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Ed Case: “I represent the Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, the Native Hawaiians. There are well over half a million Native Hawaiians…”

On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
I represent the Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, the Native Hawaiians. There are well over half a million Native Hawaiians living in our country, of whom roughly 300,000 live in Hawaii proper.
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Ed Case
Democratic · Hawaii

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Case highlights the significant population and issues faced by Native Hawaiians.

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