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Fishponds, Factories and Families: 200 Years of Change in Kaka‘ako

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View the full special insert on Kakaʻako Makai Change came to all of Hawaiʻi after the “discovery” of our islands by British explorers, but few places in our pae ʻāina were as quickly or as profoundly affected as Kakaʻako. Kakaʻako is not the area’s original name;...

Demanding Respect

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Read this article in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Repatriation of Iwi Kūpuna and Moepū in 1993-1994 In years four and five, there were nine repatriation cases involving six museums under the authority of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). In 1993, two repatriations took place...

Kūpaʻa i ka Pono

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Read this article in English Unuhi ʻia e Noʻeau Peralto Ka Hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai i nā Iwi Kūpuna a me nā Moepū i nā M.H. 1993-1994 Ma ka makahiki ʻehā a me ka makahiki ʻelima o kā mākou hana, ua hoʻokō ʻia nā hoʻihoʻi iwi kūpuna he...

Leadership

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Read this article in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Hear ye, friends of this Hawaiian language column. This is the month that the Citizen Prince, namely, Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, was born and will be remembered and celebrated by civic clubs and Hawaiian homesteaders. While reflecting on his leadership in...

Alakaʻina

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Read this article in English Auhea ʻoukou e nā makamaka o neia kolamu ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. ʻO kēia ka mahina a ke Aliʻi Makaʻainana, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, i hānau ʻia ai, a e hoʻomanaʻo a e hoʻokulāia ʻia ana nō ia e...

Mākeke | The Marketplace | March 2021

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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 with a check for $12.50, to: Ka Wai Ola Classifieds, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200,...

COVID-19 Q&A with Dr. Gerard Akaka

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COVID-19 vaccination programs are being rolled out around the world. Here in Hawaiʻi, more than 220,000 people have already been vaccinated, but the entire process will take months. Phase 1 of the rollout includes three priority groups. The first group includes health care personnel and...

Aloha Rising: Legislative Updates and Submitting Testimony in 2021

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In January, we provided an overview of the measures included in this year’s OHA 2021 Legislative Package. As we are midway through the legislative session, here are status updates as of February 15 on measures included in our package. OHA—1: OHA Biennium Budget Bill FY22-23...

Relief Package Provides Hawaiʻi With Much-Needed Aid

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Hawaiʻi will receive at least $1.7 billion as part of the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package approved by Congress on December 27. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) will manage $32.4 million of that money, including $30 million for broadband-related activities such as...

Live Within Your Means

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By Timmy Wailehua One of the most difficult duties of managing your finances is “living within your means” or simply put, budgeting. Many individuals budget, or think they are budgeting, but in reality, they are stretching their income as far as they can. Metaphorically speaking, you...

Ka Wai Ola | Vol. 38 No. 3 | March 2021

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Haliʻa Aloha | March 2021

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To create a space for our readers to honor their loved ones, Ka Wai Ola will print Haliʻa Aloha - obituaries and mele kanikau (mourning chants). Haliʻa Aloha appearing in the print version of Ka Wai Ola should be recent (within six months of...

Creating a Hawaiian Sense of Place

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Kulāiwi (nvs. Native land, homeland; native.) Aloha mai kākou, When I go home to Kohala, I normally fly into the Kona airport. I drive north on Māmalahoa Highway and when I get to Kawaihae instead of continuing on Māmalahoa I typically turn left onto ʻAkoni Pule...

Not in Anyone’s Backyard II: Our Promise to Future Generations

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By Anthony Makana Paris, JD & Kamuela Werner, MPH Hulō! We can all breathe a little easier now that Hawaiʻi has a new law that requires a one-half mile “buffer zone” between ʻōpala and our homes, schools, and hospitals. What does this mean? Current waste or...

Hawaiian Home Lands Case Status

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By Thomas Grande, guest author The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) welcomes guest author Thomas Grande who will provide an update regarding Kalima v. State of Hawaiʻi – a case filed in 1999 after the State of Hawaiʻi suspended the Hawaiian Claims Office....

An Unexpected Blessing

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By Pūʻali Camba-Kaniaupio, Grade 12, Ke Ana Laʻahana PCS Aloha, ʻo Pūʻali Camba-Kaniaupio koʻu inoa. Aia wau ma ka papa ʻumikūmālua ma ke kula hoʻamana o Ke Ana Laʻahana. I am Pūʻali Camba-Kaniaupio and a senior attending Ke Ana Laʻahana Public Charter School. The year of...

The Birth of OHA

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In commemoration of OHA’s 40th anniversary, throughout 2021, Ka Wai Ola will feature select articles from the newspaper’s archives. We begin with this piece, reprinted from Volunteers for OHA, Volume 1, No. 1, October 20, 1980. Volunteers for OHA was a single-issue publication and...

Keeping Heart Healthy

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Native Hawaiians have the highest occurrence of heart disease compared to other ethnic groups in Hawaiʻi. Taking care of your heart can help to prevent early disability and years of life lost that could have been spent with your ʻohana and doing other things...

Hoʻohui ʻOhana | Family Reunions: March 2021

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E nā ʻohana Hawaiʻi: If you are planning a reunion or looking for genealogical information, Ka Wai Ola will print your listing at no charge on a space-available basis. Listings should not exceed 200 words. OHA reserves the right to edit all submissions for...

Input Needed on General Plan Update

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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is in the process of updating its statewide General Plan and is seeking beneficiary input. DHHL’s General Plan is the first opportunity, within the Department’s planning system, for beneficiaries to provide their input into future policies and strategies that...