DoI proposed rulemaking for Native Hawaiian governing entity

From Hawaii News Now (follow link for video as well as full article):

“The Department of the Interior is considering publishing an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to help determine whether the Department should develop a formal, administrative process to reestablish a government-to-government relationship with a future Native Hawaiian governing entity,” said Jessica Kershaw, press secretary for the US Department of the Interior.

The article follows with expected reactions from those who support or oppose, but the independent position is sourced to the conservative/libertarian so-called Grassroots Institute, which has a convergence of position with some of the independence-minded when it comes to this issue.

But Grassroot Institute of Hawaii president Kelii Akina said it’s unconstitutional.

“The government cannot just create an Indian tribe. And Hawaiians were never an Indian tribe. We were citizens of all races in a constitutional monarchy,” he said.

Washington Times has the full conservative perspective (also with video), and says:

The Interior Department issued a notice of proposed rule-making Friday, before the holiday weekend, to solicit comments on how to “facilitate the re-establishment of a government-to-government relationship with the Native Hawaiian community.”