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July 6 - 12, 2001

Do Native Hawaiians Count?

Committee urges federal recognition of indigenous status

Helen O’Connor grew up on Molokai, where she says her family “got food from the oceans and the mountains.” Like her parents, most of the locals were farmers. But as government land awards dwindled, earning a living became increasingly difficult.

“Previously, native Hawaiian people received 150 acres,” she says. “Now that’s lowered to 25 acres, barely enough for subsistence. Twenty-five acres is only enough for 2.5 cows.”

Times changed. Educated people came to Molokai, O’Connor recalls. “They were sent to teach us, but instead they used us to get what they needed,” she says. “They used the people to get the land and to do their jobs, jobs they didn’t want to do.”

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