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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

Editor's note · Context

Hirono argues that the Akaka bill is not about race but about indigenous rights.

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