John Gates, a member of the Lakota Nation who has moved to Hawai`i to help the Reinstated Hawaiian Nation, warned those assembled against ongoing efforts to dismantle the independence movement.He pointed to the state’s current legal efforts to regain control of the so-called “ceded lands” following a state Supreme Court ruling the state could no longer sell or transfer those lands, and the federal government’s attempts to push through the Akaka Bill, which would give Hawaiians the same status as Native Americans.”“That’s the farthest thing that you want, that model,” said Gates, noting that on his reservation, there’s 70 to 80 percent unemployment and the infant mortality rate is several times higher than the national average.“We’ve lived with the treaty process that have been broken since 1868 and that’s what’s coming your way.“Don’t let anyone foist a creation of Congress upon you,” he said. “That is not true sovereignty.”Read More Info Here
John Gates, a member of the Lakota Nation who has moved to Hawai`i to help the Reinstated Hawaiian Nation, warned those assembled against ongoing efforts to dismantle the independence movement.He pointed to the state’s current legal efforts to regain control of the so-called “ceded lands” following a state Supreme Court ruling the state could no longer sell or transfer those lands, and the federal government’s attempts to push through the Akaka Bill, which would give Hawaiians the same status as Native Americans.”“That’s the farthest thing that you want, that model,” said Gates, noting that on his reservation, there’s 70 to 80 percent unemployment and the infant mortality rate is several times higher than the national average.“We’ve lived with the treaty process that have been broken since 1868 and that’s what’s coming your way.“Don’t let anyone foist a creation of Congress upon you,” he said. “That is not true sovereignty.”Read More Info Here
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