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A Community Is Trying To Save Hawaiian Burials From Eroding Into The Sea Ku鈥榰 Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2021

A Community Is Trying To Save Hawaiian Burials From Eroding Into The Sea

Climate change is threatening iwi kupuna from mauka to makai. Experts say the tools exist to come up with a solution but it will require political will.

From ‘Sacred Place’ To ‘Dumping Ground,’ West Oahu Confronts A Legacy Of Landfills Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

From ‘Sacred Place’ To ‘Dumping Ground,’ West Oahu Confronts A Legacy Of Landfills

Mental health professionals say the community is working to overcome the negative stereotypes associated with decades of hosting the island’s less desirable municipal facilities.

Wespac’s Aggressive Effort To Muscle In On State Control Of Fisheries ahamoku.org/2019

Wespac’s Aggressive Effort To Muscle In On State Control Of Fisheries

From paying people to attend meetings to pushing legislation and even publishing a book, the federal fisheries panel spent years trying to influence state policy.

The Clock Is Ticking As Native Hawaiians Wait For Homeland Inheritance Reform Cory Lum/Civil /2021

The Clock Is Ticking As Native Hawaiians Wait For Homeland Inheritance Reform

An effort to allow more part-Hawaiian children and grandchildren of Hawaiian homeowners to inherit the properties has stalled in Washington.

OHA Has Lots Of Job Openings Amid A Controversial Restructuring Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

OHA Has Lots Of Job Openings Amid A Controversial Restructuring

Meanwhile, some staffers have criticized a reorganization they say contributed to departures from the office.

Hawaiian Home Lands Residents May Be Out Of Luck When It Comes To Help With Broadband Bills DHHL

Hawaiian Home Lands Residents May Be Out Of Luck When It Comes To Help With Broadband Bills

A federal pandemic subsidy program offers discounts to homesteaders. But the company that provides the service says it won’t participate.

Nonprofit Will Use Grant To Create Savings Accounts For Native Hawaiian Families Courtesy: Partners in Development Foundation

Nonprofit Will Use Grant To Create Savings Accounts For Native Hawaiian Families

Partners in Development Foundation is teaming up with American Savings Bank to help families better prepare and pay for children’s educational needs.

Lanai School Gets Hawaiian Immersion Classroom Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Lanai School Gets Hawaiian Immersion Classroom

The creation of a Hawaiian language immersion program comes seven years after a Lanai mother filed a lawsuit against the DOE.

Hawaiian Homesteaders Are First To Get Pandemic Relief Funds To Help Pay The Mortgage Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaiian Homesteaders Are First To Get Pandemic Relief Funds To Help Pay The Mortgage

The $5 million mortgage relief program is the latest effort by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to help people struggling to pay their bills.

Peter Apo: Hawaiians Must Agree On The Meaning Of Sovereignty To Achieve It Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Peter Apo: Hawaiians Must Agree On The Meaning Of Sovereignty To Achieve It

The successful pursuit of Hawaiian sovereignty will take extraordinary leadership and considerable financial resources.