What is the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi?

The Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi is an Indigenous governing body based on Kauaʻi, formed in its present constitution in 1990. It holds that it continues the lineage and legal standing of the Hawaiian Kingdom. That is the Kingdom's own position; it is not a member or observer of the United Nations and holds no instrument of recognition from any state.

Who is the Aliʻi Nui of the Kingdom of Atooi?

Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani is Head of State as designated by the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi. The Kingdom maintains a genealogical claim to the aliʻi of Kauaʻi; that lineage is held in Kingdom and custodial records and is not established by an independent published genealogy in this archive.

What is the Kingdom's position on the 1893 overthrow?

United States Public Law 103-150 (1993) acknowledges that the 1893 overthrow occurred without the consent of the Native Hawaiian people. The Kingdom's position is that Hawaiian sovereignty was therefore never lawfully extinguished. The United States position is that Hawaiʻi is a state of the Union, and no court has ruled in the Kingdom's favour on this question. UNDRIP addresses Indigenous peoples generally and is not a recognition instrument.

How is the Kingdom of Atooi related to King Kamehameha and the Hawaiian Kingdom?

The Kingdom asserts descent from the aliʻi lines of the pre-unification kingdoms of Hawaiʻi, and maintains treaties, decrees and a ceremonial record. These are Kingdom-held records; the archive labels each with its evidence class rather than presenting them as independently verified.

Agreement for Diplomacy and Indigenous Diplomatic Relations, 7 March 2012

Signed at Vancouver, Canada

Modern PKOA InstrumentPKOA-DR-2012-003

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Official displayed title: Agreement for Diplomacy and Indigenous Diplomatic Relations, 7 March 2012
Plain-language title: A 2012 agreement on diplomacy and Indigenous relations with a First Nations party
Permanent archive ID: PKOA-DR-2012-003
Record classification: Modern PKOA Instrument
Instrument type: agreement
Date: 7 March 2012
Date precision: exact
Place: Place of signing is not stated legibly on the face of the document.
Issuing party: Not yet documented in the public archive.
Recipient or counterparty: Wuikinuxv Nation, as written on the face of the document.
Named parties: Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi; Wuikinuxv Nation (First Nations party as written on the face)
Signatories and titles, as written: Signature block as written: the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi and a signatory for the Wuikinuxv Nation. Individual names and titles are only partly legible in the held copy.
Number of pages: 1
Original filename: chief ted treaty.pdf
File type: PDF
Access status: PUBLIC
Plain-language summary: A single-page document dated 7 March 2012, signed at Vancouver, Canada. Its opening line reads, in decorative script, "Comes now, this agreement for diplomacy and indigenous diplomatic relations between First Nations of [name partly illegible] and the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi." The text records undertakings to preserve, protect and perpetuate present and future generations, to exchange Indigenous traditional culture, language, medicines, agriculture and daily ways of life, and provides that each nation bears its own travel costs while the hosting nation provides lodging, food and transportation for the stay. Signature lines as written: "Hereditary Chief [illegible] Ted Walkus, Wuikinuxv Nation" and an elected chief counsellor of the Wuikinuxv (surname partly legible); the Atooi signature line is not legible in the scan.
Provenance or source: Uploaded to the Kingdom's private document intake on 8 September 2026 as "chief ted treaty.pdf". Source and prior custody are not yet documented in the public archive.
Custodian: Office of the Archive, Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi
Custodial history: Not yet documented in the public archive.
Redactions: Not yet documented in the public archive.

Source and corroboration

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Public corroboration status

Documentation Pending

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Sources held for this record

Not yet documented in the public archive.

What this document establishes

The document establishes that an agreement for diplomacy and Indigenous diplomatic relations, dated 7 March 2012, was made under the name of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi with a party written on its face as the Wuikinuxv Nation.

What this document does not establish

This is a customary and organisational instrument between Indigenous parties. It does not establish formal state recognition, United Nations membership or accreditation, or authority to bind any government. Signatory names and titles are only partly legible, the place of signing is not recorded, no counterparty counterpart copy is held, and the record is not independently corroborated.

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Authenticity-review status: documentation_pending
Reviewing office or archive custodian: Office of the Archive, Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi
Date added to the archive: 8 September 2026
Date last reviewed: 8 September 2026

SHA-256 preservation hash

14a813b956c06b8d61ecfa9c4c35fa53aae6b08405cf3196f24cea8473d863f1

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Our Petition Regarding the Trans Pacific Partnership (PKOA-DR-2015-001)
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