George F. Will – Social Engineers In Paradise – washingtonpost.com

Today the HISAC voted 8 to 6 NOT to take a position on the Akaka bill. The vote was not for or against the Akaka bill. It was solely on whether or not the HISAC should make a recommendation to the USCCR about the Akaka bill.

Given the strong position of the USCCR itself against the Akaka bill in May 2006, this action today leaves that opposition to the Akaka bill intact and unchallenged by HISAC. That result is consistent with the testimony received by the HISAC in its long public hearings in August and September of this year in which the testimony opposed the Akaka bill by 2 to 1 and also revealed widespread dissatisfaction with OHA among Native Hawaiians.  It represents a stunning departure from the previous HISAC rubber-stamp support of the Akaka Bill, and promises to be a turning point in Hawaii politics regarding this legislation.

2007-11-14 OHA Fact Check – GrassrootWiki

Following the publication of “corrections” by OHA to the devastating testimony against the basis and promises of the Akaka Bill during hearings held before the Hawaii Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, detailed rebuttals are presented.

Racial Division, Hawaiian Style @ Outside The Wire

http://www.angelfire.com/planet/big60/AkakaHouseRSC102407.pdf

H.R. 505— Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007
(Abercrombie, D-HI)

Order of Business: The bill is scheduled to be considered on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, subject to a structured or closed rule. Information with regard to any amendments made in order will be provided in a separate document.

Summary: H.R. 505 would recognize and authorize the creation of a sovereign Native
Hawaiian governing entity, i.e. an Indian tribe. In order to do that, the bill would establish a process for organizing the Native Hawaiian people into an entity that knows who its members are, possesses authority over its members, adopts governing documents, etc. Such a tribe would likely have as many as 400,000 members nationwide, including more than 20 percent of Hawaii’s residents, and potential authority over Native Hawaiians in all of the fifty states. If each Native Hawaiian eligible under this legislation were to apply to become a member of the new governing entity, it would be one of the nation’s largest Indian tribe.

For more details on what the bill would do, see the “Detailed Summary” and “Conservative Concerns” sections below.

» Read more: Republican Study Committee Report – H.R. 505

American Chronicle: House to vote on Establishing Hawaiian Race-Based Government

The Editors on Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization on National Review Online

Peter Kirsanow on Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act on National Review Online