Danner to speak on Hawaiian Homes act and its centennial
Homesteader Robin Puanani Danner of Anahola, Kauai, is the featured presenter Thursday at the inaugural 2020 Centennial Puwalu or conference of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act via Zoom. Danner is secondterm chairwoman of the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations that encompasses more than 40 organizations statewide. She will discuss the 1920 Hawaiian Homes Commission Act and explain how homestead associations may register with the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The event marks the 100th anniversary of the 1920 Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, whose 122-page document is at website dhhl.hawaii. gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ HawaiianHomes-Commission-Act-1921-AsAmmended-Searchable.pdf. This federal law provides for the Native Hawaiian homestead program overseeing 204,000 acres. Native Hawaiians with 50 percent or more Hawaiian blood quantum live, farm, ranch and undertake mercantile activities on those lands.
Danner’s event is set for 5 to 7 p.m. To access the free public session or for more information, contact Zoom facilitator Kainoa Lei MacDonald by email at kai@credit edgesolutions.com or by text at (808) 4195646. She will forward a Zoom invitation. Solutions Event co-sponsors LLC, are Maui/Lana‘i Credit Edge Mokupuni Council and Pa‘upena Community Development Corp. The remaining three events in the centennial series, which run from 9 to 11 a.m., follow: ≤ June 13, Credit Edge Solutions LLC, with presenter MacDonald, will offer an e-play on the 1920 congressional hearings about the proposed Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, starring and directed by Jeison Lokela Manaois. ≤ Sept. 12, Kuhio Awards program with Aloha Response. ≤ Dec. 12, Kuleana homesteading concept with Wakiu Community Development Corp. and Neighborhood Security Watch.