The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Board of Trustees today selected former OHA Trustee Mililani Trask of Hilo to serve as the new OHA Trustee for Hawaiʻi Island.
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Statement from OHA Board Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey on the passing of former OHA Trustee Oswald “Oz” Stender: We extend our deepest condolences to the ‘ohana of Oswald “Oz” Stender on the loss of their beloved patriarch. He served with…
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When the anatomist Georg Thilenius excavated a number of skulls and skeletons on the island of Maui in 1897, he violated the prevailing Hawaiian laws that prohibited the removal of human remains from burial sites
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On February 2, 2022, Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey, Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, testified at the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs’ Oversight Hearing on “The Long Journey Home: Advancing the Native American Graves…
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is no longer accepting nominations to fill the Hawaiʻi Island Trustee vacancy. This vacancy must be filled by a Hawai‘i Island resident approved by a 2/3 vote (i.e., 6 of the remaining 8 members) of OHA’s Board of Trustees (BOT) within 60 days of the…
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HONOLULU (Jan. 31, 2022 ) – Office of Hawaiian Affairs Hawaiʻi Island Trustee Keola Lindsey has announced that he is vacating his position. OHA’s Board of Trustees received a letter of resignation from Lindsey which stated that effective Feb. 1, 2022, he is…
More On December 20, President Biden announced his intention to appoint leaders as commissioners to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, which was established in May. The Commission will advise the President on ways the…
More HONOLULU (September 14, 2021) – Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Hawaiʻi and in accordance with current COVID-19 safety guidance, the two OHA meetings scheduled this week on Hawaiʻi Island will be hosted virtually only. Beneficiaries…
More HONOLULU (May 27, 2021)- The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has begun accepting proposals from qualified individuals and firms to provide real estate planning and development advisory services as a consultant related to its commercial real estate property portfolio. The “In-House Development Consultant” will work as OHA’s trusted advisor responsible for…
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HONOLULU (Dec. 21, 2020) – OHA Chair Hulu Lindsey announced today her selection of Native Hawaiian attorney and administrator Colin Kippen as OHA Board Chief of Staff. He will start on Jan. 4. “Mr. Kippen will bring a breadth of…
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