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.

Royal Decree of Kauikeauoli Kamehameha III

Treaty Record · PKA-TRT-2024-001

Kingdom Archives

Royal Decree of Kauikeauoli Kamehameha III

Record class

Contemporary Atooi Record

Archive period: Contemporary Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi

Historical Hawaiian Kingdom records document the institutions, laws, diplomacy, and governmental activity of the historical Kingdom. Their inclusion does not by itself establish the authority of any particular contemporary claimant. Contemporary claims of continuity, succession, genealogy, or authority are documented separately.

Historical Hawaiian Kingdom documentation establishes historical facts — that a treaty, statute, decree, or diplomatic relation existed. It does not by itself prove the authority of any particular contemporary claimant. Claims of continuity between the historical Hawaiian Kingdom and the contemporary Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi are made and documented separately, on genealogical, customary, and legal grounds; they are classified as continuity claims and are neither established nor diminished by the historical documents themselves.

Description

Photographic reproduction of a Royal Decree by Kauikeauoli Kamehameha III addressing the Matter of Immigration and the Matter of Allodial title, affirming the standing of Kanaka Maoli and the inviolability of allodial title under the Kingdom.

Evidence & Provenance

Archive ID: PKA-TRT-2024-001
Record title: Royal Decree of Kauikeauoli Kamehameha III
Date: Treaty & Decree Record
Location: Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
People identified: Not documented in the current archive.
Counterparty: Not documented in the current archive.
Counterparty title: Not documented in the current archive.
Organization / nation: Not documented in the current archive.
Evidence type: Kingdom-Issued Record
Source: Not documented in the current archive.
Source type: Document
Independent corroboration: KINGDOM DOCUMENTATION — Evidence currently comes primarily from Atooi records.
Relationship classification: Not documented in the current archive.
Public / restricted status: Public

What this record establishes

What the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi formally stated in the record it issued.

What this record does not establish

A Kingdom-issued record states the Kingdom's own position; it does not establish acceptance, recognition, or agreement by any other party.

Corroboration statuses describe where the supporting evidence for a record currently comes from. They are descriptive categories, not scores or rankings, and they do not grade the importance of a record.

Archive Record

Archive ID: PKA-TRT-2024-001
Record title: Royal Decree of Kauikeauoli Kamehameha III
Date: Treaty & Decree Record
Location: Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
Category: Treaty Record
Evidence type: Kingdom-Issued Record
Source type: Document
Relationship classification: Not documented in current archive record
Independent corroboration: Not documented in current archive record
People identified: Not documented in current archive record
Organization / community identified: Not documented in current archive record
Source filename: royal-decree-kamehameha-iii.jpg
Status: Public
Archive period: Contemporary Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi
Last reviewed: 2026-09-06

“Last reviewed” refers to the date this archive entry was last editorially reviewed on this website. It is not the date of the historical event.

Archival Metadata

Archive ID: PKA-TRT-2024-001
Evidence classification: Kingdom-Issued Record
Category: Treaty Record
Record type: Document
Date: Treaty & Decree Record
Location: Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
Event: Royal Decree by Kamehameha III
Collection: Treaty Records
Credit: Treaty Records
Condition: excellent
Rights: Kingdom of Atooi Archives

Evidence Classification

Kingdom-Issued Record

A record created and issued by the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi or its offices.

What this record establishes

What the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi formally stated in the record it issued.

What this record does not establish

A Kingdom-issued record states the Kingdom's own position; it does not establish acceptance, recognition, or agreement by any other party.

Subjects

Royal Decree · Kamehameha III · Immigration · Allodial Title · Kanaka Maoli

Access

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