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Native Hawaiian convention to return to Honolulu

The 2026 Native Hawaiian Convention will be held at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in July, the Hawaiian Council announced.
Hawaii News Now

‘A chance for us to unite’: Hawaiian Convention draws native community to Washington

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The 2025 Native Hawaiian Convention is on the road in the Pacific Northwest. Some 1,300 Native Hawaiians and activists from 37 different states are set to attend the event ...
NPR

'Chief of War' co-creator discusses telling stories about Native Hawaiians

"Chief of War" tells the story of the Hawaiian Islands' unification from a native Hawaiian perspective. NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with the show's co-creator, Thomas Pa'a Sibbett. Long before Hawaii ...

The History of Native American Boarding Schools Is Even More Complicated than a New Report Reveals

Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a more than 100-page report on the federal Indigenous boarding schools designed to assimilate Native Americans in the late ...
AOL

Native Hawaiian Convention held on tribal lands sparks federal recognition debate

RELATED PHOTO GALLERY TULALIP, Wash.—U ‘ilani Moore-Wesley, a Native Hawaiian living in California, visited the Office of Hawaiian Affairs booth at the Native Hawaiian Convention held in Tulalip, Wash ...
The New York Times

This School Has Taught Native Hawaiians Since 1887. Is That Discrimination?

The admissions policy of Kamehameha Schools gives preference to Native Hawaiians. A new lawsuit calls it “blood-based discrimination.” By Amy Qin Photographs by Michelle Mishina Kunz The Kamehameha ...
The Garden Island

OHA to study feasibility of Native Hawaiian cultural center

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced today that it selected AEA Consulting to conduct a feasibility study for a proposed Native Hawaiian Cultural Center in Kaka‘ako Makai, launching what officials ...