The U.S. Owes Hawaiians Millions of Dollars Worth of Land. Congress Helped Make Sure the Debt Wasn’t Paid. ProPublica 7 hrs ago
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In the 1990s, Hawaii’s two elder statesmen U.S. Sens. Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka were at the forefront of efforts to ensure that the U.S. compensated Native Hawaiians for ancestral lands taken from them over the years.
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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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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.