Inouye Pushes Hawaiian Recognition

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Sen. Daniel Inouye may have found a way to get federal recognition for Native Hawaiians without the Akaka Bill.

Inouye inserted language into a draft of a U.S. Department of the Interior spending plan that would pave the way for recognition. 

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