04-09-2015, 03:10 AM
Does a successful, smart, educated Native Hawaiian with a PhD or two not own that?
Not a valid comparison, because we don't really know how they lived pre-contact, only what happened during and after. History suggests a caste system which may have mitigated the collection and measurement of "wealth".
It's all irrelevant given what we have today: the State says "we own it and may grant leases at our pleasure", Native Hawaiians are not represented in that process.
Not a valid comparison, because we don't really know how they lived pre-contact, only what happened during and after. History suggests a caste system which may have mitigated the collection and measurement of "wealth".
It's all irrelevant given what we have today: the State says "we own it and may grant leases at our pleasure", Native Hawaiians are not represented in that process.