Unfortunately, the author either doesn't know that, or is in denial about it. So, Occupation denial and distortion has to be called out every time someone commits it, especially a news reporter.

There is no anger in my comment, nor does it refer to me personally. It also shouldn't be inferred that my energy is not already concentrated on Hawaiian Kingdom restoration with aloha ʻāina. It's not about building our nation, but about restoring the Hawaiian State that we already have, that remains under an illegal prolonged occupation by the United States.

We need to be of one Hawaiian national identity to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom. That is incompatible with an American national identity that seeks the invention of a Native Hawaiian tribe in order to be part of the United States, despite the absence of an annexation treaty.