Today is a solemn day for Native Hawaiians. Our hearts are heavy, as we reflect on the 130th anniversary of the overthrow of our kingdom, committed with the assistance of the United States, and the generational trauma that that injustice has inflicted upon our Lāhui...
“The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) appreciates that the Department of Defense has heeded the longstanding and unified calls of the community and agreed to permanently shut down the Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility,” said Kuhio Lewis, CNHA CEO. “This is...
Photo by Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022 The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) applauds the leadership of the House of Representatives – especially Speaker Scott Saiki and Finance Chair Sylvia Luke – for its commitment on Opening Day of the 2022...
As an organization, our goal is to lift up our Native Hawaiian people. Over the past 19 months, that commitment has only deepened as our friends and neighbors grappled with the challenges and uncertainty of the pandemic. We set out to demonstrate that while Native...
The White House is promising a formal response to the dire situation involving the Red Hill fuel storage tanks. That acknowledgment comes just hours after Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) CEO Kūhiō Lewis sent a letter urging President Biden to take...
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is elated at the appointment of Summer Lee Haunani Sylva as the Senior Advisor for Native Hawaiian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior and Keone Nakoa as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Insular and International...
