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Ke Koho Paloka Hoʻoluhi Hewa ʻia ma Hawaiʻi

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Read this article in English Auhea ʻoukou e nā makamaka aloha ʻāina mai ka lā hiki a i ka lā kau; mai ke one wali...

Iwi Kūpuna Disturbed by Maui Lani Parkways Project

Protecting kūpuna from the COVID-19 virus has been our community’s shared kuleana. Iwi kūpuna found in Native Hawaiian burial sites across ka pae ʻāina,...

Ka Hana Maʻalea a ke Aloha

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Read this article in English Unuhi ʻia e Noʻeau Peralto Hui Mālama i nā Kāpuna o Hawaiʻi Nei, Mokuna 6: I Mana i ka Hoʻonaʻauao Ua aʻo...

Aloha Nō…

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Jim Reeves sings a song I first heard forty years ago. One of the lines from the song goes, “There comes a time when...

Depression during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Earlier this month, a nationwide study confirmed what many have suspected for some time: the prevalence of depression has soared during the COVID-19 pandemic....

2020 Legislative Session: Discouraging Employment Discrimination and a Successful Defense

This year’s unprecedented legislative session featured measures involving employment discrimination, land transfers, the potential alienation of “ceded” lands – and a global pandemic that...

Mākeke | The Marketplace | October 2020

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Classified ads only $12.50 - Type or clearly write your ad of no more than 175 characters (including spaces and punctuation) and mail, along...

Our ʻŌpio Speak Out

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They are on the threshold of adulthood, living at a time when Hawaiʻi, America and the world are facing many daunting challenges. What concerns...

Voter Suppression in Hawaiʻi

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Read this article in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi Aloha to our friends who love the land from the rising to the setting of the sun, from the...

Exchange Ave: An Ahupuaʻa Inspired Digital Economy

By John Kealoha Garcia Prior to the overthrow, Native Hawaiians lived in a highly organized, self-sufficient, subsistent social system based on communal land tenure. At the...

The Trifecta of Inequality: Income, Wealth, and Opportunity

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Welina me ke aloha. The “trifecta of inequality” took hold after the Great Recession in 2008. This country must put forward an intrastructure “overhaul,” and...

Public Notice | October 2020

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Notice Of Consultation Section 106 Of The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Pāpaʻaloa Elderly Housing Project PāPaʻAloa, Kaiwilahilahi Ahupuaʻa, North Hilo District, Island Of...

Inspiring Young Minds; Transforming Young Lives

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Queen Liliʻuokalani dedicated her wealth to the most vulnerable of children. She was acutely aware of the large numbers of orphaned and destitute children...

Not the Flu: ʻŌiwi Talk About COVID-19

The first weekend in August, Maile Alau and her ʻohana were moving into their new home. Saturday was a busy day spent moving boxes...

Strategic Aloha

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Read this article in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawaiʻi Nei Part 6: Empowerment Through Education We were trained to understand that negativity...

Most Important Election of My Lifetime

Ka Wai Ola
In a few days the state of Hawaiʻi will be sending out your mail in ballots for the 2020 general election. This will probably...

Manu, The Boy Who Loved Birds

Manu, The Boy Who Loved Birds
After a school visit to the Bishop Museum, a young boy is inspired to learn more about the Native Hawaiian birds whose feathers were...

Ka Wai Ola | Vol. 37 No. 10 | October 2020

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OHA Victory in Ongoing Lawsuit Against State Auditor

First Circuit Judge Jeffrey P. Crabtree issued an order in favor of OHA in mid-September, ruling that the redacted portions of the minutes of...

News Briefs | October 2020

Applications for Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship Now Available First Nations Development Institute and The Henry Luce Foundation have opened applications for the 2021 Luce Indigenous Knowledge...