A resolution designating February 2026 as "Hawaiian Language Month" or "Olelo Hawai'i Month".

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 625 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 625 Designating February 2026 as ``Hawaiian Language Month'' or ```Olelo Hawai`i Month''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 2, 2026 Mr. Schatz (for himself and Ms. Hirono) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Designating February 2026 as ``Hawaiian Language Month'' or ```Olelo Hawai`i Month''. Whereas the Hawaiian language, or `Olelo Hawai`i-- (1) is the Native language of Native Hawaiians, the aboriginal, Indigenous people who-- G (A) settled the Hawaiian archipelago as early as 2,000 years ago, over which they exercised sovereignty; and G (B) over time, founded the Kingdom of Hawai`i; and (2) was once widely spoken by Native Hawaiians and non-Native Hawaiians throughout the Kingdom of Hawai`i, which held one of the highest literacy rates in the world prior to the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai`…