On 2019-07-28 1:14 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> 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.
>
How many claim and how many actually are qualified to claim status often
varies a lot. I read that 25% of Americans claim to be descendants of
the Mayflower Pilgrims, but genealogist figure the number would be
closer to 10 million, and maybe as high as 35 million.