Anonymous #4 4w

Blood quantum as you're describing it is not a system that Hawai'ians use to describe someone's legitimacy as a native Hawai'ian. It’s something the federal government does to make it harder to get aid. Just so you're aware

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Anonymous #1 4w

I suspect they know that. It does always interest me that these people pay lip service to Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, Guam, and other places, but don't include their own land (turtle island / mainland USA, I presume) as a place that should be returned to the indigenous people. Really makes you think

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Anonymous #5 4w

Sure but that’s not completely true. Each island has multiple places where you can’t go unless you have that 50% or more. Sometimes the areas are sacred, sometimes the areas are just a good fishing spot. That’s not a system stemming from the us government

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Anonymous #4 4w

That’s super interesting; that hasn't been my experience (to my knowledge!) where I grew up on Maui. For my family, access is given to people who have respect for and/or connection to the land and the people taking care of the land. I might be a special case though, since I was adopted into a family with ancestral ties to our area? What spaces do you know where they're restricted like that? I'd be curious to know more, especially now that I'm studying on O'ahu & can explore here

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Anonymous #5 4w

Oh cool I’m on big island. You haven’t heard of the Hawaiian home lands program?

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Anonymous #4 4w

Ooooh yes I have. I had filed it under "federal" because technically it's managed by the govt but... yeah you're right, that counts

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