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Mililani Trask is a leader of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement, political speaker, and attorney.One of Trask's contributions to the Hawaiian sovereignty movement was her founding of Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, a native Hawaiian non-governmental organization [1] focusing on cultural, social, and economic development, education, health, housing, land entitlements, energy, and water issues.
In 1893, pro-American elements in Hawaii overthrew the monarchy and formed the Republic of Hawaii, which the U.S. annexed in 1898. [6] In 1921, in order to make amends for injustices associated with the overthrow and annexation, the US created the Hawaiian Homes Commissions Act which set aside 200,000 acres of land for the use of homelands for Native Hawaiians of 50% blood quantum or more.
In 2024, he was elected as a trustee to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, with fellow board members electing him as chair. [1] Kahele is a member of the Democratic Party [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the son of the late Hawaii Senate member Gil Kahele .
Jul. 30—The first request for an exemption from the state's new anti-nepotism law—submitted by Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Brickwood Galuteria, who supervises his daughter—has been ...
Jan. 23—The Office of Hawaiian Affairs said Monday that it is asking a court to repeal the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority. OHA announced it filed a lawsuit in Oahu Circuit Court ...
Apr. 16—The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is forging ahead with its pledge to develop 30 acres of underutilized and largely waterfront land in Kakaako despite head winds in the community, the state ...
Peter Apo is a Trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and President of The Peter Apo Company, LLC, a cultural tourism consulting firm. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is also an accomplished musician in the folk and Hawaiian music genres, with a career stretching back to the early 1960s.
Brian P. Giroux is one of five candidates on the Tuesday, Aug. 6 primary election ballot in Cambridge Township seeking a trustee seat on the Cambridge Township Board. Giroux has filed for the ...