Ka Wai Ola Loa - The Mid-Month Extra  
Mei 2010
Mid-Month Extra



Inherent Sovereignty, Sovereign Immunity and the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act

OHA recently posted an informational document titled, “Inherent Sovereignty, Sovereign Immunity and the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act,” to increase community understanding of inherent sovereignty and sovereign immunity in relation to the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, also known as the “Akaka bill.”READ MORE »

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Bishop Museum, King William Charles Lunalilo Trust Estate and the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts has received a total of $375,000 in community grants that will help them carry out projects linking generations of Hawaiian tradition across pre-contact, post-contact and modern times.READ MORE »

OHA program offers educational assistance for Native Hawaiian keiki

Käko'o Ho'ona'auao K-12 Family Education Assistance Program, which is administered by Chaminade University, awards up to $5,000 to qualified Native Hawaiian families with significant educational costs. Käko'o Ho'ona'auao means "to support enlightenment through education." READ MORE »



 
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Gov. Linda Lingle and Mayor Mufi Hannemann joined more than 250 others in a live audience in the Pïkake Room at the Neal Blaisdell Center on May 3 to watch the top candidates in the special election for Congress spar on issues during a debate sponsored by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.READ MORE »

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Carrington Manaola Yap on MAMo's Wearable Art Show 

Carrington Manaola Yap is a 23-year-old designer from Kohala who returned to showcase his designs at the fourth annual MAMo Wearable Art Show, May 20 at Hawai'i Theatre. This year's collection is inspired by the wind chants of his home island, Hawai'i.
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