ACHP Approves NHPA Section 106 Exemption for Native Hawaiian Restoration Actions
Students at Loko Ea in Hale‘iwa learn about ecology, aquaculture and cultural practices related to managing the historic fishpond. Photo courtesy Mālama Loko Ea Foundation. On October 18, 2024, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) approved an “Exemption for Indigenous Knowledge-Informed Activities by Native Hawaiian Organizations” to facilitate federally-assisted NHO led and managed restoration, rehabilitation, preservation, and reconstruction activities that are informed by Indigenous Knowledge and are likely [...]
NHO Stewardship Program Moves Forward with First Group
In October 2022, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation announced the first partners in its Native Hawaiian Organization Stewardship Training Program. The NHO Stewardship Program is a five-year initiative between HHF and the U.S. Department of the Interior to build capacity of NHOs towards historic preservation and stewardship with the goal of ensuring that their traditional cultural stories and places are being documented, preserved and shared in an appropriate manner with [...]
Historic Landmarks: Hawai‘i’s Top Ten Historical Spots
Mahalo to Lighthouse Hawai‘i Magazine for sharing Hawai‘i’s historical places with their readership in the May, 2017 issue. The magazine caters to people of Japanese origin living in Hawai‘i and is distributed throughout Honolulu. The article notes that since Captain Cook came to the islands in 1778, people from different parts of the world came and settled here with Japanese immigrating here about 150 years ago. Since then, many historic events have unfolded and [...]
President Designates Honouliuli Internment Site as a National Monument
2/19/15: President Barack Obama has designated the former Honouliuli Internment Camp site on Oahu as a national monument, ensuring its future preservation. Opened on March 1, 1943, Honouliuli was the longest operating and largest World War II internment and prisoner of war (POW) camp in Hawaii. Built on 160 acres in west Oahu, the camp site was hidden from view in a deep gulch that the internees called jigoku dani, [...]
UH-Hilo Establishes Heritage Management Program
By Peter Mills, Professor of Anthropology, UH-Hilo On August 7 (the morning Hurricane Iselle was heading ashore on the Big Island), the Academic Affairs Committee of the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents voted to approve a new Master of Arts (MA) program in “Heritage Management” at University of Hawai‘i Hilo, which will be administered through the department of anthropology. The program’s main strengths will be in archaeological heritage, traditional [...]
Hawai‘i County Gains Status as Certified Local Government
By Anna Broverman, Architectural Historian, State Historic Preservation Division Hawai‘i County has joined Kaua‘i and Maui counties to become Hawaii’s third Certified Local Government (CLG), a designation under the National Historic Preservation Act. The CLG program is a partnership between local, state and federal governments to promote historic preservation at the local level. By joining the program, local jurisdictions make a commitment to preservation and become eligible to receive technical [...]
