WHAT DO HAWAIIANS THINK ABOUT THE AKAKA BILL ?
The Akaka bill is legislation that would purportedly establish a process for the nation's 400,000 Native Hawaiians to be formally recognized by the United States as an indigenous people.
Under it, only Native Hawaiians could decide to pursue a sovereign government that could negotiate with the US over land use and other rights.
But this is in conflict with the bona fide descendants of Hawai`i Nationals of the Kingdom living today.
As descendants of the Kingdom's subjects, 15.6% were of foreign ethnicity who embraced the Hawaiian Kingdom and were loyal to it and the rest were Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian.)
The Hawaiian Nation already had a Constitutional government that has jurisdiction to negotiate with the US and other nations with whom it has treaties throughout the world that are still in effect today.
So the Akaka bill, by including only Native Hawaiians, is racial legislation that's designed to serve the United States interest, not descendants of Kingdom subjects.
The Akaka bill is really only about forced assimilation, not reconciliation.
Instead of turning Native Hawaiians into indian tribes, the US needs to deoccupy Hawai`i.
The United States needs to Free Hawai`i now.
