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Keona Blanks: Aina-Based Education Is The Path To A Sustainable Future Courtesy: Visionize Media

Keona Blanks: Aina-Based Education Is The Path To A Sustainable Future

A growing movement looks to raise Hawaii’s next leaders through place and experiential learning.

How The Story Of The ‘Army’ That Illegally Took Over A Kunia Property Is Playing On Social Media Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

How The Story Of The ‘Army’ That Illegally Took Over A Kunia Property Is Playing On Social Media

Arrested earlier this month, members of the group claim they own the land as heirs of Native Hawaiians who got land grants during the Great Mahele in 1848.

Out Of The Shadows: Native Hawaiian Nonprofit Is Suddenly In The Spotlight Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Out Of The Shadows: Native Hawaiian Nonprofit Is Suddenly In The Spotlight

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is emerging as a business and political force in Hawaii.

Hawaiian Fishponds Are Rebounding In The Face Of Rising Seas And Invasive Species Ku鈥榰 Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiian Fishponds Are Rebounding In The Face Of Rising Seas And Invasive Species

Community caretakers have been adapting traditional practices to modern day challenges in an effort to restore these once-productive food sources.

Hawaiian ‘Occupied Forces’ Group Ousted From Kunia Property By Police Instagram

Hawaiian ‘Occupied Forces’ Group Ousted From Kunia Property By Police

The squatters had taken over the private property nine months ago claiming they had title under laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

This Hawaiian Language Class Is Reaching Students On The Mainland To New Zealand Courtesy: Maile Naehu/2022

This Hawaiian Language Class Is Reaching Students On The Mainland To New Zealand

For many, Hawaiian immersion education is geographically out-of-reach. A new virtual learning platform aims to make it more accessible.

Danny De Gracia: A Blueprint For OHA To ‘Better’ The Lives Of Native Hawaiians Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Danny De Gracia: A Blueprint For OHA To ‘Better’ The Lives Of Native Hawaiians

Native Hawaiians suffer disparities in education, housing, health care and overall outcomes. OHA needs to play a bigger role in fixing that.

Anticipated Revenue Windfall Raises The Stakes In OHA Elections Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Anticipated Revenue Windfall Raises The Stakes In OHA Elections

Six seats on OHA’s board of trustees, which oversees more than $600 million in trust funds, are up for grabs.

Group Occupying Honolulu Pot Farm Faces Deadline To Move Out Instagram

Group Occupying Honolulu Pot Farm Faces Deadline To Move Out

A judge ruled in favor of the property owners and signed an order directing police or sheriffs to remove the defendants and their supporters.

Standoff In Waipahu: Hawaiian Rights ‘Army’ Has Illegally Occupied A Private Pot Farm Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Standoff In Waipahu: Hawaiian Rights ‘Army’ Has Illegally Occupied A Private Pot Farm

The owners of the 5-acre site intended to grow medical marijuana have a court order to remove the activists who are refusing to leave.