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The private deals have a number of things in common: They run directly afoul of the intent of the Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act, which was meant to help compensate Hawaiians for lands taken by the federal government in the past. They were made at a time when the need for land has only intensified. They were authorized via special legislation approved by Congress, including members of Hawaii’s own delegation. And some of the acres would have been desirable for homesteads: relatively flat lands where utilities and roads were already in place.
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But an investigation by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica has found that those same senators voted several times each to support must-pass legislation that included provisions undermining efforts to repay millions of dollars in land debt to Hawaiians. At least six other current and former members of Hawaii’s congressional delegation have supported such legislation one or more times.
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Using $10M in land credit, DHHL intends to accept transfer of 80 acres in Ewa Beach Site of the land in Ewa Beach, the former PTWC. (Source: DHHL) By HNN Staff | March 31, 2021 at 1:29 PM HST - Updated March 31 at 3:19 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands announced their intent to accept a transfer of land from the federal government.
A portion of the 80 acres that would be acquired by DHHL is a part of the former Pacific Tsunami Warning Center at the end of Fort Weaver Road.
Accepting the transfer of land would use $10 million of a $16.9 million land credit that the trust has with the federal government, DHHL said.
The Government Promised to Return Ancestral Hawaiian Land, Then Never Finished the Job ProPublica 12/19/2020
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Twenty-five years ago, the state of Hawaii and the U.S. government promised Native Hawaiians to correct a historic wrong.
Public agencies had occupied thousands of acres intended to return Native people to their ancestral lands, paying little or no compensation for decades as the sites were used for military bases, game preserves, schools and other purposes. In 1995, state and federal legislation pledged to provide reparations.