Native Hawaiians make up 50% of the unhoused population."

" Despite accounting for only 20% of the state’s overall population,  

Native Hawaiians make up 50% of the unhoused population." 

"The Native Hawaiian population plunged from hundreds of thousands in the late 18th century, before western contact, to fewer than 24,000 by 1920.  

Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, a territorial delegate to the US Congress, proposed a homesteads program to rehabilitate the Native Hawaiian population through land ownership.  

In 1921, Congress passed the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, which placed 200,000 acres of land that belonged to  

the Hawaiian Kingdom into a trust. 

 Anyone 18 years or older with at least 50% Native Hawaiian lineage would be eligible to obtain a 99-year land lease for $1 a year. 

 (The leases, which are still available, can be extended by another 100 years.) 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/22/native-hawaiians-wait-decades-return-colonized-land-state-failure

"Vast portions of homestead lands also have been developed for purposes other than homesteading. 

 For decades, public agencies have leased thousands of acres of trust lands, 

 for little or even no compensation,  

to develop schools, parks, airports, military bases and other facilities." 

Bigoted Capitalism 

Read the full article at 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/22/native-hawaiians-wait-decades-return-colonized-land-state-failure