Thousands of Native Hawaiians have died still waiting for promised homestead land

Evidence

As a result, fewer than 6,000 Native Hawaiians ever received land, 22,000 remain on waiting lists for homestead awards, and hundreds of homeless Hawaiians live on beaches throughout the state, under the constant threat of arrest. It is estimated that 30,000 Native Hawaiians have died while still waiting for their land. — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 854

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Provides the human-death toll parallel for ‘On Sacrifice: The Real Kind, with Corpses’ sentiment — and more importantly feeds the Eco-Justice thread on how settler land law physically kills Indigenous people over generations.
• XREF: connects to: The 1848 land commission gave land awards to under one percent of Hawaiians — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 844; Native Hawaiians are disproportionately poor and imprisoned despite being 19 percent of the state — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 858