Autobiography

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My life since birth has been blessed with many challenges.  Upon entry into this world I was born with a heart dysfunction that threatened my life, and I was placed in an incubator until I gained strength enough to go home.  My health continued to fail, prompting Mom, a woman of great faith, to call upon my tutu Palili, a High Priest in the Mormon Church; to give me a blessing.  While in prayer, he was told to give me a sacred name: Nalikolauokalani  Paki.  Tutu is my blood relative and a Paki.

 

From a very young age, I have faced many challenges that have surely tested the breath, depth, width, and length of my journeys here on earth.  I am known by family and friends by my Hawaiian ancestral name ‘Keli’i’.  I am of Hawaiian (75%), Chinese and Portuguese descent.  I was born on March 10, 1954 in Honolulu Hawai’i.  My parents are Edmund Keli’i Silva, Sr. and Cecelia Ku’ulei Silva.  I am the second oldest of my siblings.  My sister Hauoli is the eldest, then my sister Opu’uokalani, Kehaulani, Ku’upua, Kalauokalani, Ku’ulei, then my brother Palili, then my baby sister Pi’ilani.  

 

On January 11, 1974, I married Georgia J. McFadden.  We ended our union in 1992.  From that marriage, we have three children: daughters Gabrille Leilani Silva and Colette Maile Silva; and son Edmund Keli’i Silva, III.  On September 4, 2007, my baby daughter Maile died in a tragic car accident.  Driving in the state of Virginia, she avoided hitting a deer that caused her to lose control of her vehicle and hit a tree.  My daughter Maile was 23 years old when she returned home to our Heavenly Father’s Kingdom.  Of all the challenges of my life, the loss of my child has been the most difficult to endure.  A parent is never prepared to bury their own child.  The one principle that has sustained me during this trying time is the fact that Life and Rebirth are two miracles we will all experience.  Why?  Life does not end at death.  We are eternal beings.

 

I am also the proud father of another son, Nalikolauokalani Paki Silva, who was born near the end of 2007. His beautiful mother is Maile.

 

I am well educated and blessed with a sound mind.  I graduated from Kahuku High School in 1972 and attended the Church College of Hawai’i.  I enlisted in the U.S. Army on January 3, 1973 pursuing a career in communications.  I held a NATO Top Secret Clearance while stationed in Berlin and Darmstadt, Germany.  In 1980 I left active status holding the rank of Staff Sergeant E-6.  During this same time period, I was accepted in Officer Candidate School to be a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army.  Upon leaving active duty, I enlisted in the active reserve unit in Seattle, Washington. While in the military, I pursued my formal education using the G.I. Bill.  I majored in English at the University of Maryland and continued my education in Philosophy, pursuing my Doctorate in the field of Philosophy.

 

I am a Grandmaster and Professor of Chi Kung Tung Kung-Fu.  Official training began at 3 year’s old and continues today.  My training was extensive in empty hand and weapons techniques, Asian philosophy, body anatomy and acupuncture.  Today, I practice acupuncture and acupressure.  I also hold the titles of Magino 9^th degree black belt in the Pekiti-Tirsia system, Grandmaster of the art of Jinsheng Su, and Master in Hawaiian Lua.

 

On October 24, 1987 I was inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio.  I produced training videos in self-defense for women and children.  I have students using these skills in their chosen field of law enforcement.  They range from Homeland Security to Federal Marshals and the Secret Service.  I also have students in Local Law Enforcement and working as personal body guards for some of the world’s high profile personalities.  Some are currently in the acting field.  To date, I taught approximately 27,000 students.

  

From 1987 to 1992, I owned and operated Century 21 Kaiulani Properties, Inc.  I was the Chief Executive Officer and President of this company.  I also operated and supervised our family owned private business, Boston Whalers Fishing Company.  I was Ambassador for United Hawaiian Sovereignty, Co-Chairmen on the Ways and Means Committee for Hui Na’auao, Spiritual Councilor for the Nation of Ku, and President of Silva Royal Polynesian Martial Arts.  I was President of Silva & Associates Financial Institution.  I served as a General Agent for Pan American Life Insurance Company, as an Insurance Agent for Life Investors Insurance Company of America, and as an Insurance agent for New York Life Insurance Company.  I am a Member of the 1^st Order of the Royal Order of Kamehameha.

 

From the early 1990’s to 2004, I was wrongfully imprisoned for what was at best a civil case regarding repayment of a loan, not a criminal case.  I took this case to trial and did not take a plea bargain that would have granted me 10 years of probation with no prison time.  As a matter of principle, I would not compromise my integrity to negotiate for anything less than dismissal of the charges.  The cost of my moral stance was receiving a 24 year prison-time ruling, of which I spent 12 years behind bars, to finally leave early on good behavior and standing.  I lost more than just time in prison.  I lost the growing years of my children, family, time spent cultivating taro and interacting with my students, and the countless other opportunities I could have enjoyed during that time.  But I would not bend to false accusations and will still not.  Israel Kamakawiwa`ole, a personal friend of mine, said, “Never compromise your kuleana.  If your kuleana is pono, it doesn’t matter what anyone says.”  The state court of Colorado used their court system as a highly paid collection agency.  This substantial wrong against me cannot be denied and must be corrected.  I have been actively pursuing the court system to prove right my good name of any wrong-doings and currently have attorneys working on my wrongful imprisonment case. 

 

During and before this unjust captivity, I have been vigorously seeking redress of our stolen Kingdom.  I met with great resistance from both the Federal and State government agencies, as well as the private sector.  Many did not want to see me succeed and prayed for me to fail.  Therefore, it is believed a major conspiracy to get me off island was at play.  This is the most logical explanation I have been offered. 

 

On October 10, 2003 Regent Prime Minister Hawai’i Moku Samuel Keolamauloa Kaluna, Jr. contacted my parents to petition me based on Royal Genealogy to accept the office of King.  He stated that he went before members of the House of Nobles the Na Kupuna Council O Hawai’i nei and Na Kupuna Council Hawai’i Moku prior to contacting me in Colorado.  He asked Federal Attorney, Mr. Lanny Sinkin, to fly up to Colorado to investigate my case and help me return back to Hawai’i Nei.  Lanny did just that.

 

From 2004 until the present time my work has been recognizing the problems before us as a nation.  The work, although exhaustive, is a blessing.  It challenges every fiber of my being without end.  Yet, I stay the course because I believe in the greater good. 

 

Recently, we have been working very hard to prevent the Superferry from inflicting significant environmental damage on the kai and the ‘aina.  I have filed declarations in Federal Court in support of the courageous people fighting to stop the Superferry.  I have also filed an Order of Performance with the Hawai’i Supreme Court, in its capacity as Surrogate for the Kingdom Supreme Court in abstentia, seeking a clarifying order that would prevent Superferry from continuing to operate.

 

We have great plans for the restoration.  The first administrative body that is currently being formed is the Celestial Council.  Twelve of the most akamai and compassionate people in the Kingdom will shepherd the restoration process to completion.

 

We have prepared a plan to present to the Celestial Council that is now on the website in the form of a draft document.

 

All my life I have worked with Kupunas, family and friends to restore the Kingdom of Hawai’i.