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Colleen Hanabusa: “Help [to] fulfill a trust obligation this Congress created in 1920 that recognized it was necessary to return Native…”

On the recordApril 12, 2012
Help [to] fulfill a trust obligation this Congress created in 1920 that recognized it was necessary to return Native Hawaiians to the land in order to preserve their culture, their tradition and values.
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Colleen Hanabusa
Hawaii

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Hanabusa emphasizes the need to honor historical commitments to Native Hawaiians.

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