The Guardian - July 6, 2011
On Wednesday 6 July 2011 at 2pm HST, Hawai`i Governor Neil Abercrombie will sign SB1520 – a scam built to undercut the restoration of the Hawaiian Nation under international law – into law.
This recently passed state legislation by the name of the "First Nation Government Bill" will authorize a process for the creation of a "Native Hawaiian governing entity".
Adding insult to great injury, this disgrace will take place at Washington Place in Honolulu, the residence of former Hawaiian monarch, Queen Lili`uokalani, who was overthrown by a US-backed coup in 1893.
This legislation is the state version of federal legislation, which had been repeatedly proposed and defeated in the US Congress throughout the last decade, known as the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, and dubbed "the Akaka bill" (named after Democratic US Senator Daniel Akaka).
The Akaka bill, and the new state version of it, was pushed by a powerful Hawaiian organization, the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, and two key Hawai`i state agencies, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
It is supposed to represent self-determination for Native Hawaiians, but nothing could be further from the truth...
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