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.

Diplomatic Agreement between the Wuikinuxv First Nation and the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi (2012)

Wuikinuxv First Nation (Canada); Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi

Treaty Register

indigenous-bilateralNorth America (Pacific Northwest)KOA-TREATY-WUIKINUXV-2012-03

Diplomatic Agreement between the Wuikinuxv First Nation and the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi (2012)

Signed: 7 March 2012
Effective: 7 March 2012
Coordinates: 49.2827, -123.1207

Counterparties

Wuikinuxv First Nation (Canada); Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi

Signatories, as named on the instrument

Hereditary Chief Kmusemdass Waakas (Ted Walkus), Wuikinuxv Nation
Sisulth Frank Johnson, Elected Chief Counsellor, Wuikinuxv Nation

Witnesses: Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani, King of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi

Summary

Bilateral indigenous diplomatic agreement signed at Vancouver, British Columbia in March 2012. One-page instrument of mutual sovereignty recognition between the Wuikinuxv First Nation and the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi, affirming nation-to-nation relations and peaceful cooperation. Signatories: Hereditary Chief Xvusemdass Waakas and Sisulith Frank Johnson for the Wuikinuxv First Nation, and H.M. Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani for the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi.

Summary of provisions

The parties agree that each Nation incurs its own travel costs (air tickets) and that the hosting Nation provides lodging, food, and transportation for the duration of any stay. The agreement is grounded in mutual recognition of indigenous sovereignty and a shared commitment to passing traditional knowledge to future generations.

Condensed by the archive from the instrument. This is a summary, not a transcription; the document's own words are in the reference pages.

Attached Documents

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Diplomatic Agreement, Wuikinuxv First Nation and PKOA — signed original (7 March 2012)
Original-source reproduction · 2 pages · signed at Vancouver, BC, Canada
Provenance: Signed at Vancouver, BC, Canada — 7 March 2012
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Wuikinuxv Bilateral Treaty — Chief Ted Walkus
Alternate scan of the same instrument (legacy catalogue entry KOA-WUIK-2012) · 1.2 MB
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Diplomatic Relations Agreement — Wuikinuxv Nation & PKOA
Preservation copy of the same instrument (legacy catalogue entry TREATY-2012-03-07-WUIKINUXV); held privately
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Region on the Diplomatic Map

This instrument is part of the Kingdom's North America (Pacific Northwest) engagements. Return to the atlas to explore nearby engagements.

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Classification and Effect

This record is classified as indigenous-bilateral. Every instrument is listed under the title written on the document itself. Classification describes the character of the instrument; it never replaces, shortens, or restates the original title.

This instrument was concluded between the historical Hawaiian Kingdom and Canada, according to the treaty practice of its era; Canada was a party to it. Holding it in this register records that history. It does not establish any treaty relationship between Canada and the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi, nor any present-day recognition of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi by that state, by any other state, or by any intergovernmental organisation.