Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 20, Number 7, 1 July 2003 — Blood quantum [ARTICLE]

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Blood quantum

This is in response to Rod Ferreira's letter (Ka Wai Ola o OHA June 2003 issue). Ferreira apparently has the same goal as the plaintiffs in the Arakaki suit: take away lands set aside for native Hawaiians as defined in the HHCA,1920 and Section 5(f) of the Admission Act, 1959, by wip-

ing out the blood quantum criteria. Ferreira reveals that he does not care about the survival of native Hawaiians as defined in the HHCA, 1920, instead he simply wants "benefits" now set aside for native Hawaiians. In this manner, Ferreira seems to share the same goal as the State of Hawai'i's Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). OHA officials are using the Arakaki suit as a pretext to push for the Akaka bill and get rid of the HHCA, 1920, and Section 5(f) and give those lands and resources to yet another governmental entity little different from OHA. Emmett E. Lee Loy Elonolulu