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There is American Indian tribal sovereignty in many states. This bill is an attempt to give indigenous Hawaiians legal status similar to the federally recognized Indian tribes. Native Hawaiians are not Indians, congress can not regulate them under the Commerce Clause.

Republican Governor of Hawaii, Linda Lingle has endorsed the bill and she is term limited and done after November elections. The Republican Attorney General of Hawaii, Mark Bennett is also a supporter.

Unfortunately, the party does not matter but the constitution. Section. 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

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Unfortunately, the party does not matter but the constitution. Section. 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

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Indigenous peoples’ sovereignty does not create “states.” There are currently about 310 Indian reservations within the United States.

US Law allows for limited tribal sovereignty and federal law allows for commonwealth status such as that of Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands.
The Supreme Court has never ruled sovereign tribal lands to be unconstitutional. In fact the US Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of old treaties that had been abrogated.