I am not implying that the effort to take down the Indian nations will be successful. Nevertheless, like last year's Rice decision, the Barrett case represents a potentially huge precedent. Strictly speaking, they're right. But to stop there is to ignore the history of America and the legacy of colonialism racism. We should not view Hawaiian sovereignty in an isolated context.
History shows a pattern of global thievery by America.
There are sovereignty movements in Puerto Rico and Guam as well. The reality is quite different. The indigenous nations were granted quasi-sovereign status based on peace treaties. It took the Civil War to outlaw slavery. It took the women's suffrage movement before women gained the right to vote.