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Geothermal sites identified: Report favors energy development on DHHL property

Geothermal sites identified - West Hawaii Today

Hilo-born author lands first novel on Oprah's, Elle's reading lists

Hilo-born author lands first novel on Oprah's, Elle's reading lists

Blood Quantum Policy an 'Act of Compromise' for Hawaiian Homes

/ About 200,000 acres of land across the Hawaiian Islands are reserved solely for Native Hawaiians. But not all Native Hawaiians, just those with 50% or more Hawaiian blood. The 1921 Hawaiian Homes Commission Act created a land trust for those who can prove they’re at least half Native Hawaiian. But how do you prove it? And what happens if your kids don’t qualify? Nicole Bell gave Hawai‘i Public Radio a tour of the Applications Branch that she oversees at the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. “These file cabinets include our genealogy library,” says Bell, “And then these drawers here are vital records, so birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, and so on.”

Congressman eyes blood quantum rules for Hawaiian homelands

How Lending Practices Restrict Hawaiian Homesteaders' Borrowing Power

How Lending Practices Restrict Hawaiian Homesteaders’ Borrowing Power - Honolulu Civil Beat How Lending Practices Restrict Hawaiian Homesteaders’ Borrowing Power Native Hawaiians cannot take out second mortgages or home equity lines of credit on their homesteads but not everyone understood that was part of the deal. Reading time: 13 minutes. For the few Native Hawaiians who can secure a residential lot on Hawaiian Home Lands, the ground holds the potential to fulfill a century-old promise.  The advantages of homeownership, a maintainable property to pass down to children, the restoration of economic self-sufficiency among Native Hawaiians these were all commitments made by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, passed by Congress in 1920.