A NATIVE AMERICAN SPEAKS OUT ON FEDERAL RECOGNITION
The Maui News - Letter to the Editor
Monday, June 14, 2004
Native American Experience Argues For Caution, Concern
My children and I are North American Indians, descendants of the Choctaw and Cherokee nations.
My people have been and are, to this day, struggling with the U.S. government. We learned too little too late.
My message to all Hawaiians: Be skeptical, cautious, critical, assertive. Aloha often falls on deaf hearts and may be perceived as a weakness rather than the strength that it is.
Be not at the effect, rather be at cause.
Mrs. Richard Fairclo
Kihei, Maui
