#Native Hawaiian communities

Papa Ola Lōkahi asks federal court to move Do No Harm lawsuit to Hawaiʻi

Papa Ola Lōkahi filed a motion Tuesday asking the US District Court for the District of Columbia to transfer Do No Harm v. US Department of Health and Human Services to the US District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi, where Papa Ola Lōkahi operates and fulfills its kuleana to co-administer the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program at the center of the lawsuit.

Office of Hawaiian Affairs selects new chief executive officer

Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (Ka Pouhana) of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs following the departure of Dr. Sylvia Hussey in July.