“SHIMABUKURO said she worries that the current initiative could be subject to lawsuits – as an earlier one was in the 90s if the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT doesn’t act soon. ‘Then that’ll allow (NATIVE HAWAIIANS) to go forward because right now they are vulnerable, because someone who wasn’t allowed to sign the roll could say, “Hey, this is discrimination’”
"Department of the Interior audit finds Hawaiian Homes Commision and the state Department of Hawaiian Homelands so disorganized it could take 50 years and $600 million to distribute homesteads to 7,000 applicants on the waiting list. "
RECENT> OHA Trustees reported a paltry 21,418 Hawaiians signed up for the Roll as of September 27, 2013 but an October 11, 2013 post on the Kana'iolowalu website “welcomes the addition of tens of thousands of Native Hawaiians whose ancestry have been confirmed by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to the Kana`iolowalu registry.” Kana`iolowalu now claims 101,000.
“SHIMABUKURO said she worries that the current initiative could be subject to lawsuits – as an earlier one was in the 90s if the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT doesn’t act soon. ‘Then that’ll allow (NATIVE HAWAIIANS) to go forward because right now they are vulnerable, because someone who wasn’t allowed to sign the roll could say, “Hey, this is discrimination’”
ReplyDelete"Department of the Interior audit finds Hawaiian Homes Commision and the state Department of Hawaiian Homelands so disorganized it could take 50 years and $600 million to distribute homesteads to 7,000 applicants on the waiting list. "
ReplyDeleteRECENT> OHA Trustees reported a paltry 21,418 Hawaiians signed up for the Roll as of September 27, 2013 but an October 11, 2013 post on the Kana'iolowalu website “welcomes the addition of tens of thousands of Native Hawaiians whose ancestry have been confirmed by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to the Kana`iolowalu registry.” Kana`iolowalu now claims 101,000.
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