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In Search of a Native Perspective: Giving Voice to Nā Kānaka Maoli

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Amee Hi‘ilawe Neves wins national native journalism scholarship At the age of 10, Amee Hiʻilawe Neves of Waiʻanae first tried her hand at media production....

A Time to Rest

Ka Wai Ola
Before westerners found their way to our shores and introduced holidays and customs that supplanted our own, our kūpuna celebrated Makahiki during this time of year.

Protecting, Preserving and Revitalizing Cultural Resources in North Hālawa Valley

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By Ardena Sanoe Saarinen and Nicholas Tanaka Clara “Sweet” Matthews and her ʻohana are part of the living, evolving moʻolelo of North Hālawa Valley. Since the...

Hānai i ka Mauli Ola Hawaiʻi

Ka Wai Ola
Na ‘Ōnohi Pacheco, Papa 12 Ke Kula ‘O Nāwahīokalani‘ōpu‘u ʻAuhea ʻoukou e ka poʻe ʻimi naʻauao o ka pae ʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi! ʻO ʻoukou hoʻi...

Kanaka Digital Technology

Ka Wai Ola
By Nā‘aiakalani Colburn Young, motivated Hawaiians who would like to learn basic technology skills, while being immersed in Hawaiian values, cultural practices and language, can...

Ka Wai Ola | Vol. 39 No. 11 | November 2022

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Honoring ʻŌiwi Leaders

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Submitted by the NHCC Board of Directors He pūkoʻa kani ʻāina. A coral reef that grows into an island. (A person beginning in a small...

Lehua J. (Sanoria) Itokazu

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Board Secretary Board of Trustees 10 years at OHA From: Moku o Keawe (mokupuni) Puna (moku) Keonepoko (ahupuaʻa) Education: Pāhoa High High School University of Hawaiʻi - Hilo What...

Public Notice | November 2022

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CULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: KAPĀPALA KOA CANOE MANAGEMENT AREA, KAʻŪ DISTRICT, HAWAIʻI ISLAND On behalf of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Forestry...

Native Hawaiian-Owned Flavors of Italy Receives a $250,000 OHA Business Loan

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A Native Hawaiian, woman-owned business has been issued a $250,000 Hua Kanu loan through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Mālama Loans program. Desiree Kanae Loperfido,...

Remembering a Renowned Chanter, Composer and Musician

James Ka‘upena Wong Jr.
James Ka‘upena Wong Jr. Aug. 21, 1929 – Sep. 24, 2022 By Kalena Silva, Ph.D. Considered by many to be the foremost Hawaiian male chanter of his...

A Hui Hou

Ka Wai Ola
As my time at OHA comes to an end, I take a moment to reflect. I would have never thought that I would run...

Kānekuaʻana: Ke Kiaʻi o ʻEwa mai Hālawa a i Honouliuli

Ka Wai Ola
Read column in English Ua kaulana ka ʻōlelo no ʻEwa, “Alahula Puʻuloa i ke ala hele o Kaʻahupāhau.” ʻO Kaʻahupāhau ke aliʻiwahine manō a kiaʻi...

The Wind & The Reckoning: A New Feature Length Film Tells the Story of Koʻolau and Piʻilani

The Wind & the Reckoning
“On a certain day there came to our house at Mānā a man named Pokipala who worked for the government, who had come to...

OHA O‘ahu Island Board of Trustees Meetings and Site Visits

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Upon entering OHA as the O‘ahu Trustee, I inquired about holding O‘ahu Island Community Meetings throughout the island and community site visits to interact...

He Hanauna Kumu Mauli Ola Hawaiʻi

Mauli Ola Educators
Read article in English Nā Mea Kākau: Kananinohea Māka‘imoku, Kanoe Kanaka‘ole, Noelani Iokepa-Guerrero “ʻO ka lilo ʻana i kumu mauli Hawaiʻi, ʻaʻole ia he ʻoihana wale...

Ka Waʻa Kaulua ʻo Kānehūnāmoku: Traversing the Path of Our Ancestors for Twenty Years

By Kuuleianuhea Awo-Chun Kia aku ka maka i ka ʻālihilani, a ʻōili mai ka moku la Fix your eyes upon the horizon and the island will appear The 29-foot...

Quiet Title and Partition Lawsuits

Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
I and other family members are listed as co-owners of our family’s kuleana land on Moloka‘i and are concerned about a potential quiet title and partition lawsuit.

Kalima v. State of Hawaiʻi: What You Need to Know About the Lawsuit

This year, the State of Hawaiʻi agreed to settle Kalima v. State of Hawaiʻi, a decades-old class action lawsuit, and pay $328 million to...

East Maui Water Wars: End in Sight?

After over a century of conflict, a ballot initiative, Charter Amendment No. 12, seeks to enable community self-determination over Maui’s streams By Tara Apo and...