Hawaiian Homes Commission Supports AKaKa Bill
By Associated Press
POSTED: 04:17 p.m. HST, Jul 26, 2010
The Hawaiian Homes Commission has voted unanimously to support a measure that would give federal recognition to native Hawaiians.
Commission Chairman Kaulana Park said today the bill before Congress would protect Hawaiian Home Lands.
Park is asking for homestead communities and leadership and those on homestead waiting lists to support the legislation.
The commission voted Tuesday to support the bill, which is named the Akaka Bill after its main sponsor U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka.
Office of Hawaiian Affairs administrator Clyde Namuo hopes the Senate will pass the bill before it recesses next month.
But he noted the Senate should still have time before the end of the year to take up the legislation if it doesn't pass the bill in the next few weeks.
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As the AKaKa BILL will recognize only ONE Native Hawaiian Governing Entity. Any Native Hawaiian Governing Entity, Hawaiian Homes, OHA, Kamehameha Schools or any one of the Hawaiian Societies and Hawaiian Civic Clubs and Hawaiian people who is not enrolled in the AKaKa BILL process will not be recognized as Native Americans. In turn the Federal government will not recognized these Governing Entities and Hawaiians as Hawaiians.
The Hawaiian Homes Commissioners are selling out the rights of their native Hawaiian beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.
Long Live The Hawaiian Kingdom, o Pomaikaiokalani, Hawaiian Kingdom National Royalist 1993