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 #9 -
9. The same organizations that backed Freddie Rice are also going after American Indian tribal nations. This means that federal recognition is already a risky proposition given the right-wing tide in the USA with financing campaigns from groups like: Society for Color-Blind America, Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences, the United States Justice Foundation, the Center for Equal Opportunity, and the Pacific Legal Foundation. Do you want to be counted among Hawaiians who knowingly walked their people into a “relationship” with the United States that will be as troubling as what most of the hundreds of Native American tribes have been forced to deal with for hundreds of years?
