Kaiopua Fife

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Category: Native Hawaiians

Kaiopua Fife, Director of the Kauai-based Koani Foundation. The Koani Foundation is an advocacy group that aims to promote awareness of the real history of Hawaii and the present-day status of Hawai'i.

In a Honolulu Advertiser article, Gordon Y. K. Pang reports [1]:

Fife said the Akaka bill would not go far enough in addressing the concerns of Native Hawaiians. The bill is stalled in the U.S. Senate.

"Because the Hawaiian peoples never directly relinquished their claims to their lands, the differences between the USA and Hawai'i can only be settled under international law," Fife said. "The Akaka bill, a domestic law if enacted by the U.S., could not apply."

External Links

• Three sovereignty groups claim U.S. abuses Honolulu Advertiser, May 5, 2006.