Native Hawaiians to Lose Identity?

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>hawaii-nation >[hawaii-nation] Attorney seeks cut

of native Hawaiian funding >Thu, 27 Jun 2002 22:32:01 -1000 > > >

>Friday, June 21, 2002 - 10:31:59 PM HST > >Goemans seeks cut of native

Hawaiian funding > >Star-Bulletin news services > >The Hawaii attorney who

helped convince the U.S. Supreme Court that >"native Hawaiian" is a racial and

not a political or tribal status >wants the Bush administration to embrace that

ruling as policy and >cut off all federal funding designated for native

Hawaiians. > >John Goemans represented Big Island rancher Harold "Freddy"

Rice's >challenge of Hawaiians-only voting for trustees of the state's >Office

of Hawaiian Affairs that resulted in the high court's Feb. >23, 2000, ruling. >

>Goemans sent letters to four Bush Cabinet members this week, filing >an

"administrative charge" of racial discrimination and demanding >that federal

funding supporting native Hawaiian programs be >terminated. > >© 2001 Honolulu

Star-Bulletin >http://starbulletin.com > > > > >Attorney: Hawaiian homes are

racially discriminatory > >By TIFFANY EDWARDS/ West Hawaii Today >June 21, 2002

> >The attorney who successfully argued the Rice v. Cayetano case >before the

U.S. Supreme Court is preparing another racially-based >complaint in Hawaii. >

>... > >... Goemans is charged to have "made it very clear that he is on a

>crusade to strip Hawaiians of all their race based entitlements." >

>Fernandez, in a separate commentary that was also posted on

>Imuakamehameha.com, writes, "Rice V. Cayetano is more than a >decision on

voting rights. Our United States Supreme Court in that >decision stated that

they found no unique obligation owed to >Hawaiians by the United States nor

that Congress ever intended to >give native Hawaiians the same statues as 'that

of Indians in >organized tribes.' The Court expressed grave doubts as to whether

>'Congress may treat the native Hawaiians as it does the Indian >tribes.'" >

>Read the rest of the article at: >

>http://westhawaiitoday.com/daily/2002/Jun-21-Fri-2002/business/business1.html

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