The delineation between well-read person and the putative cynic is a rather broad one, and thus you would be advised that you might be wavering to the later. The task at hand is neither simple nor easy.


However, there are are several factors that favor Native Hawaiians: first, the law, the entire basis of DOI creating this potential opportunity is held within our very constitution via the commerce clause; two, because of the proximity of the islands and the ceded lands held by the state, Native Hawaiians stand in a very good position not just to be economically viable, but a central figure in commerce for the entire state; and third there are many germane and relevant case models that can be modified and tailored so that Native Hawaiians avoid many of pitfalls of other domestic native entities, see, the Harvard Project on Native American Economic Development.