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The Maui News The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has released nearly $600,000 through three grant programs that will support Native Hawaiian communities, including nearly $90,000 to protect iwi kupuna in Central and East Maui. OHA’s newly created Homestead Community Grant, which aims to address community needs and improve the quality of life for homesteaders, awarded $278,095 to communities on Oahu, Kauai and Hawaii island, according to a news release Friday. Another new program, the Iwi Kupuna Repatriation and Reinterment Grant, is providing $167,298 to four community organizations. Three groups working in Maui County received the following: • $50,000 to the Hawaiian Church of Hawai’i Nei for the E Ho’omau O Na Malama I Na Iwi Kupuna project on Maui, Lanai, Oahu, Kauai and Hawaii islands, to address the needs of na iwi kupuna by providing the necessary education and knowledge to gather and prepare the materials needed for the care of na iwi kupuna.

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