{"id":12056,"date":"2026-04-20T03:49:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/04\/20\/trump-proposes-cut-to-hawaiian-home-lands-funding-hawaii-news-now\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T03:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:49:54","slug":"trump-proposes-cut-to-hawaiian-home-lands-funding-hawaii-news-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/04\/20\/trump-proposes-cut-to-hawaiian-home-lands-funding-hawaii-news-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump proposes cut to Hawaiian Home Lands funding – Hawaii News Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Native Hawaiian leaders and lawmakers are pushing back against President Donald Trump\u2019s proposal to remove funding for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, which he suggested last year, but failed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like we\u2019re seeing benefits to the community that are flowing from, you know, money saved from those cuts. Those monies are going to fuel wars around the world. For a lot of Native Hawaiians, I think, probably just another chapter of a long story of getting screwed over time,\u201d State Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole said. <\/p>\n

Trump argued that Native Hawaiians should not get money under a federal Native American Housing law because they are a racial group and not a tribal nation. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo obviously. We can see with this administration that they are not friendly to Native Hawaiian causes and the Native Hawaiian community at large,\u201d State Rep. Kanani Souza said. \u201cWe can see that through policy since this administration has been in office.\u201d <\/p>\n

The proposal comes after conservative organizations hit Kamehameha Schools with a lawsuit over its preference policy for Native Hawaiians<\/a>, as well as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, claiming its Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship program is racially discriminatory.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s definitely more concerning than what we\u2019ve seen in previous years. But I think, you know, it\u2019s great that we have the strong support of our federal delegation,\u201d Native Hawaiian advocate Jacob Aki said. <\/p>\n

After the president\u2019s unsuccessful attempt to deny federal funding for DHHL last year, the department was awarded more than $22 million to help clear its waitlist of more than 29,000 beneficiaries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some are looking to lawmakers to again shut down Trump\u2019s proposal this year and are encouraging others to exercise civic engagement. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t need to be angry, we need to be active. You know, we need not put our fist in the air. We need to pick up the pen and vote,\u201d Robin Danner, senior adviser for the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, said. \u201cWe need to write to our elected leaders and explain the history of Native Hawaiians and the Indigenous people and the fact that we\u2019re in the United States Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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