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Announcement of Department of the Interior Hearings Raises Questions About Nation-Building Process
As the DOI schedules hearings on a proposed rule to create a Native Hawaiian tribe, Grassroot asks, “Who benefits from this strategy?” HONOLULU, Hawaii—June 18, 2014—The United States Department of the Interior has announced its intention to hold...
Star-Advertiser Poll Indicates a Lack of Enthusiasm for a Native Hawaiian Nation
Opposition to federal recognition has changed little in the past decade HONOLULU, Hawaii—June 3, 2014—A recent poll by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser found that despite the strong state push for the creation of a Native Hawaiian governing entity, the majority of those...
Department of Interior Secretly Planning Native Hawaiian Recognition Since 2012
Grassroot Institute investigation raises questions about DOI timing and OHA’s strategy HONOLULU, Hawaii—May 27, 2014—Further investigation of the Department of the Interior’s plan to recognize a Native Hawaiian governing entity via administrative rule has...
Decision on CNMI Vote Demonstrates the Illegality of OHA’s Nation-Building Process
HONOLULU, Hawaii—May 23, 2014—A federal court has struck down a race-based voting scheme in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), thereby highlighting the Constitutional problems inherent in elections based on race or ancestry–including the...
Department of the Interior Considers Creation of a Native Hawaiian Government by Administrative Rule
HONOLULU, Hawaii—May 23, 2014—The Obama Administration is considering an end-run around Congress and the voters by creating a Native Hawaiian governing entity via executive action. The Department of the Interior (DOI) has issued an advance notice of proposed...