Column: Native Hawaiian advocates weigh Plan B
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
"After the thumping defeat of the Akaka Bill in the United States Senate, the State Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is debating ‘Plan B’ methods to create a Hawaiian tribe.
While Senators Dan Inouye (D-HI) and Dan Akaka (D-HI) pledge to bring the Akaka Bill back for a vote next session, a “Nation Building Proposal to the Trustees” published in the HawaiiReporter.com on June 28th indicates that after 6 years of attempts, OHA is no longer going to continue waiting for the Akaka Bill.
Instead, the document, “Hooulu Lahui Aloha –To Raise a Beloved Nation” outlines a non-Akaka strategy patterned on state-recognized Indian tribes.
The OHA document, labeled “draft-confidential”, outlines six steps ending with “convening of a representative governing entity”. These are followed by a seventh step; “Negotiating the transfer of Hawaiian assets to the Native Hawaiian Governing Entity”. An eighth step envisions further efforts to win federal recognition as a tribe. Without federal recognition, the tribal government is unlikely to succeed in shielding Kamehameha schools and other Hawaiians-only entitlements from federal lawsuits alleging racial discrimination. Also there is also no precedent for a state tribe to organize its own legal system as some federal tribes do."
Get the Story:
Andrew Walden: A State-Recognized Indian Tribe for Hawaii?
(The Hawaii Reporter 7/10)
School Admission Policy Decision:
Doe
v. Kamehameha Schools (August 2, 2005)
Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill:
Native
Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 (S.147)
Civil Rights Commission Report:
The
Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 (May 2006)
Civil Rights Commission Transcript:
January
20, 2006 Meeting
Relevant Links:
Office of Hawaiian Affairs -
http://www.oha.org
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