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Hawaiian Self-Governance Bill Fails in Senate

HeadlineJun 09, 2006

On Capitol Hill, a bill to hand over limited self-governance to native Hawaiians failed to advance in the Senate Thursday — effectively ending its hopes for this session of Congress. The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act would have granted 400,000 people of native Hawaiian ancestry a new role in overseeing resources and lands on the Hawaiian islands. Supporters of the bill said it was necessary to redress injustices stemming from the US government’s overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893.

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