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Candidates include Walter Ritte, Rowena Akana, Bumpy Kanahele, Dante Carpenter, Lilikala Kameeleihiwa and Faye Hanohano.

The U.S. Department of the Interior proposes a framework for a “Government-to-Government Relationship with the Native Hawaiian Community.”

An organization is working to restore E Ala voyaging canoe and create educational opportunities for students on the Leeward Coast.

There are many institutions and organizations that make up the Hawaiian community. But its heart may be harder to define.

Citizenship in the Hawaiian Kingdom was never confined to one race. So a race-based election to create a race-based nation would be blatantly non-Hawaiian.

UPDATED: Mauna Kea, ceded lands and internal battles occupy the quasi-state agency as Native Hawaiian nation-building looms.

Legal rulings dating back to 1863 and ongoing global recognition today confirm the appropriateness of laws that apply only to indigenous Native Hawaiians.

In Alaska, Mount McKinley is now Denali, thanks to President Obama. Should our high school revert to its old name, too? A petition drive is in the works.

After spending three years and over $4 million to create a list of Native Hawaiians  more than 84 percent of all Native Hawaiians remain un-registered.

A Hawaiian nation might exist as early as next April. But who would be its citizens?