Hawaiian disenfranchisement has allowed the indigenous population to become a minority on their own island, and greater autonomy would allow better protection of land, culture and tradition. The United States officially recognised the annexation of Hawaii as illegal in 1993, when the US Congress passed the Apology Resolution in 1993. In Hawaii indigenous groups disproportionately face greater levels of homelessness, incarceration, heart disease and diabetes, and Harvard University studies have demonstrated that self-governing indigenous populations have higher socioeconomic indicators in these areas. Should it be independent

