#Native Hawaiians

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has dedicated $250,000 to its new Homestead Community Grant targeted specifically to aid Native Hawaiian families living on Hawaiian Homestead lands.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi awarded a statewide $95,000 grant to Hawaiian Community Assets and a $95,000 grant to The Patsy T. Mink Center for Business and Leadership in partnership with Mana Up.

Holistic cultural practices that foster a connection to ʻāina (land) are important in improving the health of Kānaka Maoli (Indigenous Peoples of Hawai‘i), according to a new study from public health researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa will receive $3.4 million in federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services to support efforts to eliminate COVID-19 disparities among Hawai‘i’s vulnerable populations, including Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced the selection of Sylvia Hussey, Ed.D., as the agency’s new ka pou nui or chief operating officer, starting Nov. 19.

A second batch of checks from OHA’s natural disaster relief program were released to 55 Native Hawaiian households to help them cope with the devastating impacts from the recent lava flows in Puna.

The US Small business Administration today named Kaleo Nawahine, a native Hawaiian and president of Performance Systems, the SBA National Minority Small Business Person of the Year.

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority presented the Daughters of Hawai‘i and the Friends of ‘Iolani Palace with its 2012 Tourism Legacy Awards.

Maui resident Katrina-Ann R. Kapā‘anaokalāokeola Oliveira, PhD, is one of three native Hawaiian scholars who were recently awarded Mellon-Hawai‘i Fellowship.

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.