Mililani Trask

Mililani Trask is a leader of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and a political speaker and attorney. One of Trask's contributions to the Hawaiian sovereignty movement was her founding of Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, a native Hawaiian non-governmental organization.^[1]

Outside of Hawaiʻi, Trask has worked with the United Nations to aid indigenous people from around the world seeking independence. She was a member of the Indigenous Initiative for Peace, helped author the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and was elected vice chair of the General Assembly of Nations of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization.^[2] For seven years, she worked and studied under the guidance of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.^[3] She is the younger sister of activist and writer Haunani-Kay Trask.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Tourism and indigenous people: a resource guide. Ecumenical Coalition on Third World Tourism. 1995. p. 12. OCLC 35021069. 
2. ^ Tsai, Michael (July 2, 2006). "Mililani Trask". The Honolulu Advertiser. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/150/sesq5trask. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
3. ^ Burchett, Elisa (November 22, 2006). "Elisa Burchett asks, ‘Will African Group Proposal Derail Entire Indigenous Declaration Process?’". U.N. Observer. http://www.unobserver.com/printen.php?id=2849. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 

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