A QUICK TRUE OR FALSE QUIZ REGARDING THE BENEFITS OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN FEDERAL RECOGNITION -
1. The Akaka/Stevens bill contains language that guarantees Hawaiians a land base.
2. The Akaka/Stevens bill ensures the Hawaiian Homes program will not be terminated.
3. Hawaiians will vote on whether or not to accept federal recognition the choice is theirs to make.
4. The rights and benefits Hawaiians are being promised under federal recognition will be realized prior to the Hawaiian governments agreement to subject their people to the plenary power of congress.
5. Hawaiians will vote on amendments to their constitution required by the Secretary of the interior of the United States.
6. The commerce clause and treaty clauses of the U.S. constitution do not prohibit federally recognized indigenous people achieving independent nationhood.
7. Land bases of federally recognized indigenous people, in order to be exempt from federal taxation, need not be placed under the control of, and in trust with, the United States. government.
8. Land held in fee simple by federally recognized indigenous governments and not placed in trust with the federal government is exempt from federal taxation.
9. The Federal government is obligated to place any land held in fee simple by tribes in federal trust if the tribes request that it be placed in trust.
10. Transfers of land, resources, and other agreements between federally recognized Hawaiians and the United States come as reconciliation for past wrongs and no further concessions by the recognized governments are required.
EACH AND EVERY STATEMENT ABOVE IS FALSE !!!
