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Originally Posted by levite
But as for Hawaii...I think they have a pretty good case. The US annexed Hawaii without so much as a by-your-leave from the Hawaiian populace, and I think that since the transition from US Territory to State was conducted under the auspices of a Territorial and Federal government that included no native Hawaiians (as far as I can tell), at the very least, Hawaii ought to be given the same Federal semi-autonomous district status as Native American reservations and tribal lands in the Continental US, and Native Hawaiians ought to have at least partial self-government....
Come to that, the Inuit probably have a fairly good claim on Alaska, too....
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I disagree with what native Americans have to begin with. Frankly I think that reservations should be abolished. They haven't proven very good for the native folk. People living on reservation tend to live poorly, don't really live in the culture of their ancestors (many young Indians do not speak their peoples native tongue, even if they grow up on reservations). With the exception of casino money, the reservations have actually been pretty BAD for native Americans.