Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation

Catherine Cruz spoke with Executive Director Makalika Naholowa’a to reflect on the organization's progress.

Any progress in fulfilling the promise of the 1921 Hawaiian Homes Commission Act has not been driven by the government, but by lawsuits—Native Hawaiian beneficiaries suing over breaches of trust, chronic underfunding, and use of lands without consent or compensation.

A group of Native Hawaiians is suing the state for what they say is its failure to pay for decades of using Hawaiian home lands on Mauna Kea, including…

A group of East Maui taro farmers is urging the Hawai?i Supreme Court to overturn a ruling allowing continued use of public water by private users without…