Akaka Bill

By the 1960s and 70s, struggles over land, evictions, and development converged with a resurgence of Hawaiian language, culture, and political activism.

Then, beginning in the year 2000, the Akaka Bill sought to create a process for recognizing a Native Hawaiian governing entity within the United States.

So what does it mean to talk about Hawaiian sovereignty today? What does it mean to seek self-determination from the occupying power? And can recognition from the United States ever deliver sovereignty from it?

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