Below is a list of major testimonies opposing a U.S. Department of Interior proposal to proclaim an administrative regulation to provide federal recognition to a "Native Hawaiian" tribe whenever such a tribe gets created and submits an application to be recognized.
Some individuals or organizations submitted two very different testimonies, because the Department of Interior requested different kinds of comments on two occasions in 2014 and 2015.
In 2014 a preliminary "Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" solicited comments on specific questions which DOI wanted to consider when writing a regulation. Full text of the 2014 ANPRM can be seen at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-20/pdf/2014-14430.pdf
In 2015 an actual proposed regulation was announced as a "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" and comments were requested before a final regulation could be proclaimed as law. Full text of the 2015 NPRM can be seen at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-10-01/pdf/2015-24712.pdf
Individuals or organizations are listed in alphabetical order. If comments were submitted on both occasions, both are listed along with their dates. In every case, a clickable link is provided where the full text of the testimony can be downloaded from the Department of Interior "Regulations" webpage, and in some cases an additional link is provided where the same testimony can also be downloaded from Ken Conklin's website or from the organization's website.
A way to discover testimony on federal recognition for Native Hawaiians submitted by any individual or organization; or containing any particular keyword; is to put a name or keyword into the search window of the "docket" webpage for this proposed regulation, at
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketBrowser;rpp=25;po=0;D=DOI-2015-0005
** Personal note from Ken Conklin: I am aware of significant testimonies from at least two distinguished attorneys which are not listed below, because they cannot be viewed on the Department of Interior "regulations" webpage. Apparently they were submitted with formatting that is incompatible with DOI display requirements. Hopefully they were received and will be given due consideration.
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John Breitmeier (former Department of Interior engineer and reviewer of comments on proposed regulations)
2015 - 41 pages
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-3708&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=msw12
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H. William Burgess, retired attorney and co-founder of Aloha For All
2014 - 8 pages pdf including chart
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-1877&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
and also on Conklin's website at
http://big09.angelfire.com/ANPRMopposeHWBurgess.pdf
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Sandra Puanani Burgess, co-founder of Aloha For All [and Native Hawaiian]
2014 Comment
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOI-2015-0005-1658
and also on Conklin's website at
http://big09.angelfire.com/ANPRMopposeSandraPuananiBurgess.pdf
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Roger Clegg, President and General Counsel of Center for Equal Opportunity
2014 -- Comment forwarding an essay by Hans Von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOI-2015-0005-1503
Attached essay by Hans A. von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation. 8 pages, formatted, with extensive footnotes.
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-1503&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
2015 -- comment reiterating 2014 comment
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOI-2015-0005-3722
2015 -- comment endorsing Grassroot Institute of Hawaii testimony.
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOI-2015-0005-4310
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Kenneth R. Conklin, Ph.D. (Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies)
2014 -- Introductory comment one page
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOI-2015-0005-0885
2014 -- 100-page pdf testimony, letterhead
on Department of Interior website at
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-0885&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
and also on Conklin's website at
http://big09.angelfire.com/ConklinTestmnyDOI081514RulesChangeHawnTribe.pdf
2015 -- Introductory summary
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOI-2015-0005-3095
2015 -- 134-page pdf testimony, letterhead
On Department of Interior website at
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-3095&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
and also on Conklin's website at
http://big09.angelfire.com/NPRM100115Conklin112615.pdf
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Dr. Daniel P. de Gracia, II, Th.D., D.Min., M.A.
2015 -- Comment
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOI-2015-0005-4317
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Grassroot Institute of Hawaii (Keli'i Akina, Ph.D., President [and Native Hawaiian])
2014 -- 5 pages letterhead
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-0018&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
also available on Conklin's website at
http://big09.angelfire.com/ANPRMopposeGRIHKeliiAkina.pdf
With attached letter to President Obama from U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, September 2013, 5 pages on letterhead with signatures of Commissioners, at
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-0018&attachmentNumber=2&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
2015 -- 7 pages letterhead
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-4308&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=msw12
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James Growney, retired public relations executive [and Native Hawaiian]; served at the Hawaii Constitutional Convention in 1978 as a research and information specialist.
2015 -- Comment
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOI-2015-0005-4470
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Judicial Watch (Thomas Fitton, President, and Robert D. Popper, attorney and Director of the Election Integrity Project)
2015 -- 26 pages on letterhead including numerous footnotes and exhibits of letters from U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and from 4 U.S. Senators
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-4366&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
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Paul M. Sullivan, retired attorney, Citizen of Hawaii 1982-2008, adjunct professor at University of Hawaii Law School, 2007 member of Hawaii Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
2014 -- 7 pages nicely formatted with footnotes
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-1645&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
also on Conklin's website at
http://big09.angelfire.com/ANPRMopposePaulSullivan.pdf
2015 -- 8 pages nicely formatted with footnotes and references
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-5437&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
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Hans A. von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation.
2015 -- 8 pages nicely formatted with numerous footnotes
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOI-2015-0005-1503&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
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