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Native Hawaiian Rights

Native Hawaiian Rights

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Na Mamo O Muʻolea

Na Mamo o Muʻolea is a nonprofit organization on Maui whose mission is to perpetuate traditional Hawaiian culture by restoring, caring for, and protecting the natural and cultural resources within the moku of Hāna, Maui. They work to inspire a community of stewardship, education, and practice that connects people to the land and ocean, ensuring the preservation of Native Hawaiian traditions for future generations.

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Kipahulu Ohana

Kīpahulu ʻŌhana is a grassroots Hawaiian non-profit organization dedicated to the cultural and environmental restoration of the Kīpahulu moku on Maui. Founded by Native Hawaiian residents, the organization focuses on reviving traditional agricultural practices, such as loʻi kalo (wetland taro) farming, and coastal resource management. Through community-led programs, Kīpahulu ʻŌhana fosters sustainability, food sovereignty, and the preservation of ancestral knowledge, ensuring that the cultural heritage and natural resources of the region are protected and passed down to future generations.

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Partners In Development Foundation (PIDF)

Partners In Development Foundation (PIDF) is committed to inspiring and equipping Hawaiʻi's families and communities for success by drawing on Native Hawaiian values and ancestral wisdom. Its mission focuses on empowering families—especially those facing social and economic challenges—by fostering self-resiliency, nurturing healthy communities, and addressing systemic disparities, particularly within the Native Hawaiian population. Guided by five core values of aloha (compassion and love), lōkahi (unity and harmony), mālama (care and stewardship), pono (righteousness and balance), and poʻokela (excellence), PIDF delivers impactful programs that honor ‘ike kupuna (ancestral knowledge) as a foundation for modern solutions. Through a comprehensive range of educational, charitable, and environmental initiatives that embrace mālama ʻāina (stewardship of the land), PIDF aims to strengthen families, perpetuate Hawaiian culture, and ignite the capacity for service and positive change across Hawaiʻi's diverse communities.

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Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke

At Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke, our mission is to provide East Maui youth with a way to learn that makes sense to them, builds their self-esteem, and shows them they have the power to change their future. Our name means “in doing, one learns,” reflecting our founding in 2000 as a partnership with Hāna School to provide supplemental teacher support through building and construction classes and vocational apprenticeships for students struggling with the traditional classroom setting. In the years since, we’ve established agricultural, Hawaiian cultural, and culinary programs to meet identified community needs and empower East Maui youth through training opportunities that equip them with practical trade skills that support long-term economic mobility.

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Maui Behavioral Health Resources (MBHR)

Maui Behavioral Health Resources (MBHR) provides a range of behavioral health services and comprehensive care including addiction prevention, intervention, detox, and residential and outpatient treatment. MBHR is an umbrella organization for Aloha House, Malama Family Recovery Program, and Maui Youth & Family Services. The three agencies work to address substance abuse and behavioral health issues among adults, pregnant and parenting women, and youth. Together, the agencies serve almost 8,000 individuals in the Maui community each year.

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PIKOEconomic Self-Sufficiency, Small Business & Skills Training, and Workforce Development Training 

PIKOʻs goal is to provide access to the resources and tools for economic self-sufficiency.  Our mission is to bridge the gap that has been created by decades of systemic underrepresentation and create real financial opportunities for underserved communities. *NHP and PIKOʻs partnership will support native Hawaiian businesses and individuals receiving training and technical support through PIKOʻs programs.

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NHLC

Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation

The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) is Hawaiʻi’s only nonprofit law firm dedicated exclusively to protecting and advancing Native Hawaiian rights. For more than 50 years, NHLC has represented families, cultural practitioners, and grassroots leaders in legal battles to safeguard the integrity of the Hawaiian family, land, water, language, sacred sites, and the rights necessary to sustain traditional practices and ways of life, including farming, birthing, fishing, kilo, healing, and more.

 

NHLC defends not just individual claims, but the collective rights Native Hawaiians require to preserve and perpetuate Hawaiian identity and self-determination. Through legal training and mentorship, NHLC also cultivates the rising generation of Indigenous rights advocates, ensuring that Native communities will always have trusted legal champions by their side

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Malama Makua

Our mission:

We malama Makua, a piko of peace and hoihoi ea (We care for and love Makua Valley as a person and ancestor, and as a center of peace and sovereignty restored).


Goals:
Promoting peace, justice, and solidarity in Hawaii and abroad through peaceful actions that malama aina and malama the people of Hawaii to bring about health and wellness beyond the present generation.
Challenging the concept of military occupation of our aina and moving from hostility to co-stewardship so that justice prevails.

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