FREEHAWAII.INFO PRESENTS THE TOP TEN REASONS TO JUST SAY "NO!" TO FEDERAL RECOGNITION, THE AKAKA BILL OR THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS’ ATTEMPT TO ENROLL NATIVE HAWAIIANS.
HERE'S REASON #4 -
4. The Akaka Bill intentionally denies our inherent sovereignty as a people and is in essence only a transfer plan of ward-ship status in the name of the “trust relationship.” In other words, instead of being wards of the state, Hawaiian people would be considered wards of the federal government. Do you want to be counted among those Hawaiians who would willingly allow themselves to become wards of the federal government given the history of that government’s treatment of Native peoples in the US and throughout the Pacific?
