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There is a "Nation of Hawaii" here, a small but vocal and active group. They even have a King! They hold protests from time to time, the King (along with supporters) was recently aressted for trying to take over Iolani Palace, eventually the charges were dropped. The State usually takes a hands off approach when it can. That is ONE group, there are others. The claims are that the people of Hawaii never signed documents giving the Islands to the USA. The USA essentially took the Islands by force. Actually, they make some interesting points. While I seriously doubt they will ever be granted any real say in land ownership, politics, etc. I couldn't totally dismiss the idea either. "Hawaiian Home Lands" an official State and National recognized organization does in fact own, or at least has a say in, hundreds of thousands of acres that the State PAYS THEM to lease back.

The biggest problem is there are multiple groups of Hawaiians who mostly fight among themselves for control of various State AND Federal lands. Hawaii recently celebrated "State Hood" day. There were no official parties, it was all rather quiet, the protesters came out in force, celebrate would be the wrong word. More like a wake.

Basically they want recognition like the Indians or Eskimos have, step one...