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 #8 -
8. Supporting any bill for federal recognition will severely limit future assertions of Hawaiian sovereign self-determination by containing them within a U.S. federal framework. A self-governing model provided by the bill would be no more than a domestic dependent entity under the full and exclusive plenary power of Congress. Do you want to count yourself among those Hawaiians who are wreaking havoc on the struggle that future Hawaiians will have taken up in the event that federal recognition passes?
