What exactly are we gaining?  What exactly is the plan?  Its not only "not perfect" but there is no plan and no one, including you know exactly what is it that we are gaining.  Not even the people supporting Federal Recognition have been able to articulate a plan.  The same can be said for Independence supporters.  Hawaiians have made peace with many issues, but like Americans continue to struggle with other issues. Has the US made peace with the African-American situation?  How about the Native American issues, has the US made peace with this situation?  What about immigration, has the US made peace with immigration from Mexico, where every night we see on TV, Americans making offensive remarks about Mexican people?  How about Syria, where almost all the Republican Governors have refused to host Syrian refugees in their respective states?  All countries have issues and we are dealing with ours, so please extend us some grace as we struggle with the same issues as the US.