#Native Hawaiians

Last week, Hui No Ke Ola Pono, a native Hawaiian health care center, installed new officers to its board of directors at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku.

The OHA Board of Trustees will hold two public meetings on Molokai June 20 and June 21.

Kamana’opono Crabbe, the new chief executive officer at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has officially announced his senior executive team.

From behind her desk at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Tracy Mattos has bailed many families out of emergencies through OHA’s Consumer Micro-Loan Program.

“Aloha mai.” That’s the message that will greet Bank of Hawaii ATM users when the bank rolls out its Hawaiian language capability later this year.

Native Hawaiian residents who live in Hana can get free help with filing their income-tax forms from volunteers traveling to Maui this weekend.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs rolled out a new priority list for the $2.4 million in grant money available to community organizations this year.

A new report reveals that in Maui County, native Hawaiians in the “race alone” category comprised 7.4% of the county’s population, and in the “race alone or in combination” group, 29.7%.

The Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association will offer a workshop entitled “E Kipa Mai: Hospitality Hawaiian Style” at the UH Maui College on Tuesday, March 13.

The Board of Trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) today named Research Director Dr. Kamana’opono Crabbe as the organization’s new chief executive officer.

More than two dozen Hana residents met with staff from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to start an economic self-sufficiency initiative for the remote community.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) yesterday announced the appointment of Operating Officer Richard Pezzulo to interim Chief Executive Officer.

Mayor Arakawa will be the featured speaker at the Holiday Meeting of the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, December 13.

As college financial aid deadlines approach, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is busy reading Native Hawaiians for available aid through a statewide scholarships series.

In recognition of National Native American Heritage Month, the US Small Business Administration is hosting a national web chat on “Small Business Opportunities for Native Americans” on Wednesday, November 23.

The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation has awarded the University of Hawaii Maui College’s Institute of Hawaiian Music (IHM) a grant in the amount of $200,000.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced today that its radio talk show will return weekly to the airwaves, starting Sunday, Nov. 6., featuring former governor John Waihe’e III discussing the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority in partnership with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, is now accepting applications for the Kukulu Ola – Living Hawaiian Culture Program and Natural Resources Program.

In the scramble to make ends meet, increasingly more consumers like Mapuana Hanapi are turning to an often overlooked emergency loan program at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA).

Visitors and residents alike will now be welcomed by a Hawaiian language greeting at the Molokai Airport.