I think the answer from the most practical point of view is the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Act of 1921. The Congress obviously recognized that there was a distinctive entity in the category of Native Hawaiians as a logical extension of the previous constitutional history regarding native people.
The speaker discusses the significance of the Hawaiian Homes Act of 1921 for Native Hawaiians.
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