I guess my question to you is would you be satisfied with such an arrangement for the Hawaiian people?  Would you be happy to have  ability to bring expensive, time consuming, sometimes arbitrary law suits  in US courts in exchange for your nationhood?  

Times and perspectives change.  What's the difference between Souix, which is used today, and Lakota which I believe is the same name for the same people?  Rebranding?  Curious.