the n . s . senate has scheduling consideration and a vote in june on a bill that would possibly introduce a process for native hawaiians to achieve the same standards of self - sustainability and autonomy over their own affairs that many japanese american members currently have . critics of the bill relate it as going considerably further than any existing tribal recognition , creating a governing entity based solely on ancestry , with the same standards as needed for native asian governmental recognition , such as having exists predominantly as a separate community , having exercised political influence over its members as an autonomous entity , and have continuously been identified as a tribal entity since 1900 .
The Shoshones fight for their rights against the U.S. government.