The U.S. Senate has scheduled debate and a vote in June on a bill that would allegedly initiate a process for Native Hawaiians to achieve the same level of self-governance and autonomy over their own affairs that many Native American tribes currently have. Critics of the bill characterize it as going much further than any existing tribal recognition, creating a governing entity based solely on race, without the same requirements as needed for Native American tribal recognition, such as having existed predominantly as a distinct community, having exercised political influence over its members as an autonomous entity, and have continuously been identified as a tribal entity since 1900.
the u s senate has scheduled debate and a vote in june on a bill that would allegedly initiate a process for native hawaiians to achieve the same level of self governance and autonomy over their own affairs that many native american tribes currently have critics of the bill characterize it as going much further than any existing tribal recognition creating a governing entity based solely on race without the same requirements as needed for native american tribal recognition such as having existed predominantly as a distinct community having exercised political influence over its members as an autonomous entity and have continuously been identified as a tribal entity since 1900