Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act

In the mid to late 1800’s brought about the “Treaty of Cession referred to indigenous people of Alaska as "uncivilized tribes." Such designation in legislation and other agreements caused Alaska Natives to be subject to the same regulations and policies as American Indians in the United States” (Benson, 2015). This was also followed up the 1884 First Organic Act, disputing Alaskan Natives any claims for the land they occupied, and the Major Crimes Act of 1885 that would not allow natives to process any criminal acts. This prompted the start of the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB), this organization united all the different tribes/clans of Southeast Alaska to bond together to press the US government for equality for all Native Alaskans (Benson, 2015). For several years, the Tlingit people fought politically against the US government for control and rights to the land they inhabited for centuries. Though the Tlingits won small advantages in the battle for ownership, such as the 1935 congressional ruling that allowed both the Tlingits and the Hiada Indians the right to sue the Federal Government for a land dispute. It wasn’t until 1971, when President Nixon signed in action the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, becoming the largest land claims settlement in United States History. According to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act,

The annexation of Hawaii was an important event in the history of the world. It is still not easy for the Hawaiians to accept the fact that America had taken over a land 2500 miles away from the West Coast. In 1917 Hawaii was considered the 50th state supported by the islanders after a plebiscite. Queen Lydia Kamakaeha Liliuokalani was overthrown because of the support of the United States army as well as naval forces to a group of businessmen belonging to the sugar and pineapple industry. The Armed forces of the United States were ordered to provide this support on the directives of the minister of the United States to Hawaii. In reality they were missionaries who had been welcomed for several years by the

I chose this source because it supports my claim, explains how the Natives felt about the annexation, and mentions President Clinton’s apology bill. The information on the apology bill will be supporting evidence for a reason why the annexation was illegal and not fair to the Hawaiian civilians.

On May 28, 1830, the Indian Removal Act was passed. It stated that the Native American were to be removed from the Southern states (Indian Removal Act). The act ended the Native American’s right to live in the states under their own traditional laws (Indian Removal Act). They were given the options to assimilate and acknowledge the United States’ laws or leave (Indian Removal Act). They were forced to leave their land, their homes, everything they ever knew or face the consequences. They were forced to go to a land that they knew nothing about, and hope that they would be able to survive where ever they ended up. When the Cherokee were forced to leave, out of the 18,000 that left 4,000 died on the way (Primary Documents) As a result of all of the death on the trail, it was named the Trail of Tears (Primary Documents).

Currently, one of most debated policy issues in America is immigration. Starting with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the American government created several immigration laws that sought to put an end to illegal immigration by mandating workplace regulations, employer sanctions, internal enforcement mechanisms, and border security (Nowrasteh 2). According to immigration policy analyst Alexander Nowrasteh at the Center of Global Liberty and Prosperity of the Cato Institute, by the 1990s, legal immigration was essentially impossible to the United States unless the immigrant was highly skilled, had a close American citizen or legal permanent resident relative or friend who could sponsor him or her, or was a refugee. The Arizona immigration laws should be repealed due to damage done to the state’s economy, the benefits of immigrants to the American economic structure, and the societal harm imposed upon citizens.

The circumstances surrounding the annexation of Hawaii are often left unsaid and remain unknown by citizens of the United States. Hawaii was first annexed into the United States of America in 1898 after white settlers refused to give up control of the Hawaiian government. However, previously President Cleveland opposed annexation and retracted the annexation treated proposed to the Senate. Cleveland supported a restoration of the Hawaiian monarchy and used his administration to oppose annexation. He used James Blount to discover the views of the Hawaiian natives on annexation,

     Kamehameha III made all men free and equal. There were no more slaves and no Hawaiian was born into a life of slavery. There were no more marks on the forehead to distinguish between free eaters or despised

And the Annexation/Committee of Public Safety, a group that wanted to overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy, and to achieve annexation of Hawaii by the United States.

On the side of those who not only advocate the bill but created it there is a very complicated idealism rooted in

Aloha Aina is a political party formed by anti-annexationists who wanted to restore the Queen’s power or throne. However, on their first attempt of an uprising against the provisional government, they failed, and this resulted in the arrest of the Queen. The provisional government charged Lili‘uokalani for having the knowledge of treason and failing to report it, leading her having the sentence of a five-year imprisonment at hard labor and a $5,000 fine (Potter, Kasdon, and Rayson 163). Nevertheless, their second attempt, which was a petition of 21,000 signatures for opposing annexation succeeded, and was temporarily triumphant (Pitzer). Therefore, we know that many Hawaiians disagreed with promoting annexation, but they weren’t able to express their opinions since the provisional government controlled most of Hawaii’s power, leading to the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom to be unjustified to the

In this document the author writes about how the Cherokees wrote to the honorable senate and house of representatives of the United States Of America. In the letter it talks about how the people from the Cherokee Nation felt and questioning why would someone take their place were they always lived and had their own culture. The one who wrote this letter to the senate and house of representatives states that when they step to dry land they first met the red man who was first ignorant and savage, but he still received them kindly and let them rest their weary feet. One of the major argument is that the author writes about how the Cherokees or all Indians were once living a traditional life in their land that their fathers have left for them

The Indian Removal act is an act that allows the president of the United States to remove Indians from their land because the United States think that it is “their land”. It consists of appraisals and money being paid forward for the land, like what is now known as eminent domain. However, not everyone seemed to be happy with this act, as some tribes, particularly the Cherokee tribe, resisted this act. In the “Indian Removal Packet”, the Cherokee Indians wrote an essay explaining why they should not be required to move, in regards to the laws that they were following and also because they would be going into unknown territory. They believed that they have the right to remain in the land that they were in at the time and that taking their land away from them is considered “robbery” of their land. The Cherokee Tribe ends with quoting the golden rule, most likely as in asking how the United States would feel if the roles of this act was reversed on them. This file then goes on to the opinion of how Andrew Jackson felt regarding this act. For him, he believed that this act was a perfect way for the United States to preserve their own country and to dodge any rejections from

The Indian Removal Act would push the Cherokee tribe into strange lands. They would be moving into areas that did not have important resources readily available. The area they would be moved to specifically lacked wood and water. Without wood, it would be difficult to create fires to keep warm, cook their food, and build strong shelter. Without water, it would be difficult to keeps crops alive. Sending the Cherokee tribe into an area where they could not sustain themselves is not far from sending them to their deaths.

The internment of Kabuo, Hatsue and the rest of their family are mainly because the U.S governments are being racist toward Japanese. They government did not trust the Japanese because they feared that among them were spies, even thou they swore to be loyalty to the U.S. Some of them even stand up to fight for the U.S against their home country to demonstrated their loyalty, because they believed that they are America and no longer consider as Japanese. But the U.S took no consideration on whether they are loyal or not and placed them into internment camp for safety purpose. I believed that it’s not necessary to have internment camps, it is basically useless and a waste of money and time, because if the Japanese were to have spies, they wouldn’t be that

This is a “controversial immigration bill authorizing police officers to stop suspected illegal immigrants and demand proof of citizenship” (The Huffington Post). This is giving the police too much authority and can lead to many other problems such as discrimination against Hispanics.