Native Hawaiians

Battlefields And Ballrooms: A Whirlwind Global Tour Set Up Prince Kūhiō For A Life In Politics Getty Images/iStockphoto/2011

Battlefields And Ballrooms: A Whirlwind Global Tour Set Up Prince Kūhiō For A Life In Politics

Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole spent part of the early 1900s on African safari. Then he began tracking the most elusive quarry: Elected political office.

A Dwindling Kalaupapa Population Honors 1st Exiles With Tributes And Tears Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2023

A Dwindling Kalaupapa Population Honors 1st Exiles With Tributes And Tears

Despite the painful history, many former Hansen’s disease patients have chosen to remain even after the government freed them from quarantine.

The Unlikely Odyssey Of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2021

The Unlikely Odyssey Of Prince Jonah Kūhiō

Raised in nobility and imprisoned after the overthrow of the monarchy, Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole had an outsized impact on modern Hawaiʻi.

Native Hawaiian Domestic Violence Survivors Now Eligible For Federal Funding Blaze Lovell/Civil Beat/2019

Native Hawaiian Domestic Violence Survivors Now Eligible For Federal Funding

The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 was recently amended to authorize the Department of Justice to award grants to organizations, and address violence against Native Hawaiian women.

How One Hawaiian Family Battled In Court For 20 Years To Reclaim Ancestral Land Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2022

How One Hawaiian Family Battled In Court For 20 Years To Reclaim Ancestral Land

In Kauaula Valley, one family is working to show others what it takes to reclaim ancestral lands.

OHA Takes Another Shot At Lifting Residential Ban In Kakaako Makai David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

OHA Takes Another Shot At Lifting Residential Ban In Kakaako Makai

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs got the land a decade ago as part of a deal with the state but says it’s hamstrung without a legislative OK to build housing.

Governor Taps Former Honolulu City Councilman To Lead Hawaiian Home Lands Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Governor Taps Former Honolulu City Councilman To Lead Hawaiian Home Lands

Green also announced key appointments to head the state land and agriculture departments as he fills out his Cabinet.

Kahele Wants Federal Probe Of Lobbying Efforts For DHHL Lease Extension Tim Wright/Civil Beat/2022

Kahele Wants Federal Probe Of Lobbying Efforts For DHHL Lease Extension

Among the lobbyists representing the Prince Kuhio Plaza is Andy Winer, a recent political rival of the Hawaii congressman and former chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz.

Federal Rental Subsidies Could Help Thousands Of Kupuna On DHHL Waitlist Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Federal Rental Subsidies Could Help Thousands Of Kupuna On DHHL Waitlist

A new program overseen by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement follows more than $12 million of rent relief the department has disbursed.