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OHA selects Niniau Kawaihae as Director of Community Engagement

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has named Hawaiʻi Island native Niniau Kawaihae as its new Director of Community Engagement.

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2024 Legislative Primer Sheets

Hawaiʻi Island House Representative Greggor Ilagen Representative Jeanne Kapela Representative David A. Tarnas Representative Kirstin Kahaloa Senate Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura Senator Lorraine R. Inouye Senator Dru Mamo Kanuha Senator Herbert M. “Tim” Richards Kauaʻi House Representative Luke A….

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Keʻōpū Reelitz named Director of Advocacy at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced today that it has selected Keʻōpū Reelitz as its new director of Advocacy (chief advocate).

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OHA Board Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey statement on the 130th anniversary of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

Today – Jan. 17, 2023 – marks exactly 130 years since our beloved Queen Liliʻuokalani was forcibly removed from her throne, marking the collapse of the monarchy and the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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Board Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey speaks at the National Caucus of Native American State Legislators

HONOLULU (November 30, 2022) – This morning, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs was honored to participate in the 2022 Annual Meeting of the National Caucus of Native American State Legislators being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Nov. 29 to Dec….

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Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey statement on city establishing the Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission

(November 30, 2022) — Last week’s announcement that Honolulu will be establishing an Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission some three decades after the City Council unanimously voiced its support for such a commission is welcome news for all Native Hawaiians. The…

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OHA Board Chair “Hulu” Lindsey statement on Department of Interior announcement to develop policy with Native Hawaiians

Today’s historic news that the Department of the Interior intends to develop a formal consultation policy with the Native Hawaiian community is a victory in the fight for Native Hawaiian sovereignty and self-determination. The department’s commitment to working with the…

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Statement from OHA Board of Trustees Chair on House Finance Committee Hearing on Public Land Trust bill

(HONOLULU) – We are pleased with yesterday’s Finance Committee hearing decisions that integrated the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ recommended amendments:  removing section 2 and references to net revenues; establishing a new interim annual sum of $21.5 million; releasing the carry…

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Testimony of OHA’s Board Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

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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OHA bill calls out state’s $63.8 million annual under payment in PLT revenues owed to Hawaiians

HONOLULU (January 28, 2022) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has introduced in its 2022 Legislative package a bill to receive its legally mandated 20 percent of the estimated $394 million annual revenue from the Public Land Trust.  The legislation…

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