Hi,

Beyond emotions, the term "Kanaka Maoli" was used in the 1890 Census or pre-premeditation of dethroning our Queen in 1893.  The fact is that our ancestors said yes to the question 'are you a kanaka maoli'....the answer was either yes or no.

Thurston and the others, who were on their way to Washington - at the expense of the pre-approved travel expenses for five (5) who were  supposed to represent the Hawaiian Kingdom btw ----the 5 were documented as "Native by birth" by the press/media.....reference:  old articles of the period...see the newspapers in the U.S.

The Rice vs. Cayetano case became a political vehicle to legally "identity theft" of the Hawaiians.....those who are part of the Society, part of the bloodlines prior to the Captain Cook period.

DNA is a new defining scientific process and was not used in the period.  I see no DNA in the above, but I see the legal terminologies (Hawaiian, Kanaka Maoli - the true bloods pre Capt. Cook period) used /abused over time with the results in eliminating the true peoples by an illegal occupier who did premeditate the dethronement of our Queen, treasonous to the Hawaiian Kingdom with the support of the U.S. government.....and whose baby, the State of Hawaii Government should legally be under the U.S. Embassy or the U.S. Consulate in the Hawaiian Islands.

aloha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McsWKczU6wc

p.s. we could also learn from other cultures/societies ----- the Samoan Islands and Aetearoa have treaties with the Hawaiian Kingdom and together we were called the Pacific Empire, a democratic group..... as for Tahiti, they were engaged with France.......