FreeHawaii.Info IS PROUD TO PRESENT, IN SERIALIZED FORM, "AMERICA'S TIBET," BY DAVID INGHAM, AMY MARSH AND KUKAUAKAHI CHING.
The Full Story Of Why The Illegal Overthrow And Continued Illegal US Occupation of Hawai'i is America's Tibet!
Now published in April 1-15, 2004 issue of Hawai'i Island Journal, and eventually will be viewable online at http://www.hawaiiislandjournal.com.
Here's the fifth installment...
If the Akaka-Stevens bill is passed, Hawaiians will be negotiating a claims settlement agreement in a process that has historically resulted in grossly unfair settlements. For example, the Alaska Native Claims settlement act resulted in Alaskans relinquishing 9/10ths of their homeland for less than three dollars an acre. Should the Akaka bill turn the Hawaiian nation into a domestic dependent government, Hawaiians can expect any portion of their homeland they are allowed to use and occupy (as a result of negotiations) to be held in federal trust, with the Department of the Interior managing the account. This hardly seems desirable or rational, given the Department's record.
Under Akaka-Stevens, the lands that will be given up by Hawaiians to the United States through the Department of Interior will be quiet titled by removing the present cloud (of Hawaiian claims) on them. Conversely, those lands "held in trust" will forever be susceptible to further seizure by the United States, at its whim, at any time, and without compensation.
Our Series Concludes Tomorrow...
