Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

O le Matagaluega o Hawaiian Fale Fanua (DHHL) faʻatautaia le Hawaiian Fale Commission Act o 1920, lea e faʻatulagaina aside approximately 200,000 acres o fanua mo homesteading e Native Hawaiians ma i least 50 percent Hawaiian blood. E pulea le homestead waitlist — lea e i le taimi nei spans tens o thousands o applicants — leases homestead lots mo residential, agricultural, ma ranching purposes, ma atinaʻeina atinaʻe faʻavae i Hawaiian Fale Fanua. DHHL o constitutionally mandated ma lona polokalame o directed e le Hawaiian Fale Commission.

Native Hawaiian aiga i le homestead waitlist — nisi o whom o loʻo i ai waited decades mo se lot — o saʻo aʻafia e DHHL's fanua atinaʻe mea muamua ma award faʻaiʻuga. Uma Hawaii tagata nonofo o loʻo i ai se stake i pe le state fulfills lona constitutional obligation i Native Hawaiian homesteaders.