FREEHAWAII.INFO PRESENTS "A VISIT" WITH HAWAI'I GOVERNOR LINDA LINGLE - PART TWO
DAVID INGHAM, WORLD REKNOWN EXPERT ON FEDERAL RECOGNITION, REBUTS LINGLE'S TESTIMONY FROM THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HEARING IN WASHINGTON, DC
Linda Lingle: The United States is inhabited by three indigenous peoples-American Indians, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians.
David Ingham: Such blatant ignorance is mind boggling coming from a governor of a state of the union.
Lumping the Cherokee with the Dine or the Apache might be a convenient way for you to not have to think about the fact that these peoples were distinct from each other. Completely distinct from each other. Your mentality here is the same that prevailed in marching Indians for miles into combined reservations where five or more tribes were forced to live together. Peoples that didn't even share a common language, let alone laws, customs, or culture.
This is truly disgusting coming from the mind and mouth of the top elected official in Hawai'i. There were one hell of alot more than three indigenous peoples within the present borders of the United States. Hundreds ...maybe thousands.... we will never know for certain many of them were exterminated in the process.
LL: While these three indigenous groups differ in culture, history, and anthropological origin, all share three fundamental attributes: (1) they were here long before any European explorer ever set foot on the North American continent or the Hawaiian archipelago; (2) they lived according to their own governmental structures on their homelands long before the federal government of the United States was imposed upon them; and (3) the United States historically acknowledged their existence as distinct nations.
DI: This is crazy!!! In the last paragraph you are lumping them all together in to three groups, "three indigenous peoples", the American Indians, the Alaska Natives, and The Hawaiians.
But here in this paragraph you are saying saying the U.S. Acknowleged distinct nations. Are you saying saying there were only three nations the U.S. Acknowledged? Only three cultures? or maybe lots of nations but only three peoples?
It's clear to me that one of the two of us doesn't understand the history of the United States dealing with Indians. Where are you getting your information? What are you saying here? I can't believe you actually said this in a room where Indians were present. You should be thoroughly embarrassed by your ignorance.
LL: Congress has given two of these three populations full self-governance rights.
DI: This isnt true!!! Who told you this? Are you making it up? There are many thousands of indigenous people in the continental United States whose right to self determination is not acknowledged by the United States.
And there is not one indigenous people in the United States whose right to "full" self determination is acknowledged by the United States. I can't believe you said all this stuff with a straight face to a congressional committee. Were you trying to fool them? Or do you truely believe what you said? Or what? Don't you think that they know this is hog wash? Yikes!!!!
The Governor Puts Her Foot In Her Mouth On Federal Recognition - In Part Three Coming Tomorrow...
