selection of top incarnations (hutuktus) like the Dalai and Panchen Lamas through a lottery conducted in a golden urn, the aim being to prevent the selection of incarnations being manipulated to fall in politically powerful lay families.) The emperor has approved for Tibet to form a official troop of three thousand men. One thousand each will be stationed in front and back Tibet, five hundred in Shigatse and five hundred in Dingri." These three thousand troops became what is commonly known as the Tibetan Infantry. Considering that a military flag is a necessity for the daily training of this army, the central Qing government approved the "snow lion flag" as official military flag of Tibet.

This tradition is continued down to present day, where the Tibetan government in exile still uses the "snow lion flag" as their official representation.