Native Hawaiians and the New Frontier of the Indians Civil Rights Act

Abstract

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 168 I.THE IMPACT OF THE INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT ............................ 171 A. Born of Two-Policy Eras ................................................ 171 B. ICRA: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ........................ 175 II.NATIVE HAWAIIAN SOVEREIGNTY IN THE MODERN ERA ............. 180 A. From the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi to Annexation ................ 180 B. Federal Recognition: The Search for and the Obstacles to Overcome ........................................................................ 183 III.ICRA AND NATIVE HAWAIIANS .................................................. 188 A. Rulemaking to Reestablish a Government-to-Government Relationship: Does the ICRA Belong? ........................... 188 B. Constitution of the Native Hawaiian Nation: Traditional Values and the ICRA ...................................................... 196 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................... 201