sovereignty

There’s much more on tribal sovereignty in episode 2.

The law continues to evolve, and we continue to fight to affirm our sovereignty to this day.

Congress claimed the Hawaiian government was 100 percent on board with “ceding sovereignty,” even though over 21,000 Kanaka Maoli citizens had petitioned against it.

But Congress can put limits on their sovereignty.

One that would return power to tribal authorities and reaffirm Native sovereignty.

And some experts advocate for collecting oral histories, restoring damaged land, and reforming the law around Indigenous sovereignty in order for land redistribution to really mean anything.