Native Hawaiians Study Commission, 1973 - 1985
Scope and Contents
This subseries documents the formation and findings of the Native Hawaiians Study Commission, which, after public hearings and several unsuccessful attempts, was created by Congress in December 1980 to “conduct a study of the culture, needs, and concerns of the Native Hawaiians.” (Previous versions of the legislation indicate that the Commission’s purpose was to investigate the extent of the United States’s unmet obligation to Native Hawaiians and the means by which those obligations should be met.) Also documented are Senator Inouye’s efforts to appropriate funds for the Commission, the responses to President Reagan’s dismissal of the Commissioners appointed by President Carter, and the Senator’s analysis and criticism of the Commission’s majority report.
Some material overlaps with material in the Hawai‘i Land Claims and Native Hawaiian Claims subseries.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1973 - 1985
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