The bid of Native Hawaiians for resolution in (c) [integration], while providing a safety net as a special, identifiable group having a measure of autonomy under United States prescription in the Department of the Interior, will nevertheless, result in gains falling far short of those actually owed them by history. The goals sought under (a) [independence] through face to face conference with the U. S. State Department, while calling for enormous reserves of mind and will and the support of the international community to bear pressure on the occupier, will ultimately lead to freedom to turn for guidance to a heritage already established, and bring up a vision of possibilities for today with its accompanying rights and responsibilities. The lesson to be learned may well be that respect for Hawaii's authentic credentials is the way to move the giant.

"Which way, Hawaii? We are who we were. We are the Hawaiian Nation." I propose that Hawaii's national integrity is inclusive of (1) ancient ancestral protocol, (2) the form of government that later emerged as a constitutional monarchy, and (3) international nation- state position. (With reference to a constitutional monarchy, models of government may legitimately be exchanged for another.) As a physical country of land and water resources and a nation of people, Hawaii stands on its own. At the same time, it has a tri- fold heritage of sovereignty and jurisdiction already established to draw from as it directs itself forward in the present day.

Unless the three influences that make up its identity are acknowledged and in balance, who has the right to say "This is Hawaii"? The trick is for Hawaiians to find their way home. Just as `aha councils on each island in olden times were aligned to each other to form one Hawaii in the manner of strands of fiber braided together to make a strong rope, so braiding the three strands of historical sovereignty together into one unity may be the most important task ahead.