Aloha. Thank you for this opportunity to testify on H.R. 2314.
This decision does not stand for the proposition that Native Hawaiians are non-indigenous people.
The legislature of the State of Hawaii, which represents all of the people of Hawaii has time and again passed resolutio...
I urge your support of H.R. 2314.
I believe how we treat our native indigenous people reflects our values and who we are as a country.
But one of the great attributes of America has always been the ability to look objectively at our history, learn from it...
This is not an equal protection issue. I think this is where the crux of the difference is, that this is not a race-base...
They do not belong to the State? No. It is held in trust, and, of course, one of the trust purposes is for the benefit o...
They are wrong. As I said, there are appropriate lines of cases that apply to the special relationship that the United S...
I cannot disagree more strongly with that statement because there was a Kingdom of Hawaii recognized by the United State...
Congress retains some jurisdiction because of the creation of the Hawaiian Homes Commissions Act.
Native Hawaiians, like American Indians and Alaska Natives, have an inherent sovereignty based on their status as indige...
Clearly, I supported the 1978 constitutional convention, which proposed the creation of OHA, which was ratified by the m...
Those of us who have addressed this issue, who have thought about it, who have read the various opinions, we have never ...
I would say that any kind of an argument that says that, that Native Hawaiians are not an indigenous people, is in my vi...
There is nothing in the language of this bill that would lead me to conclude that.
That is not an accurate reflection of the support that this legislation of the Native Hawaiians have in Hawaii.
Native Hawaiians were not constituted as tribes as most of us I think understand tribes, but they were a separate nation...
