01-26-2021, 09:39 PM
There are many questions to be sure, but with the new administration in Washington DC will Native Hawaiians agree on a path forward, together? Or as the author added:
“My story focuses on divisions within the Hawaiian sovereignty movement between federal recognition supporters and those who want true independence; but as readers are reminding me today, there are many varying opinions, including Hawaiians who support the current political status.”
Honolulu City Councilwoman Esther Kia’aina, who spent decades working in Washington, D.C., including at the Department of the Interior, describes President Joe Biden’s administration as empathetic and understanding regarding Indigenous self-determination.
Opponents fear creating a sovereign government within the U.S. would constitute an acceptance of the ongoing U.S. occupation of the archipelago while failing to restore the land and resources that were stolen.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/01/biden-...cognition/
“My story focuses on divisions within the Hawaiian sovereignty movement between federal recognition supporters and those who want true independence; but as readers are reminding me today, there are many varying opinions, including Hawaiians who support the current political status.”
Honolulu City Councilwoman Esther Kia’aina, who spent decades working in Washington, D.C., including at the Department of the Interior, describes President Joe Biden’s administration as empathetic and understanding regarding Indigenous self-determination.
Opponents fear creating a sovereign government within the U.S. would constitute an acceptance of the ongoing U.S. occupation of the archipelago while failing to restore the land and resources that were stolen.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/01/biden-...cognition/
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”