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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Beginning Feb. 1, 2022, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will expand the assistance available to Native Hawaiians through its Ka Wailele Emergency Financial Assistance Program.
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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…
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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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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 (Dec. 7, 2021) –The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) strongly supports Gov. Ige and the Hawaiʻi congressional delegation’s call to shut down the Navy’s Red Hill fuel tanks before permanent, irreparable damage is done to our aquifer and Oʻahu’s…
More HONOLULU (November 17, 2021) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) announced today the selection of two new executive team members. Attorney Naʻunanikinaʻu Kamaliʻi, who was formerly a manager with the Queenʻs Health Systems and Health Policy director for Papa Ola Lōkahi,…
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University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo emeritus professor and founding executive director of the Nā Pua No‘eau Center for Gifted and Talented Native Hawaiian Children Dr. David Kekaulike Sing was presented the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) today.
More On Oct. 8, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a Presidential Proclamation which proclaims Oct.11, 2021, (today) as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It is noteworthy and historical that this is the first ever proclamation and recognition of this day by a U.S. President. In…
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HILO, HI (October 1, 2021) – In expanding “Meals & Mahalo” statewide, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) delivered 150 “Meals & Mahalo” to Hilo Medical Center on Friday to frontline healthcare workers as an act of aloha and appreciation. Last…
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