Kawika Lopez/Civil Beat/2025
‘We Can’t Screw It Up’: Infighting Rankles OHA
A legal battle among the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees has spilled out of court and into the public eye.
Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2026
Kirstin Downey: ‘The Number Of Slain Was Beyond Conception’
A British sailor became an eye witness to one of the deadliest battles for dominance of the Hawaiian Islands. His account has been languishing in a London archive.
Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Makana Eyre: Returning Indigenous Remains A Top Priority For Schatz
Hawaiʻi U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz is pressing academic institutions to follow federal law regarding remains and cultural objects.
Gabriel Bertram Bellinghausen via Wikimedia Commons
Kirstin Downey: Warfare Came Quickly To The Hawaiian Islands
The writings of a Scottish botanist document the battlefield tactics in use by Kamehameha and others after the arrival of Capt. Cook.
Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2026
Kirstin Downey: Tracing The Footsteps Of Hawaiian Royals Abroad
Queen Emma paid a visit to this small museum in the English countryside 160 years ago.
Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Native Hawaiian Teens Learn To ‘Make Change’ For The Islands
Youth from across the islands — and the continent — participated in a mock legislative event last week aimed at engaging students in shaping Hawai‘i’s future.
Courtesy: Kaikea Nakachi
Decade Of Big Island’s ‘Try Wait’ Moratorium Spurs Plenty Fish — And Poaching
Ten years of no fishing has led to a huge recovery on a stretch of the Kona Coast. Now comes the hard part: Protecting those gains.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023
Makana Eyre: How An 1896 Ban Failed To Kill The Hawaiian Language
The demand for learning ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi is high, but immersion schools can’t find enough teachers.
AP Photo/Mengshin Lin
Lawsuit: Homesteads Shouldn’t Be Limited To Native Hawaiians
Gov. Josh Green and Hawaiʻi’s attorney general have vowed to fight the lawsuit against Hawaiian homelands eligibility.
AP Photo/Mengshin Lin/2025
Teens Suing Kamehameha Didn’t Have Scores To Get In, Lawyer Says
Attorneys for the plaintiffs say race preference permeates the process.