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OHA Board hosts neighbor island community meetings virtually

HONOLULU (Sept. 30, 2020) - The OHA Board of Trustees will dedicate five meetings in September and October to hearing from community members located on the neighbor islands. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the OHA Board of Trustees' annual series of neighbor island community meetings will be held virtually, consistent with the Governor's Emergency Supplementary Proclamation that is currently in effect. The community meetings will include time for public testimony, presentations from community organizations and an update on OHA's efforts to improve the conditions of Native Hawaiians. OHA BOARD OF TRUSTEES NEIGHBOR ISLAND COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULE MAUI COMMUNITY…

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,…

Ola i ka wai: East Maui Film Screening

Find out more about Hawaiʻiʻs largest, longest and most unbelievable water case at a free film screening of Ola i ka wai: East Maui. Hear the stories of the front line aloha ʻāina warriors in a Q&A session. This will be followed by a screening of ʻŌiwi TV's Nā Loea: The Great Heart of Waiokāne featuring East Maui resident Uncle Ed Wendt.

23rd Annual East Maui Taro Festival

Presented by the East Maui Taro Festival

Ola i ka wai: OHA hails water’s return to Maui Streams

MAUI (October 13, 2014) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Earthjustice, on behalf of community groups Hui o Nā Wai ‘Ehā and Maui Tomorrow Foundation, today celebrated the return of millions of gallons a water to ‘Ῑao Stream (traditionally Wailuku River) and Waikapū Stream in Central Maui after more than a century of diversions that had drained the streams dry. “From our perspective, this is an uplifting moment and a great example of the Hawaiian community and others working together to do the right thing for Nā Wai ‘Ehā streams and all that they nurture," said Kamana‘opono Crabbe, the…