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OHA urges BOE to delay reopening of schools

HONOLULU, HI (July 23, 2020) - The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Ka Pouhana, Chief Executive Officer Sylvia M. Hussey, Ed.D. submitted the following testimony for the July 23, 2020, Hawai‘i State Board of Education General Business Meeting urging the Board of Education to delay the reopening of schools. The Administration of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs respectfully urges your careful consideration of the requests by the Hawai‘i State Teachers Association (HSTA) and many others, to delay the reopening of our public schools until safety protocols, guidance, and alternatives have been more clearly developed and communicated to the educators, families,…

E Ola Mauloa Island Wide Sail

Nā Kālai Waʻa and the voyaging canoe Makaliʻi are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Mauloa, our first canoe built by traditional means, with a sail around Hawaiʻi Island. Makaliʻi and Mauloa will harbor at the following locations and dates: Hilo September 3 - 15, 2018 Miloliʻi - Hōnaunau September 18 - 20, 2018 Keauhou - Kona September 21 - 27, 2018 Keauhou - Kawaihae September 28 - 30, 2018 Panel presentations with the carvers of Mauloa along with video screenings of Ka Manu Kāhea: Calling the Canoe are scheduled for the following dates: Friday, September 7, 2018 6:00 p.m. Grand Naniloa…

OHA statement on judge’s denial of ‘ōlelo Hawaiʻi use in Maui court hearing

Statement of OHA Chief Executive Officer Kamanaʻopono Crabbe The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is deeply disturbed and offended that Hawaiian studies assistant professor Kaleikoa Kaʻeo was prohibited from defending himself in ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi during his court hearing today and that a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. Punishing Native Hawaiians for speaking our native language invokes a disturbing era in Hawaiʻi’s history when ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi was prohibited in schools, a form of cultural suppression that substantially contributed to the near extinction of the Hawaiian language. It is disappointing that the state government continues to place barriers on ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi,…

OHA files lawsuit against state for mismanagement of Mauna Kea

HONOLULU (Nov. 8, 2017) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) filed a lawsuit yesterday in First Circuit Court against the State of Hawaiʻi and the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) for their longstanding and well-documented mismanagement of Mauna Kea. OHA’s complaint requests the court to order the state to fulfill its trust obligations relating to Mauna Kea and to terminate UH’s general lease for the mountain for breach of the lease’s terms. “The state and UH have failed to properly mālama Mauna Kea and have demonstrated their inability to ensure that the environmental and cultural significance of the mountain is…

OHA sponsored symposium gives audiences rare peek at Papahānaumokuākea

HILO -- On August 5th, audiences in Hilo, Hawaiʻi heard directly from researchers, cultural practitioners and community members who have had the rare opportunity to experience the remote Northwestern Hawaiian islands first-hand. At the all-day symposium, sponsored by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Management Board (MMB), presenters talked about Papahānaumokuākea’s rich natural and cultural resources, as well as the work being done to strengthen ancestral ties to the kūpuna islands. “It is our hope that events like this will increase the number of people that have the opportunity to connect with Papahānaumokuākea and increase…