"Jon Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, a professor at the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at UH Mānoa, addresses the crowd and the media at a press conference preceding a rally at the state capitol on Monday. Behind him, protestors held signs with slogans like "No Bust The Trust" imploring Governor Linda Lingle to drop the state's appeal of a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruling barring the state from selling or transferring ceded lands until native claims are settled. Photo: Blaine Fergerstrom"

"About 300 Native Hawaiians and supporters, mostly clad in red, gathered at the state capitol to protest the state's appeal of a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruling barring the state from selling or transferring ceded lands until native claims to the lands are settled. Photo: Blaine Fergerstrom"

""We all gotta come together," said Bray Kapiko of Kāneʻohe, who held an upside-down Hawaiian flag at Monday's rally at the state capitol. He urged unity amongst Hawaiians for a favorable outcome in the state's federal court appeal of a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court decision that barred the state from selling or transferring ceded lands until Native Hawaiian claims to the lands are settled. Photo: Blaine Fergerstrom"

""We all gotta come together," said Bray Kapiko of Kāneʻohe, who held an upside-down Hawaiian flag at Monday's rally at the state capitol. He urged unity amongst Hawaiians for a favorable outcome in the state's federal court appeal of a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court decision that barred the state from selling or transferring ceded lands until Native Hawaiian claims to the lands are settled. Photo: Blaine Fergerstrom"

"Daniel Anthony of Mililani prepared kalo for poi at the entrance to the Native Hawaiian Convention. Anthony recognized the following people for everything you see in the photo: Danny Bishop of Waiahole for the kalo; pōhaku by Casey Jackson; and the Mauka Lo'i 'Ohana for the poi board; t-shirt by Kaue Nahoe; papale by Gwen Kagisumi. Photo: Blaine Fergerstrom"