Well one thing is for certain and that the title of the article hits the nail on the head. Despite Hawaiians overwhelmingly rejecting the DOI rule let alone involvement the government is spearheading and defining a process for a new political status for the native Hawaiian people buy keeping the authority or scope of the narrative within federal law only. Sure they acknowledge there involvement in the overthrow and acknowledge the transaction between the republic and america without relinquishment by the people of claims to sovereignty via joint resolution and concluded it has a trust obligation because it bears responsibility for these actions but nonetheless what is done is done.  
So lets start something a new here is the order of the day and complies with the reconciliation process as long as it stays within federal jurisdiction? Thats self determination? Thats the resolving for historical injustices? And thats the new norm for displacing foreign nations and assimilating its peopl