Although the histories of Native Hawaiians and Native Americans are significantly different, there is still a widely held perception that Native Hawaiians have received similar kinds of unfair treatment from the U.S. Government as Native Americans.
Aínda que as historias dos nativos hawaianos e os nativos norteamericanos difiren notabelmente, hai aínda unha percepción xeneralizada de que os nativos hawaianos recibiron o mesmo tipo de trato discriminatorio por parte do goberno dos Estados Unidos que os nativos norteamericanos.