Hawaiians welcome Haaland to Interior, invite to Hawaiian Home Lands
Federal agency has a direct duty of protection and oversight of all native Hawaiians defined under a 100-year-old federal law
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News Release Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands The Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands (AHHL) join the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) in congratulating the first Native American to lead the Department of the Interior (DOI), where the federal agency has a direct duty of protection and oversight of all native Hawaiians defined under a 100-year-old federal law. The trust relationship was established in 1920 when the U.S. Congress enacted the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA), similar to other allotment acts for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the same policy era.