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Bill pursues rights of Native Hawaiians

HONOLULU - Long-stalled legislation to grant Native Hawaiians the same federal recognition and self-governance that most American Indian tribes possess is scheduled to make it to the Senate floor amid charges that such a move would intensify racial tensions in the nation's 50th state and further strengthen a growing movement to secede from the United States.

"I have received assurances from the Senate leadership that a motion will finally be filed during the first week of June that would force debate and a vote on my bill," Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, said in an interview last week.

The Native Hawaiian Recognition bill, first introduced in 1999 and known colloquially as the Akaka Bill, ...

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