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2023-04-27 17:00:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0BF48C838CF891A5E788EC7BC8C97C6ABAE999A631F3CBBE2CF84C6A981EE2F8
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Original Note:
The use of the Hawaiian language was never banned. In 1896 a law was passed to conduct education in English only. The US and Hawaiian governments never punished anyone simply for speaking Hawaiian. https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2022/bills/HB1986_.HTM#:~:text=Act%2057%20declared%20an%20English,of%20instruction%20in%20public%20schools.
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