2006-05-09 Akaka Fact Check - Revision history

Jere Krischel at 02:01, 11 May 2006

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Jere Krischel at 22:46, 10 May 2006

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Jere Krischel at 22:44, 10 May 2006

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Jere Krischel: /* Akaka's remarks with corrections */

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‎Akaka's remarks with corrections

Jere Krischel: /* Akaka's remarks with corrections */

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‎Akaka's remarks with corrections

Jere Krischel: /* Akaka's remarks with corrections */

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‎Akaka's remarks with corrections

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‎Akaka's remarks with corrections

Jere Krischel: /* Akaka's remarks with corrections */

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‎Akaka's remarks with corrections

Jere Krischel: /* Akaka's remarks with corrections */

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‎Akaka's remarks with corrections

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‎Akaka's remarks with corrections

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 {{correction|1=The Hawaiian Kingdom of 1893 was not a government for Native Hawaiians - it was a government for all Hawaiians, regardless of "indigenous" status.  As illustrated in [http://morganreport.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=414-415 the 1890 Census], Native Hawaiians accounted for only 34,436 out of a total population of 89,990.
-Furthermore the overthrow was done without the assistance of the U.S. - see http://morganreport.org for the final Senate investigation on the matter.  After the revolution, she was even allowed to retain her personal guard - contrary to Akaka's statement, she was not arrested or imprisioned until after the attempted rebellion of 1895, where she was found guilty of misprision of treason.  During the Morgan investigation, [http://morganreport.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=822-849#SWORN_STATEMENT_OF_LIEUT._COMMANDER_W._T._SWINBURNE.  Lt. Commander Swinburne] testified that the queen had freedom of movement, and even retained a personal guard after the overthrow:
+Furthermore the overthrow was done without the assistance of the U.S. - see http://morganreport.org for the final Senate investigation on the matter.  After the revolution, she was even allowed to retain her personal guard - contrary to Akaka's statement, she was not arrested or imprisoned until after the attempted rebellion of 1895, where she was found guilty of misprision of treason.  During the Morgan investigation, [http://morganreport.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=822-849#SWORN_STATEMENT_OF_LIEUT._COMMANDER_W._T._SWINBURNE.  Lt. Commander Swinburne] testified that the queen had freedom of movement, and even retained a personal guard after the overthrow:
 :''The Queen surrendered the palace that day; the Royal standard was hauled down, and she retired to Washington Place. She was allowed a guard of half her former troops, household guards—a force of 15 or 16 men.''
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 The Akaka bill creates a race-based government where none has ever existed in the history of man's presence in the islands.  The Native Hawaiians did not create a Kingdom just for "indigenous" people, they created a Kingdom for all people.  Although the Kingdom may be gone, that vision of equality should be respected and honored by resisting the efforts of some to enshrine racism into law.}}
-{{comment|The Akaka bill would allow bureaucrats to carve out hugh chunks of our public lands and of the territory over which our State has governmental power, authority and civil and criminal jurisdiction and give them to the new Native Hawaiian government; and still allow Native Hawaiians to retain their full rights as citizens of the State of Hawaii and United States. With all due respect to the well-loved Senator Akaka, that is not  "Parity"; that is "Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie."}}
+{{comment|The Akaka bill would allow bureaucrats to carve out huge chunks of our public lands and of the territory over which our State has governmental power, authority and civil and criminal jurisdiction and give them to the new Native Hawaiian government; and still allow Native Hawaiians to retain their full rights as citizens of the State of Hawaii and United States. With all due respect to the well-loved Senator Akaka, that is not  "Parity"; that is "Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie."}}
 This effort will continue from day-to-day here.  We will continue to bring forward the history of Hawaii and the reasons why we are trying to enact this bill, not only for the benefit of the indigenous people of Hawaii but for the benefit of the United States as well.
 {{comment|And we will endeavor to keep up with our dear Senator as well, for the benefit of all the people of Hawaii, and all the people of the United States as well.}}

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 <small>(Speech text taken from [http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Speeches.Home&month=5&year=2006&release_id=312 Akaka's website].)</small>
 =Akaka's remarks with corrections=
 Mr. President, I rise today to talk about bipartisan legislation that is of critical importance to the people of Hawaii, S. 147, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005. S. 147 would extend the federal policy of self-governance and self-determination to Hawaii’s indigenous peoples, Native Hawaiians, by authorizing a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian governing entity for the purposes of a government-to-government relationship with the United States.

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		+	<small>(Speech text taken from [http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Speeches.Home&month=5&year=2006&release_id=312 Akaka's website].)</small>
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	Mr. President, I rise today to talk about bipartisan legislation that is of critical importance to the people of Hawaii, S. 147, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005. S. 147 would extend the federal policy of self-governance and self-determination to Hawaii’s indigenous peoples, Native Hawaiians, by authorizing a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian governing entity for the purposes of a government-to-government relationship with the United States.		Mr. President, I rise today to talk about bipartisan legislation that is of critical importance to the people of Hawaii, S. 147, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005. S. 147 would extend the federal policy of self-governance and self-determination to Hawaii’s indigenous peoples, Native Hawaiians, by authorizing a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian governing entity for the purposes of a government-to-government relationship with the United States.

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	The Akaka bill creates a race-based government where none has ever existed in the history of man's presence in the islands. The Native Hawaiians did not create a Kingdom just for "indigenous" people, they created a Kingdom for all people. Although the Kingdom may be gone, that vision of equality should be respected and honored by resisting the efforts of some to enshrine racism into law.}}		The Akaka bill creates a race-based government where none has ever existed in the history of man's presence in the islands. The Native Hawaiians did not create a Kingdom just for "indigenous" people, they created a Kingdom for all people. Although the Kingdom may be gone, that vision of equality should be respected and honored by resisting the efforts of some to enshrine racism into law.}}
		+	{{comment\|The Akaka bill would allow bureaucrats to carve out hugh chunks of our public lands and of the territory over which our State has governmental power, authority and civil and criminal jurisdiction and give them to the new Native Hawaiian government; and still allow Native Hawaiians to retain their full rights as citizens of the State of Hawaii and United States. With all due respect to the well-loved Senator Akaka, that is not "Parity"; that is "Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie."}}

−	~~{{comment\|The Akaka bill would allow bureaucrats~~ to ~~carve out hugh chunks~~ of ~~our public lands~~ and of the ~~territory over which our State has governmental power~~, ~~authority and civil and criminal jurisdiction and give them to~~ the ~~new Native Hawaiian government; and still allow Native Hawaiians to retain their full rights as citizens~~ of the ~~State~~ of Hawaii ~~and~~ United States. ~~With all due respect~~ to ~~the~~ well~~-loved Senator Akaka~~, ~~that is not "Parity"; that is "Gimmie~~, ~~Gimmie, Gimmie~~."}}	+	This effort will continue from day-to-day here. We will continue to bring forward the history of Hawaii and the reasons why we are trying to enact this bill, not only for the benefit of the indigenous people of Hawaii but for the benefit of the United States as well.
		+	{{comment\|And we will endeavor to keep up with our dear Senator as well, for the benefit of all the people of Hawaii, and all the people of the United States as well.}}

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	The Akaka bill creates a race-based government where none has ever existed in the history of man's presence in the islands. The Native Hawaiians did not create a Kingdom just for "indigenous" people, they created a Kingdom for all people. Although the Kingdom may be gone, that vision of equality should be respected and honored by resisting the efforts of some to enshrine racism into law.}}		The Akaka bill creates a race-based government where none has ever existed in the history of man's presence in the islands. The Native Hawaiians did not create a Kingdom just for "indigenous" people, they created a Kingdom for all people. Although the Kingdom may be gone, that vision of equality should be respected and honored by resisting the efforts of some to enshrine racism into law.}}
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		+	{{comment\|The Akaka bill would allow bureaucrats to carve out hugh chunks of our public lands and of the territory over which our State has governmental power, authority and civil and criminal jurisdiction and give them to the new Native Hawaiian government; and still allow Native Hawaiians to retain their full rights as citizens of the State of Hawaii and United States. With all due respect to the well-loved Senator Akaka, that is not "Parity"; that is "Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie."}}

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 Despite this fact, Native Hawaiians have established distinct communities and retained their language, culture, and traditions. They have done so in a way that also allows other cultures to flourish in Hawaii. Now, their generosity is being used against them by opponents of this bill who claim that because Native Hawaiians do not have a governing entity they cannot partake in the federal policy of self-governance and self-determination that is offered to their native brethren in the United States.
-{{correction|Native Hawaiians have only one distinct community where the language has been maintained - Niihau.  Even there, the culture, and traditions are those of integration, with strong post-missionary christian traditions.
+{{correction|Native Hawaiians have only one distinct community where the language has been maintained - Niihau.  Even there, the culture and traditions are those of integration, with strong post-missionary christian values embedded in their community.
-Native Hawaiians have been thoroughly integrated, both by marriage, and by language, culture and traditions, with all other races in the islands.  The hallmark of Native Hawaiian pride, celestial navigation, was actually re-introduced to the islands by a foreigner, Mau Piailug.  To turn back integration, to repudiate over a century of progress where the foreign and the "indigenous" have been considered equal, is backwards.
+Native Hawaiians have been thoroughly integrated by marriage, by language, culture and traditions, with all other races in the islands.  The hallmark of Native Hawaiian pride, celestial navigation, was actually re-introduced to the islands by a foreigner, Mau Piailug.  To turn back integration, to repudiate over a century of progress where the foreign and the "indigenous" have been considered equal, is backwards.
 Opponents of the Akaka bill rightfully claim that Native Hawaiians never had a race-based governing entity which distinguished between "indigenous" and "non-indigenous".  And to force upon Native Hawaiians this racist distinction, given their long history of equality, is disrespectful to history  and to the ideals for which we stand.

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	{{correction\|This bill is specifically race-based. It asks to create a government of "indigenous" people that has never existed in Hawaii. In 1778, the islands were not unified under any solely "indigenous" government. It was not until 1810, under Kamehameha the Great, that the islands of Hawaii became the Hawaiian Islands, after he unified through conquest with the help and participation of non-natives. Throughout the Kingdom period, races were treated equally, with no regard to their "indigenous" status. Non-indigenous people served at the highest levels of government, and were thoroughly integrated in society.		{{correction\|This bill is specifically race-based. It asks to create a government of "indigenous" people that has never existed in Hawaii. In 1778, the islands were not unified under any solely "indigenous" government. It was not until 1810, under Kamehameha the Great, that the islands of Hawaii became the Hawaiian Islands, after he unified through conquest with the help and participation of non-natives. Throughout the Kingdom period, races were treated equally, with no regard to their "indigenous" status. Non-indigenous people served at the highest levels of government, and were thoroughly integrated in society.

−	The Akaka bill creates a race-based government where none has ever existed in the history of man's presence in the islands. The Native Hawaiians did not create a Kingdom just for "indigenous" people, they ~~create~~ a Kingdom for all people. Although the Kingdom may be gone, that vision of equality should be respected and honored by resisting the efforts of some to enshrine racism into law.}}	+	The Akaka bill creates a race-based government where none has ever existed in the history of man's presence in the islands. The Native Hawaiians did not create a Kingdom just for "indigenous" people, they created a Kingdom for all people. Although the Kingdom may be gone, that vision of equality should be respected and honored by resisting the efforts of some to enshrine racism into law.}}