Ophelia wrote:

> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 11:13:59 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2019-07-27 4:47 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> >
> >>> I see that protest was from 2016. Are they still going on?
> > >
> >> I can't say what the status is of federal recognition of Hawaiians
> as >> native Americans. What they really want is recognition of the
> Kingdom >> of Hawaii. Well some native Hawaiians do anyway. Other
> Hawaiians >> recognize that you cannot really regain the past and
> will seek a more >> practical approach to move into the future. There
> must have been a >> resolution or a hold on the protests since I
> haven't anything about >> it it.
> > >
> > Which Hawaiian kingdom do they expect to be recognized? There were
> > several different ones, and after years of bloodshed they finally
> > established a united kingdom.That would have meant that there were
> > some sore losers. The traditional Hawaiian society had a class
> > system. I wonder how many would support reverting to that if they
> > knew that the majority of them would end up at the bottom end of
> > that.
>
> As it goes, it's not any of our business to ask these questions.
> Those question should be answered only by the native Hawaiians. I am
> well aware of the differing factions of the Hawaiian people but
> that's neither here nor there. These are not our affairs.
>
> ====
>
> Ahh, I assumed you are Hawaiian If it is not a rude question,
> where are you from ... and you don't need to answer that)

I believe it is less than 5% of the total populace who can claim Native
Hawaiian.