Hawaii Traditional and Customary Rights, Amendment 29 (1978)

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The Hawaii Traditional and Customary Rights, Amendment 29, also known as Amendment 29, was on the ballot in Hawaii on November 7, 1978, as a convention referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article XII, Section 8. The amendment stated that the state would reaffirm and protect all rights, customarily and traditionally exercised for subsistence, cultural and religious purposes by Ahupua’s tenants who are descendants of the native Hawaiians who inhabited the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778, subject to the right of the state to regulate such rights.[1]

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Hawaii Amendment 29 (1978)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes140,06192.01%
No12,1657.99%

Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Hawaii, 1968-1990

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