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The following groups, entities anel individuals from around the islands and across the nation have pledged their support for federal legislation extending official recognition to Native Hawaiians as indigenous" people, with rights and entitlements comparable to those of Amehean lndian and Alaska Native peoples: National & Regional Entities

Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Represents over 200 Alaska Native villages, corporations, and associations. Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations AAPOHO is a national association representing community health organizations dedicated to promoting advocacy, collaboration and leadership that improves the health status and access of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific lslanders within the United States, its territories and freely associated states, primarily through member community health clinics. Governors' lnterstate lndian Council Represents 21 state lndian Affairs agencies and organizations. Japanese American Citizens League (National) JACL is the nation's oldest and largest Asian Pacific Amenean civil rights organization, with over 24,000 members in twenty-three states. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights LCCR consists of more than 180 national organizations, representing persons of color, women, children, labor unions, individuals with disabilities, older Americans, major religious groups, gays and lesbians, and civil liberties and human rights groups. League of United Latin American Citizens With approximately 1 15,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC is the largest and oldest Hispanic Organization in the United States. League of United Latin American Citizens (California) According to the 2000 census, California has over 7 million Hispanics, the largest such population in the U.S. Mexican American Legal Defense Education Fund MALDEF is the leading nonprofit Latino litigation, advocacy and educational outreach institution in the United States. National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium NAPALC is one of the nation's leading experts on issues of importance to the Asian American community, including: affirmative action, anti-Asian violence prevention/race relations, census, immigrant rights, language access, and voting rights. Hawai'i Organizations & Entities Hawai'i State Legislature 'Ahahui Ka'ahumanu Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors - Māmakakaua Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Hale O Nā Ali'i O Hawai'i Hui Kāko'o 'Āina Ho'opulapula I Mua Group Kamehameha Alumni Association Office of Hawaiian Affairs Royal Order of Kamehameha I National Association of Social Workers-Hawai'i Chapter State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations Japanese American Citizens League (Honolulu Chapter)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People The NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its half-million adult and youth members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors. National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development National CAPACD's mission is to enhanee the capacity and ability of community based organizations to conduct development activities for the Asian and Pacific lslander American communities. National Congress of American lndians (NCAI) NCAI is the nation's oldest and largest American lndian and Alaska Native organization, representing over 250 membertribes. National Council of La Raza NCLR is the largest constituency-based national Hispanic organization, serving all Hispanic nationality groups in all regions of the country. NCLR has over 270 formal affiliates that together serve 40 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia — and a broader network of more than 30,000 groups and individuals nationwide reaching more than three and a half million Hispanics annually. National lndian Education Association Established in 1969, NIEA is the largest national organization of Amenean lndian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian educators, administrators, parents and students in the United States, providing a forum to discuss and act upon issues affecting the education of indigenous people. National Organization of Pacific lslanders in America (NOPIA) NOPIA is committed to advocating Pacific lslander Americans' causes by providing a strong, clear voice at the national level, and to ensuring the protection of rights and fair treatment of all Pacific lslander Americans through legislative and policy initiatives at all levels of government. Organization of Chinese Americans OCA is dedicated to securing the rights of Chinese American and Asian American citizens and permanent residents through legislative and policy initiatives at all levels of the government. OCA aims to embrace the hopes and aspirations of the nearly 2 million citizens and residents of Chinese ancestry in the United States, as well as to better the lives of the 1 0 million Asian Americans across the country. Individual Supporters Daniel K. Akaka, U.S. Senator, Hawai'i Daniel K. lnouye, U.S. Senator, Hawai'i Ed Case, U.S. Representative, Hawai'i Neil Abercrombie, U.S. Representative, Hawai'i Linda Lingle, Governor, State of Hawai'i Alan M. Arakawa, Mayor, County of Maui Harry Reid, U.S. Senator, Nevada Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senator, Utah Ted Stevens, U.S. Senator, Alaska Eni Faleomavaega, U.S. Delegate, American Sāmoa Howard Dean, Democratic candidate for president Joe Shirley, President, Navajo Nation

To learn more about federal recognition for Native Hawaiians, visit nativehawaiians.com r cderal^%2. Recognition FOR N A īl V E HAWAIIAN5 Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Ste. 500, Honolulu, Hl 96813 Tel. (808) 594.1888 • Fax. (808) 594.1865 • www.OHA.org