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Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Saving The Last Hawaiian Salt Ponds Courtesy of Santos Family

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Saving The Last Hawaiian Salt Ponds

The traditional making of Hawaiian salt used to occur across the islands. Now the last bastion in Hanapepe is threatened by activities at an adjacent airport.

The Problem With Hawaiian Homestead Land? Much Of It Can’t Be Developed Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The Problem With Hawaiian Homestead Land? Much Of It Can’t Be Developed

Some senators question why the agency charged with providing homes for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries must also manage so much land where building can’t occur.

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: What Crabbe鈥檚 Departure Means For OHA Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: What Crabbe鈥檚 Departure Means For OHA

The CEO of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs never really found the right administrator to back him up. Now the board of trustees must take advantage of the chance for a fresh start.

Disappearance Of A Whale Tooth Necklace Spawns A Big Island Lawsuit Alika Tejada

Disappearance Of A Whale Tooth Necklace Spawns A Big Island Lawsuit

A Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner is suing Hilo Medical Center, where he says a technician removed his sacred necklace that had been in his family for generations.

Former Head Of Hawaiian Home Lands Is Back At Agency In A New Job Anita Hofschneider/Civil Beat

Former Head Of Hawaiian Home Lands Is Back At Agency In A New Job

Jobie Masagatani will earn a six-figure salary as executive assistant to the director.

Big Island: Hawaii’s New Generation Of Women Canoe Carvers Courtesy of Dino Morrow

Big Island: Hawaii’s New Generation Of Women Canoe Carvers

Thanks to a grant, 22 women are constructing a replica of an outrigger canoe that Queen Kapiolani donated to the Smithsonian in 1888.

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: The Glorious But Functional Art Of Indigenous Cultures Honolulu Biennial 2019

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: The Glorious But Functional Art Of Indigenous Cultures

Honolulu Biennial 2019 weaves cultures from many generations, emphasizing the cords that connect them.

Who Owns Aloha? Hawaii Considers Protections For Native Culture AP

Who Owns Aloha? Hawaii Considers Protections For Native Culture

Saying it had trademarked the name “Aloha Poke,” a Chicago restaurant chain recently demanded that a Honolulu eatery change its name.

Senate Votes To Keep Aila As Deputy DHHL Director Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Senate Votes To Keep Aila As Deputy DHHL Director

Five senators voted “no” on the renomination, saying the department needs to go in a new direction.

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Thinking Of Hawaii’s Treasures As Notre Dame Burned Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Thinking Of Hawaii’s Treasures As Notre Dame Burned

We don’t do enough to protect the abundant historic and sacred sites in the islands.