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Jill Tokuda: “Native Hawaiians are not a racial group like they stated in…”

Featuring: Jill Tokuda, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 2nd Congressional District

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Rep. Jill Tokuda Joins KITV to Discuss Future of PTA, Trump's War in Iran, and Threats to NHEP

Published | Video Starts at 06:11

And the bottom line is we know this is not just an attack on Native Hawaiian education funding or housing funding or health funding. And they're attacking it all. It really is trying to undercut the fact that Native Hawaiians are not a racial group like they stated in. They are, in fact, an indigenous people. And we have a trust, responsibility and obligation to support our Native Hawaiian communities. Representative Jill Tokuda. We have about 10 seconds left. What's on the ledger? (06:11–06:16)

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Asserts that Native Hawaiians are an indigenous people, not merely a racial group.

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