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OHA: Office of Hawaiian Affairs

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EPA Awards $2 Million in Grants to Assess Hawaii Communities for Potential Revitalization Effort

SAN FRANCISCO (May 19, 20245) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has been selected to receive a $2 million Brownfields Grant to assess contaminated local lands as a precursor…

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Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Hawaiian Community Assets Partner to Provide $1.66 Million in Emergency Financial Assistance for Native Hawaiian ʻOhana

HONOLULU (May 15, 2025)  – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has awarded Hawaiian Community Assets (HCA) a $1.66 million Community Grant to administer the Kūkulu Kahua Emergency Financial Assistance Program. This statewide initiative will provide critical support for Native…

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OHA BOT Chair Statement on BLNR Decision on Final EIS by U.S. Army for Pōhakuloa

Statement from Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Chairperson Kaialiʻi Kahele on the Board of Land and Natural Resources decision regarding the U.S. Army’s Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Pōhakuloa Training Area on Hawaiʻi Island.

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OHA To Begin Traveling Beneficiary Services Program Across Hawaiʻi Island

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) will begin a Traveling Beneficiary Services initiative on Hawaiʻi Island.

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Iwi Kūpuna Repatriation Team Heading Home to Hawaiʻi

A team representing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and Hui Iwi Kuamoʻo is on its way back to Hawaiʻi after receiving iwi kūpuna (ancestral remains) in formal ceremonies this week from the National Museums of Northern Ireland – Ulster Museum (NMNI Ulster).

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SCR 161 / HCR 193: Burial Site Protection

Support OHA’s Two Resolutions to Strengthen Burial Sites Protections

House and Senate Resolutions (HCR193HD1 & SCR 161) would create a working group to explore transferring the care, management and protection of iwi kūpuna from the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) to OHA.

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HB410 HD1: OHA Budget Bill

Support HB 410 HD1 Funding OHA’s Vital Programs and Services

Mahalo to everyone who has supported OHA’s budget bill so far – we are getting close to the end of session!

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HB410 HD1: OHA Budget Bill

Support OHA’s 2025 Budget Bill Before the Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee

Office of Hawaiian Affairs 2025 Budget Bill Before the Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee

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SB 268 SD1: Island Burial Council

Testify in support of SB 268 SD1!

Mahalo to everyone who has supported OHA’s priority iwi kūpuna bill so far this session.

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HB410: OHA Budget Bill

Support OHA’s 2025 Budget Before the House Finance Committee

The House will hear OHA’s budget bill this Wednesday, March  5, at 10:00 a.m.

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