Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 20, Number 11, 1 November 2003 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The following groups, entities and individuals from around the islands and across llie nalion have pledged their support l'oi' federal legislation extending official recognition to Native Hawaiians as an indigenous people, with rights and entitlements comparable to those of Native American and Alaska Native peoples:

Hawai'i Hawai'i State Legislature 'Ahahui Ka'ahumanu Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors — Māmakakaua Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Hale O Nā Ali'i O Hawai'i Hui Kāko'o 'Aina Ho'opulapula I Mua Group Kamehameha Alumni Association National Association of Social Workers — Hawai'i Chapter Office of Hawaiian Affairs Royal Order of Kamehameha I State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations Japanese American Citizens League (Honolulu Chapter) National & Regional Alaska Federation of Natives ^ Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations Governors' lnterstate lndian Council Japanese American Citizens League (National)

lnter-Tribal Council of Arizona Leadership Conference on Civil Rights League of United Latin American Citizens Mexican American Legal Defense Education Fund National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development National Congress of American lndians National Council of La Raza National Organization of Pacific lslanders in America Organization of Chinese Americans lndividuals U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, Hawai'i U.S. Sen. Daniel K. lnouye, Hawai'i U.S. Rep. Ed Case, Hawai'i U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, Hawai'i U.S. Rep. Eni Faleomavaega, American Sāmoa Gov. Linda Lingle, Hawai'i Mayor Alan M. Arakawa, Maui Joe Shirley, President, Navajo Nation Gov. Howard Dean, Democratic Candidate for President