“In relation to indigenous peoples, U.S. governmental bodies have used blood quantum classifications both historically and in the present to appropriate Native lands and to promote cultural and biological assimilation to the advantage of whiteness. This appropriation of land and resources is both historical and ongoing. Blood quantum criteria underlie recent court decisions regarding Hawaiian entitlements, and new proposals, such as federal recognition for Hawaiians to gain status akin to tribal nations, that are undermining the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and pushing questions of who counts as Hawaiian to the surface. Notably, the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 in Rice v. Cayetano has increased the crisis that now surrounds the contemporary Hawaiian sovereignty movement.” Excerpt From: J. Kēhaulani Kauanui. “Hawaiian Blood.” Duke University Press, 2012-05-18. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright. Check out this book on the iBooks Store: https://itunes.apple/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=468009682 Excerpt From: J. Kēhaulani Kauanui. “Hawaiian Blood.” Duke University Press, 2012-05-18. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright. Check out this book on the iBooks Store: https://itunes.apple/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=468009682
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