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On the recordJune 10, 2009
To be a Native Hawaiian, you have to be 50 percent or more.
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Eni Faleomavaega
American Samoa

Editor's note · Context

Faleomavaega discusses racial definitions for Native Hawaiians under U.S. law.

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