September 6, 2002

Debut of a CD-ROM Series Features a Professor Who Fights for Hawaiian Sovereignty

By BROCK READ

The Hawaiian sovereignty movement is little-known in the continental United States, but the cause is at a crucial juncture, according to Haunani-Kay Trask, a professor of Hawaiian studies at the University of Hawaii-Manoa who co-founded Ka Lahui Hawaii, an organization supporting Hawaiian secession.

Ms. Trask argues that a number of factors -- including widespread emigration, rising housing costs, and lawsuits threatening federal entitlements for native Hawaiians -- make the

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