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Mazie Hirono: the Native Hawaiian people are an indigenous people this is not race-based legislation.

On the recordJune 10, 2009
the Native Hawaiian people are an indigenous people this is not race-based legislation.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono defends the Akaka bill as non-race-based legislation for Native Hawaiians.

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