FT 28.3 - Lāhui ʻOiwi Act

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SECTION 1. Title

1. This act shall be known as the "Lāhui ʻOiwi Act"

SECTION 2. Purpose

1. The purpose of this act is to guarantee the human, civil, political and economic rights of the indigenous peoples of Frémont.

SECTION 3. Official Recognition

1. The Government of the Commonwealth of Frémont hereby recognizes the indigenous nation of Hawaiʻi, hereinafter "ka lāhui Hawaiʻi," as well as the indigenous nation of Winnemem Wintu, as official Indigenous Nations of Atlasia and of Frémont in accordance with the Constitution of Atlasia.

2. The Government of the Commonwealth of Frémont shall include ka lāhui Hawaiʻi and the Winnemem Wintu nation as eligible recipients for all programs and funds which the Commonwealth of Frémont allocates for indigenous nations or which the Federal Government of Atlasia delegates to the Commonwealth to be allocated to federally-recognized indigenous nations.

3. The Government of the Commonwealth of Frémont shall also officially recognize as Indigenous Nations of Atlasia and Frémont all indigenous nations which were historically recognized by the United States at any point through treaties and government-to-government relations, including those who were unrecognized by the Office of Federal Acknowledgement.

4. The Government of the Commonwealth of Frémont calls upon the Federal Government of Atlasia to officially recognize ka lāhui Hawaiʻi, the Winnemem Wintu nation and all currently unrecognized indigenous nations, particularly those historically recognized by the United States.

SECTION 4. Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations

1. The Government of the Commonwealth of Frémont shall establish an Office of Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations. The Office shall be tasked with gathering public testimony from the indigenous peoples who are the traditional and rightful stewards of the lands in what is now the legal jurisdiction of Frémont in order to:

• document indigenous historical memory;
• infuse the official record of settler-indigenous encounters as previously and presently declared by the government with the truth as experienced by indigenous peoples;
• develop curriculum recommendations for Frémont public schools which critically addresses the history and legacy of settler colonialism in Frémont, including the role of John C. Frémont in the California Genocide against the Wintun, Klamath and other indigenous peoples of the Pacific Coast and the Cascades;
• foster a genuine movement towards reconciliation between settlers and indigenous people that acknowledges rather than sidesteps the violence and trauma of settler colonialism;
• issue policy recommendations to improve the material and socioeconomic conditions of indigenous peoples, protect the sacred lands, waters and resources of indigenous peoples from desecration and pollution, defend and expand indigenous political sovereignty and develop genuine government-to-government relationships between the Commonwealth of Frémont and indigenous nations; and,
• under the leadership of indigenous elders and with the robust public input of indigenous communities, chart a path towards reparations for the genocide, dispossession, displacement and other crimes against humanity committed by Frémont and its respective state and local governments against indigenous peoples.

2. The Office of Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations established in section 4.1 shall be allocated $5 million dollars for its first year of operation and then $2 million annually thereafter.

3. The Government of the Commonwealth of Frémont shall, on the advice of the Office of Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations and indigenous experts, establish a museum in Denver on indigenous history, resistance, resilience and culture in the face of state violence, genocide, treaty violations and desecration of their lands and waters. The museum will not only acknowledge the past but amplify the voices of indigenous peoples actively involved in present struggles and those who are to come in future generations. $50 million over a period of five years will be allocated to this project.

4. The Government of the Commonwealth of Frémont shall also offer $5 million each to the Winnemem Wintu nation, the Cachil DeHe Wintun nation and the Klamath nation for the construction of memorials to the lives lost during the genocidal campaign of John C. Frémont and the resistance and ongoing struggles of these indigenous nations for the protection of their rights, sovereignty, lands, water, salmon, cultural practices and livelihood.

5. The Government of the Commonwealth of Frémont calls upon the Federal Government of Atlasia to establish a federal Office of Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations similar to the one outlined in section 4.1 to address the country's long and continuing history of treaty violations, genocide, state violence, dispossession, cultural erasure and other crimes against humanity in its murderous relations with indigenous peoples.

SECTION 5. Implementation and Cost

1. This legislation shall take effect immediately.

2. This legislation allocates a total of $30 million in its first year of implementation, $12 million annually for the next four years and $2 million annually after the conclusion of five years.

Proposed By: ReallySuper

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Strongly endorsed.

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Mahalo e ka luna hoʻomalu.

This bill does a number of things that are designed to improve the legal, political and material conditions of indigenous people residing in the jurisdiction of Frémont. First, it would recognize as official indigenous nations ka lāhui Hawaiʻi, the Winnemem Wintu nation and other indigenous nations which had entered into treaties with or otherwise had some recognition from the former United States of America but which were excluded from the list of federally-acknowledged tribal nations. This would qualify them for all the benefits, rights, obligations, grant funding, etc. that are or may be extended to federally-recognized indigenous nations regardless of if the Atlasian government chooses to recognize them or not.

Secondly, it establishes an Office of Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations. The "official" history of the "settling" and colonization of the Americas and in particular the "Manifest Destiny" of what is now Frémont is riddled with whitewashed inaccuracies, blatant genocide denial and other racist lies. Although nothing can really ever "make up" for the crimes against humanity which the U.S., Atlasian, Frémont, state and local governments (including especially John C. Frémont himself) have committed against indigenous peoples for generations, and their subsequent and ongoing coverup, simply acknowledging the truth of the pain of indigenous peoples and listening to their own telling of this history is an important first step.

As part of this effort, the bill also allocates funds to establish a museum in Denver dedicated to the Truth of settler colonialism, the unending vibrant life of indigenous nations and the power of their resistance in this land. It also acknowledges the particular responsibility of a government named in the honor of a genocidal butcher to the communities he personally devastated, and directs funds to the Winnemem Wintu, Cachil DeHe Wintun and Klamath nations to establish memorials to those tragically lost to the violent campaign of John C. Frémont in the manner of their choosing.

The other important task of the Office is to chart a vision for reparations with the input of indigenous elders and their communities. The intent of this is not some kind of one-time "settlement" or "get-out-of-jail free card" that somehow exonerates the Frémont, Atlasian, state and local settler governments of their immense list of crimes against indigenous peoples. Instead, it aims to establish a framework for genuine reparations which will be of real and lasting benefit to a people who have suffered at the hands of these governments since their foundation.

The bill also makes a formal call to the Senate to emulate its provisions on a federal scale since we obviously know that the arbitrary borders drawn by European settlers and Atlasian founders cut across the traditional lands of many indigenous nations, that indigenous people are not only present in Frémont and that many of these issues need federal authority and resources to be properly addressed.

I welcome any questions, amendments, suggestions or other feedback you may have.

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Members have 24 hours to register objections or this bill will proceed to a vote.

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A vote is hereby ordered. Members have 48 hours to cast their votes.

I vote AYE

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