OHA

This would be an end-run around both Congress and the Constitution....

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Colette Machado and Ka Pouhana/CEO Kamana'opono Crabbe issued a joint statement today commending the Obama Administration....

Three previously undiscovered announcements were titled “Procedures for Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe.”....

...the Interior Department has quietly launched “Procedures for Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe” three times since 2012....

What They're Really Trying To Save Explains How They Behaved....

A federal court has struck down a race-based voting scheme in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....

Myth:  Most Hawaiians want a separate political nation for advancement....

... OHA sends out an old-news press release while the Trustees hash it out with Crabbe .... 

"there are other issues we should be working on rather than building this government that is not going to work.” -- Oz Stender January, 2014

I propose that OHA abandon its role in nation building. That means cancelling the proposed ‘Aha and reducing the scope of activities of our Washington D.C. office....

The Grassroot Institute called for the trustees to take responsibility for their part in creating the atmosphere that led to the letter....

...no agendas were filed in advance with the Lt Gov’s office, and no public notice appears to have been given....

Grassroot Institute President Keli’i Akina May 12, 2014 ....

"The stakes are far too high for OHA to proceed...." -- Crabbe

We believe that the four fundamental questions posed in the letter requires a response and should be looked at critically before proceeding with any further “nation building” processes....

Over $1M for "Services on a fee basis"

OHA's own promotion of "Nation-building" efforts is premised upon the same historical arguments of Keanu Sai presented by Crabbe in the letter as grounds for questioning the legitimacy of the Hawaii State Government....

"...have the members of the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, Trustees and staff of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs incurred criminal liability under international law?” -- OHA

Monday, May 05, 2014 10:30 a.m. Room 229

At OHA's Kana'iolowalu Roll Meetings the message from the people comes across loud and clear....

...the rebirth of an issue that should have been finished once and for all with the Supreme Court decision in Rice v. Cayetano....

...SB3122 conference hearing continues Friday, April 25, 2014 at 11:30am in conference room 312 (State Capitol)....

"So if you hear of ‘secret’ trips or backroom dealing, rest assured that we aren’t straying from the process.  We’re doing our job to keep diplomacy alive and keeping all options open...."

OHA’s appraisal of the land deal, done by Medusky & Co., Inc. acknowledged that residential uses of that land are not permitted....

...the bill now moves into conference where selected Senate and House conferees will continue discussions....

In Honolulu, unofficial tent cities are now set up in strategic locations designed to pressure the tourism industry, the Chinatown community, the Korean community, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Honolulu Council debate over Housing First....

April 5-30: Attend a town hall meeting and learn more about nation building.

Capitol Rally on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 @ 11:00 am to 2:00pm....

"...OHA is not seeing resistance from Kamehameha Schools and Howard Hughes Corp., the two major developers in Kaka'ako Mauka, as suggested in the editorial...."

...If you are not politicized, you are not Hawaiian....

The life of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole tells the story of how Hawaiians came to be Hawaiian-Americans.

...IDG officers and associates gave over $10,000 to Malama Solomon for her tightly contested 2012 primary race against Lorraine Inouye....

...As Predicted in 2006: A State-Recognized Indian Tribe for Hawaii....

SB 3122 SD1 exempts OHA, now owner of several Kakaako Makai parcels, from the prohibition of residential development on land makai of Ala Moana Boulevard....

• DATE: Thursday, February 13, 2014
• TIME: 1:15 p.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 225

... each year OHA submits a package of proposed bills to the Hawaii State Legislature, and the agency’s Board of Trustees also votes to take positions on a wide variety of legislation ....

“Maybe Hawaiians don’t want to be Native American Indians."

Video of the State of OHA speech delivered at Central Union Church December 10, 2013....

This is a huge victory for Native Hawaiians.  Hawaiian affairs are returning to the channel created in the Hawaii Admission Act....

...arguing a case in the Hawaii Supreme Court about automatic approval statutes and zoning law....

• DATE: Thursday, November 21, 2013
• TIME: 9:30am to 11:30am
• PLACE: Conference Room 329 State Capitol

Machado has been admitted to The Queen’s Medical Center and is undergoing medical care....

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