Oahu mayoral candidates on Akaka bill
The
Star-Bulletin
reports:Mayoral candidate Duke Bainum said he supports a congressional bill giving recognition to native Hawaiians as the federal government currently does with American Indians and native Alaskans.
"Once and for all, it will remove any doubt or any misinterpretation about the relationship between the federal government and the native Hawaiian community," Bainum said, noting he supports the Akaka bill for Hawaiian recognition. "And very importantly, it will protect the native Hawaiians' ability to receive federal dollars for native Hawaiian programs."
But his chief opponent, Mufi Hannemann, said that he recognizes that there are differing opinions about the Akaka bill in the Hawaiian community. "It is you that needs to develop that consensus to make it very clear what it is you want your elected officials to do," he said.
Hannemann and Bainum gave several hundred native Hawaiians their views on federal recognition and leasehold conversion yesterday at the annual conference of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
Posted: Fri - September 3, 2004 at 09:51 AM
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