But even if she had won, it would have meant that she personally had owned the land, and not the race of Native Hawaiians. Race-based political sovereignty is not necessary for Native Hawaiians to exercise their culture and spirituality. Sovereignty, to be possible, must be multiracially inclusive, or else the race of Native Hawaiians could only claim a share of the land in proportion to their population in the same way as any other separatist group. In actuality, we're all sovereign right now already. Most sovereignty proposals contain morally outrageous demands for racially exclusionary superior voting rights and property rights.
Additional readings provide further insight.
Federal Criteria for Recognition of Tribal Status. Open letter to State legislators opposing any racial apartheid for Hawai'i. The Outrageously Racist Demands of the Hawaiian Supremacists We Need A Second Dialog on Sovereignty Where All Can Participate Without Predetermined Conclusions.