SELF-DETERMINATION FOR ALASKA & HAWAI`I AT UNITED NATIONS
GENEVA - A group claiming to represent native Hawaiians and Alaskans says it is appealing for U.N. support to pressure the United States into granting indigenous peoples in Alaska and Hawai`i full rights as independent states because the occupation of their lands is against international law.
Indigenous World Association, which represents groups from both Alaska and Hawai`i, has submitted reports to the U.N. Human Rights Committee, the first step in a process that could end in the General Assembly or even with the appointment of special investigators to examine the situation.
"We are independent and occupied peoples," Indigenous World Association spokesman Ronald Barnes said Thursday. "Neither Alaska nor Hawai`i has ever ceded these powers."
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