Native Hawaiian Claims, 1974 - 1984
Scope and Contents
Material in this subseries relates to attempts by Hawai‘i’s Congressional delegation to obtain reparations for Native Hawaiians for losses suffered as a result of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the subsequent annexation of Hawai‘i by the United States. The Hawaiian Native Claims Settlement Act, originally introduced in 1974 by Representatives Spark Matsunaga and Patsy Mink as a result of the advocacy of the ALOHA (Aboriginal Lands of Hawaiian Ancestry) Association, is documented here, as is the formation of the Native Hawaiians Study Commission, which was subsequently created to investigate the extent of the United States’s unmet obligation to Native Hawaiians and the means by which those obligations should be met.
Material consists of correspondence, strategy, clippings, press releases, testimony, draft legislation, reference documents related to the history of land tenure in Hawai‘i, and studies outlining the needs of Native Hawaiian people.
Some material overlaps with material in the Hawai‘i Land Claims and Native Hawaiians Study Commission subseries.
Dates
- Creation: 1974 - 1984
Conditions Governing Access
Access restrictions apply to certain records in the papers that have been determined to contain sensitive personal or government information. Series assessed to contain sensitive information will remain closed until 2028 with the exception of Constituent Services Case Work, which contains high levels of personal identifiable information. Constituent Services Case Work will be available to requesting individuals upon review and approval of the archivist or librarian managing the Property. Individual files or records assessed to contain sensitive information may also carry restrictions. Series assessed with medium risk may be made available to the researcher after the files are reviewed for sensitive information or formats. Series assessed to be of low risk of disclosing sensitive information may be open and available to researchers.
Low risk: The following series pose little risk of revealing sensitive information and could be made available to the public with little harm: Administrative Files, Campaign Files, Constituent Services(Correspondence and Projects), House Records, Kaho’olawe, Native Hawaiian Issues, Japanese Latin American Internment, Personal, Political Affairs, Speeches, Scheduling Files, Medal of Honor, Legislative Files, Photographs, Public Relations, Books, and Subject Files.
Medium risk: ABSCAM, Staff Files, Born-Digital (format-based), Microfilm.
Series with sensitive information: Constituent Services (Case Work), Watergate, Iran-Contra, and subseries containing records related to military and defense appropriations.
This collection may be accessed in the John Troup Moir Jr. and Gertrude M.F. Moir Archives Reading Room on the fifth floor of the Hamilton Library addition. Reading room hours and policies can be found on the archives website: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/library/research/collections/archives/visiting-us/. If you have questions, please contact the archives by email: archives@hawaii.edu or phone: (808) 956-6047.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries Repository