Justice Department supports state in ceded-lands dispute

By Dennis Camire, Honolulu Advertiser, December 19, 2008



WASHINGTON — The state's view that Native Hawaiians do not have a claim to land that belonged to the kingdom of Hawai'i before it was overthrown in 1893 is getting support from the U.S. Justice Department.



In a legal brief filed last week with the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Solicitor General Gregory G. Garre argued that when the United States annexed Hawai'i… Continue

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