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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.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in August 2011, urged qualified members of the public to apply to the Office of the Governor as candidates for the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission. [ 10 ] On September 8, 2011, Governor Abercrombie appointed five Native Hawaiians to the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission. [ 11 ]
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.
Ka Wai Ola is a Hawaii-based newspaper published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The newspaper was first published in February 1984. [1] As of 2017, the paper was distributed to over 60,000 people. [2] It has some Hawaiian language columns. [3] The paper often covers Office of Hawaiian Affairs meetings. [4]
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is a self-governing corporate body of the State of Hawaii created by the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention. [31] [32] OHA's mandate is to advance the education, health, housing and economics (Kānaka Maoli) Native Hawaiians. It relies on ʻohana, moʻomeheu and ʻāina to effect change. OHA ...
May 3, 2017: HB335: Office of Hawaiian Affairs budget for fiscal years 2018–2019. May 3, 2017: HB451: Reduces the minimum Hawaiian blood quantum requirement of certain successors to lessees of Hawaiian home lands from one-quarter to one thirty-second.
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S. Haunani Apoliona is a native Hawaiian banker, musician, and activist for the Hawaiian sovereignty movement.. In 1997, Apoliona was sworn-in to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees and served as its chairperson from 2000 to 2010, as the longest serving Board Chairperson in OHA’s thirty-four year history.