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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands recently announced that it would give out 23 grants to 14 organizations.
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Rep. Kai Kahele introduced a bill Wednesday that would revert the limit on blood quantum levels needed to secure the use of Hawaiian Homelands back to Prince Kūhiō’s original intent.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce's Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is awarding the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands more than $17M to bring high-speed internet to Native Hawaiian communities.
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Former Honolulu City Councilmember Ikaika Anderson is no stranger to the Native Hawaiian community, but how familiar is he with the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust? That’s the question on the minds of some Native Hawaiian beneficiaries. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands wants to develop more than 2,700 new homestead lots statewide. The plans were sent to the state Legislature on Tuesday.
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Damages are being calculated for the more than 2,700 Native Hawaiians in the Kalima case — a class-action lawsuit filed by Native Hawaiians waiting for homestead land. Now, lawyers for the claimants are working to ensure the $328 million settlement approved by the state gets to those who deserve it.
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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will soon receive a lump-sum appropriation of $600 million to deliver homesteading opportunities to qualified Native Hawaiians. So where will this money go? HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi breaks down what we know — and what we don’t know — about this historic infusion of funding.
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U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, held a hearing with Native Hawaiian leaders on Wednesday to hear their concerns with the federal government.
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Lawmakers have committed $600 million to a long-underfunded program providing land leases to Native Hawaiians as they wrap up the current legislative session this week. The allocations come after Hawaiʻi tourism and state tax revenues rebounded from a COVID-19 pandemic crash.
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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has offered 51 residential vacant lots to Kauaʻi families.