Yet. no political entitywhether active or dormant--exists in Hawaii that claims to exercise any kind of organizational or political power. Knowing this. the bills advocates rely on findings in the bill declaring that "Native Hawaiians" exercised "sovereignty" over Hawaii prior to the fall of the monarchy in 1893. and that it is therefore appropriate for Native Hawaiians to exercise their "inherent sovereignty" again. This argument is fatally flawed because there was no racebased Tribal Hawaiian government in 1893. so there is no "Native Hawaiian" government to be restored. Since the early 19th century. the Hawaiian "people" included many nativeborn and naturalized subjects who were not "Native Hawaiians" in the sense of this billthose people included Americans. Chinese. Japanese.
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