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Beneficiary Lawsuits Drive State, Federal Accountability in Fulfilling Hawaiian Homes Commission Act

Draft EA published for 1,128- lot Honokowai Master Plan | News, Sports, Jobs

Draft EA published for 1,128- lot Honokowai Master Plan By BY LOUISE ROCKETT - | Jul 16, 2021 HONOKOWAI With potentially over 1,000 residences added to the Hawaiian Homes inventory above Honokowai, housing opportunities for Native Hawaiians have improved on the West Side. The Honokowai Master Plan, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA)/Anticipated Finding of No Significant Impact (AFONSI) was released last week Thursday, July 8, in The Environmental Notice. The estimated 777-acre proposed project is located in the Honokowai ahupua’a, Ka’anapali moku about five miles north of Lahaina, mauka of Honoapiilani Highway between Kaka’alaneo Drive and Kapalua Airport, mostly in the county’s AG Agriculture zoning district.

Researchers Observe First Endangered Native Seabird Uau on Maunakea in Over 65 Years

/ University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo researchers located an endangered native seabird called the ʻuaʻu and a nesting site on Maunakea in May 2021. Researchers have discovered an endangered ʻuaʻu burrow on Maunakea in the first documented nesting site of the Hawaiian petrel on Maunakea since 1954. University of Hawai‘i at Hilo graduate Bret Nainoa Mossman has been looking for an ʻuaʻu burrow for the past four years. After many long, cold nights on the high elevation slopes, he and his collaborators finally located the endangered native seabird in May. But their excitement turned to dread last week when another creature was spotted on the cameras put up to monitor the nesting site a feral cat.

Blood Quantum Policy an 'Act of Compromise' for Hawaiian Homes

/ About 200,000 acres of land across the Hawaiian Islands are reserved solely for Native Hawaiians. But not all Native Hawaiians, just those with 50% or more Hawaiian blood. The 1921 Hawaiian Homes Commission Act created a land trust for those who can prove they’re at least half Native Hawaiian. But how do you prove it? And what happens if your kids don’t qualify? Nicole Bell gave Hawai‘i Public Radio a tour of the Applications Branch that she oversees at the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. “These file cabinets include our genealogy library,” says Bell, “And then these drawers here are vital records, so birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, and so on.”

Congressman eyes blood quantum rules for Hawaiian homelands