02-08-2019, 09:04 AM
the conclusion continues to take place even today.
Actually I was referring to conclusions about status, whether Hawaiians are afforded special status as are all other native Americans, and in what form that would take. Hawaiians do not have a conclusive understanding of their place in society. They have special compensation, 20% of Crown lands revenue, which speaks volumes to a special status, but really has not been codified to the degree that the American Indian's reservation system and their rights have. Instead we encourage them to hold onto their cultural identity with OHA and DHHL, immersion programs and the like, but we do not make a clean and tenable definition of their place. Bill Clinton offered an apology but didn't back that up with an firm position on compensation. It all just hangs in the middle. Obama tried reaching out and the Hawaiians rejected his efforts. The Hawaiians held a constitutional convention that was only partially supported by their own, and imperiled by court challenges. Things move forward in jerky inconclusive steps that will continue to eat up time without actual resolution. Without conclusions.
Actually I was referring to conclusions about status, whether Hawaiians are afforded special status as are all other native Americans, and in what form that would take. Hawaiians do not have a conclusive understanding of their place in society. They have special compensation, 20% of Crown lands revenue, which speaks volumes to a special status, but really has not been codified to the degree that the American Indian's reservation system and their rights have. Instead we encourage them to hold onto their cultural identity with OHA and DHHL, immersion programs and the like, but we do not make a clean and tenable definition of their place. Bill Clinton offered an apology but didn't back that up with an firm position on compensation. It all just hangs in the middle. Obama tried reaching out and the Hawaiians rejected his efforts. The Hawaiians held a constitutional convention that was only partially supported by their own, and imperiled by court challenges. Things move forward in jerky inconclusive steps that will continue to eat up time without actual resolution. Without conclusions.