Just got through reading all of the comments that Mr. Aki`s article generated! I am going to add my 2 cents. Granted there was an "Illegal Overthrow"! That was a 100 YEARS AGO!! Kamehameha "United" the Islands 200 YEARS AGO! Whites overthrew the Monarchy! However, in 200 years it was NOT just Whites who made Hawai`i what it is today, good or bad! How about the rich Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Portuguese, etc! BTW, some of the biggest landholders in Hawai`i are Portuguese! I always hear about how Native Hawaiians were "disenfranchised" after the illegal overthrow!. How about all of the descendants of the defeated Ali`i in 1810 because of Kamehameha? They lost EVERYTHING! I believe that we Hawaiians that are descendants of the defeated Ali`i, were given more of a chance by America than was given us by the Monarchy of Kamehameha and his descendants! If the Monarchy was still in place, who would it be? Heirs of the Campbell Estate! What has the Campbell Estate done for Native Hawaiians?