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A House committee approved legislation Wednesday that would let Native Hawaiians establish their own government, but supporters acknowledge that some behind-the-scenes negotiations are still in order before the bill progresses to the full House.
Granting Native Hawaiians the chance to form their own government, like those established by many of the nation's 562 American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives, would break new ground and eventually be ruled unconstitutional, critics of the proposal said Thursday.
Hawaii's congressional delegation has reintroduced a bill from 2007 that seeks to give federal recognition to Native Hawaiians.
The grounds of a historic palace reopened Monday for the first time since members of a group advocating Hawaiian sovereignty briefly took control last week.
Native Hawaiians should regain some of the self-governance powers lost when the islands' queen was overthrown more than a century ago, the House decided Wednesday.
Hawaii politicians are scrambling to gather enough votes in Congress to pass a bill that would grant Native Hawaiians a degree of self-government and possibly a share of the land ruled by their ancestors.
For the third year in a row, a bill to protect the native taro plant from GMO versions has been introduced to the Hawaiian legislature. Earlier this week, environmentalists and native groups forced a compromise.
Earlier this year, on February 1 to be exact, court rulings firmly established that native Hawaiians ceded lands were not to be sold to private corporations. In spite of that ruling, information that private deals transferring these protected lands on Kauai have come to light.
What is the Akaka Bill? Native Hawaiians oppose bill to treat them like American IndiansThe Akaka Bill, aka Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007, is opposed by Native Hawaiian groups who do not want to fall into the trap of being treated (mistreated, robbed, etc) like Native Americans. Hawaiians prefer to hang onto their own land and their own money.
Native Hawaiians Reclaiming Land More than 200 acres of land that belonged to the Kingdom of Hawaii before the United States took control a century ago will be returned to Native Hawaiians, according to terms of a $200 million tentative settlement announced Friday.
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