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Find Census data on the status of Native Hawaiian communities. With the American Community Survey, it is even possible to search for data by homestead.

A Supplement to Ka Huaka'i 2005 (Kamehameha Schools). This report seeks to update selected data points and references contained in Ka Huaka'i 2005 while also providing a gauge of progress that has been achieved in the four years since its publication.

A compilation of statistics and information related to Native Hawaiian education and well-being presented through a multidisciplinary lens. This Kamehameha Schools publication continued the tradition of the first Native Hawaiian Educational Assessment in 1983 and its follow-up in 1993.

Kamehameha's Research & Evaluation Division produces up-to-date reports on Native Hawaiian well-being and educational attainment.

"Teaching and Learning with Aloha: Successful Strategies for Engaging Hawaiian Learners"

"Teaching and Learning with Aloha: Successful Strategies for Engaging Hawaiian Learners"

A comprehensive "Database of Databases" consisting of varied collections pertaining to significant places, events, and documents in Hawaii's history.

A comprehensive statistical data profile of the current status of the Native Hawaiian community. This publication provides statistics ranging from education levels to income profiles to provide a clearer picture of Native Hawaiian communities throughout the state.

The 2002 version.

This Kamehameha Schools report is the result of special tabulations on Census 2000 data, and is tailored specifically to Native Hawaiians.

The Hawaii Lifestyles Associate of Applied Science degree focuses on particular Native Hawaiian occupations that supported a vibrant, sustainable, highly scientific, and spiritually balanced island population years prior to western contact.

The Hawaiian Studies Division currently oversees two undergraduate certificates (in Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Culture), a B.A. in Hawaiian Studies, a post-baccalaureate certificate from Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program, two M.A.s (in Hawaiian Language & Literature, and in Indigenous Language & Culture Education), and a Ph.D. in Indigenous Language and Culture Revitalization.

The purpose of this program is to increase the enrollment, support, and graduation rates of Native Hawaiian students at UH-Hilo in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines and increase familiarity and the use of related technology. The program offers research internships, career development and peer tutoring.

The Hanakahi Council is comprised of Native Hawaiian faculty, staff and students at UH-Hilo, with the purpose to advocate for Hawaiian issues that impact the university and to advise the administration and community on these issues.

The center strives to promote Native Hawaiian student success by ensuring a Hawaiian sense of place, offering academic advising, financial aid guidance, tutoring, and service-learning projects. It also focuses on developing the University of Hawaii at Hilo campus into a more Hawaii place of learning.

This Office was established as a result of an initiative by the state legislature to “improve the access and success of students from underrepresented ethnic groups at the university and in the professions in Hawaii.” The program provides academic and personal support through counseling, academic advising, career exploration, and assistance with financial aid and scholarships.

PIPES coordinates three internship programs, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), University of Hawaii- Hawaiian Internship Program (UHHIP), Micronesian & American Sāmoa Student Internship Program (MASSIP) which are designed to connect minority undergraduate students to internships with organizations responsible for environmental research, management and education.

The mission of this program is to increase the retention and graduation rates of students who come from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds so that they may fully participate in their community’s economic and social life.

The Hawaiian Studies Academic Subject Certificate program is designed for students to gain a basic background in Hawaiian Studies. It will satisfy a number of basic course requirements for the Hawaiian Studies and Hawaiian Language bachelor degree programs at both UH Hilo and Mānoa.

Maui Community College offers an Academic Subject Certificate in Hawaiian Studies, which is intended to provide students with a strong foundation in the culture, language and philosophy of the Native Hawaiian people. This certificate is meant to supplment the Liberal Arts AA degree.

This center encompasses all Native Hawaiian programs and initiatives at Honolulu Community College, with the mission to actively preserve and perpetuate Hawaiian culture and values, and enable students of Hawaiian ancestry to succeed in their academic, career and individual endeavors.

This center is a gathering place for students interested in the study of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islands languages, cultures, and histories. Services to students include academic advising, registration assistance, tutorial assistance, financial aid application and assistance, computer lab services, and access to faculty and staff. A subject certificate in Hawaiian/Pacific studies is offered as well.

The certificate provides students with a strong introduction to the culture, language, and history of Hawai'i and the Native Hawaiian people.

The center is an academically rigorous and culturally relevant pu'uhonua (place of refuge) and gathering place for students, which provides study areas, social areas, meeting room, classroom spaces, and wireless laptop computers.

This is the largest Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education Program in the state with the goal to increase recruitment, retention and successful completion of Native Hawaiian students in career and technical education programs by providing support services and academic advising.

The Academic Subject Certificate in Hawaiian Studies prepares students for careers in education, the visitor industry, or in fields requiring expertise in Hawaiian subject matter.

This program provides students majoring in an ocean or earth science-related field, especially underrepresented students such as Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, the opportunity to participate in hands-on research experiences. C-MORE Scholars receive guidance and help from a mentor who is a scientist at the university and/or industry.

The newest school at the university, its mission is to pursue, perpetuate, research, and revitalize all areas and forms of Hawaiian knowledge, including its language, origins, history, arts, sciences, literature, religion, and education; its law and society; its political, medicinal and cultural practices; as well as all other forms of unique connection to these forms of knowledge by encouraging, supporting, facilitating, and ensuring the incorporation of Native Hawaiians at all levels of the university. It is comprised of three centers: Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language and Ka Papa Lo'i o Kānewai. They offer a certificate in Hawaiian Language and bachelors and masters degrees in Hawaiian Language and Studies.

Ho'okulāiwi is a multifaceted Community/Hawaii DOE/University of Hawaii College of Education partnership designed to prepare outstanding teachers and educational leaders, particularly Native Hawaiians, for Hawaiian communities. It is a teacher education and curriculum research initiative that trains students to become excellent teachers in DOE Hawaiian Immersion programs, DOE Title I schools with large numbers of Hawaiian children and Hawaiian charter schools.

This program is the first of its kind in the United States, and housed within the UH Department of Political Science. It offers students the opportunity to study indigenous culture, histories, and politics informed by the cultural geography of Hawai'i by encouraging the use and development of alternative epistemologies and methodologies that reflect indigenous world views.

Imi Ho'ola (“those who seek to heal”) is a post-baccalaureate program designed to provide educational opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who are capable of succeeding in medical school. Each year, IH selects up to 10 students to participate in this 12-month program.

Funded by a federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to the JABSOM, the mission of the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence is to improve the health of indigenous Hawaiians through research, recruitment and retention, faculty and curriculum development, education, and training of individuals of Native Hawaiian ancestry in medicine.

Ka Huli Ao is an academic center that promotes education, scholarship, community outreach and collaboration on issues of law, culture and justice for Native Hawaiians and other Pacific and Indigenous Peoples.

An initiative whose mission is to recruit and retain Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders to disciplines within the geosciences through a summer program experience, scholarships, and internship opportunities. Geoscience majors/topics include hydrology, geology, geophysics, meteorology, physical and chemical oceanography, environmental science, and physical geography.

Organized under the Office of Student Affairs, Kua'ana provides assistance to students of Hawaiian ancestry on the UHM campus, and helps them gain access to resources. Students are notified about scholarship, internship and job opportunities.

A program under the Pacific Biosciences Research Center that provides rigorous research training for outstanding undergraduate minority students who wish to prepare for graduate studies leading to a doctorate degree and careers in biomedical research and training.

This program offers a number of different support services and opportunities to Native Hawaiian students, including summer enrichment programs in the STEM fields and professional development opportunities with educational institutions, government agencies and private firms.

Kua'ana Student Services provides annual assistance to roughly 300 students of Hawaiian ancestry at UH Mānoa by keeping them informed about scholarships, internships, and job opportunities.

The College Opportunities Program (COP) offers a statewide entry-level freshman program that provides a summer and first-year residential college experience. Its mission is to recruit, screen, select and prepare Hawai'i residents for a successful freshmen year at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

The Manawa Kūpono program provides scholarships for Native Hawaiian students from at-risk communities to gain access to, and earn baccalaureate and graduate degrees from, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. All Native Hawaiian students are encouraged to apply, however priority consideration will be given to those from target high schools.

At the foundation of the Hawaiian-Pacific studies program is the perspective and understanding that a single ocean connects the islands and the peoples of the Pacific and Hawaii. The Bachelor of Arts in Humanities with a concentration in Hawaiian-Pacific Studies enables students to gain an overview of Pacific Island peoples and an in-depth knowledge of specific aspects of the cultures of Hawai'i and the Pacific.

Chaminade offers several scholarships to Native Hawaiian students, including the Hawaiian Homelands Scholarship, Hawaiian Civic Clubs Scholarship, Nā Lei Na'auao Charter Schools Scholarship and the Hawaiian Language Immersion Schools Opportunity Scholarship.

The University also provides funding for Native Hawaiian students interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields to participate in summer research institutes and professional internships.

MA'O Farms in Wai'anae recruits youth from the Leeward Coast ages 17-24 to participate in this internship program, sends them to Leeward Community College (all tuition expenses paid) to earn their AA degree, provides them with tutoring and mentoring, as well as employment at the farm.

This program provides American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students with the opportunity to gain professional work experience through interning at a federal agency or private firm, take courses focusing on Native American public policy concerns at American University, and enjoy extra-curricular activities in Washington D.C. Most students receive a full scholarship to attend the program.

A program for students with a demonstrated commitment to the health of Native American communities.

A scholarship program designed for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students interested in political issues affecting their communities to learn how policy decisions are made, how legislation is created and how the government operates through structured internships in Washington D.C.

Pre-college and pre-graduate school programs for American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and First Nations’ people of Canada to encourage higher education and support students with advice from college counselors on the application process, test preparation and financial aid in multi-day workshops.

Upward Bound is a year-round pre-college program dedicated to preparing academically under-served and low-income high school students for college. The program aims to increase college enrollment and high school graduation rates by instilling motivation and academic skills in its participants. Services include tutoring, career guidance, summer instruction, personal advising, financial aid. Please see each campus website for details on their specific program.

ALU LIKE Inc. provides Native Hawaiians with career and technical training assistance, among their many programs.

The Hana Lima Scholarship provides financial assistance to students participating in a vocational or technical education programs that lead to a specific segment of employment. It is a need-based award with preference given to non-traditional students, including single parents, disabled (meets ADA definition), houseless, sole-income providers, previously incarcerated and wards of the court. Application deadline for the Spring 2011 term is February 15, 2011. Scholarship deadlines for the 2011-2012 academic year will be announced beginning July 2011.

Offered by the AAUW Windward Branch, these grants are available to female Hawaii residents of Windward Oahu who are enrolled at least part-time in a classified degree program or accepted for admission at a regionally accredited post-secondary institution in the state of Hawaii and not previously awarded a baccalaureate degree.

The Asian & Pacific Islander Scholarships are available to those enrolled a U.S. accredited colleges or universities as a full-time, degree-seeking, first-year students in the upcoming academic year.

A scholarship program for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian AISES members pursuing degrees in the computer science, computer engineering and management information systems fields.

The Gates Millennium Scholarship program selects 1,000 students a year to receive full tuition scholarships at the school of their choice. The program also provides professional development and support services to recipients.

Available to Gear Up Scholars, and administered through Hawai'i Community Foundation.

The scholarship program consists of over 150 funds, some of which may require supplemental materials and have different deadlines. Scholarship seekers are able to search the database for funds based on specific areas of study, island, ancestry, or university.

The 2011-2012 academic year deadline for the online application and supporting materials is February 25, 2011.

The majority of HPU scholarships are offered to incoming freshmen who are graduates of high schools in Hawai'i. Students who have completed two semesters at the University and who are academically qualified may also apply for HPU’s merit-based scholarships. Please check the HPU website for deadlines for various scholarships.

The purpose of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Scholarship is to promote and support the educational advancement of Native Hawaiians to achieve economic self-sufficiency. The program, administered through the Hawai'i Community Foundation, provides financial award scholarships to qualified Native Hawaiians enrolled as classified full-time students in degree-seeking programs at accredited post-high educational institutions. The deadline is March 1, 2011.

This program annually awards twelve, $4000 financial scholarships to high school students around Hawaii. Students must maintain an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.0 to renew the scholarship each year.

The Financial Aid and Scholarship Services Department provides funding for a variety of programs, including Pauahi Keiki Scholars, summer school programs, post-high scholarships, Kamehameha Schools preschools and financial assistance for K-12 students enrolled at the Kapālama, Maui and Hawai'i campuses.

Post-high scholarship applications for the 2011-2012 academic year are now available.

The foundation administers several scholarships, searchable by area of interest, alphabetical, or undergraduate/graduate/doctoral, some of which may require additional materials. The website provides a helpful timeline for the application process. The online application process for the 2011-2012 academic year will open on February 16, 2011. Please check their website for updates to the scholarship listings.

Administered by Maui Community College but with outreach sites on O'ahu, Hawai'i and Kaua'i, this program provides scholarships to Native Hawaiian students based on merit and financial need. The 2011-2012 Application will be launched March 14, 2011 with a deadline of May 1, 2011.

Awarded to post-secondary American Indian, Alaskan Native or Native Hawaiian students who are enrolled full-time.

This is a Federal Service scholarship program, meaning that for every year of funding received, scholarship recipients are obligated to perform a year’s (paid) service/employment in a medically underserved area within the State of Hawai'i immediately after graduation/licensure. The program provides funding to Native Hawaiians who are pursuing the following degrees as full time students enrolled at accredited universities:

Clinical Psychology (PhD & PsyD)

Dentistry (DMD & DDS)

Physician (MD & DO, with select specialties)

Masters In Public Health (MPH)

Nurse Midwife

Nursing (ADN, BSN, MSN, NP)

Physicians Assistant

Pharmacist

Nutritionist

Social Work (MSW)

Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT)

Ophthalmology

Optometry

Dental Hygiene (DH)

The University of Hawaii System offers various need-based and non-need based scholarship assistance in the form of Achievement Scholarships, Opportunity Grants, etc. Criteria vary by campus and scholarship. Students should consult their campus financial aid office for more information or use the University of Hawaii Foundation searchable database to find scholarships. (see also http://www.hawaii.edu/admissions/aid.html)

The Second Century Scholarship is a need-based grant provided to Native Hawaiian students who demonstrate financial need. To be eligible, students need only apply for financial aid through their campus financial aid offices.

To preserve, protect and apply traditional indigenous knowledge in a contemporary setting.

An article on the value of indigenous evaluation.

A collection of research articles on indigenous research.

Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007, this declaration frames the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples, including their rights to culture, identity, language, health and education. Although it is a legally non-binding declaration, it sets a significant standard for the treatment of the planet’s 370 million indigenous peoples.

An advisory body to the Economic and Social Council, with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

To provide an international forum for indigenous peoples to pursue common goals through higher education.

Drafted during the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education in Hilo in 1999, this document is significant in that it represents the collective voice of indigenous peoples from around the world who support fundamental principles considered vital to achieving reform and transformation of education for indigenous peoples.

Both an academic department and a larger home for initiatives that bring together people and resources to promote an understanding of the Pacific Islands and issues of concern to Pacific Islanders.

To assist Pacific Island leaders in advancing their collective efforts to achieve and sustain equitable social and economic development consistent with the goals of the Pacific islands region’s people.

Serves the educational community with quality programs, services and products developed to promote educational excellence.

To assist the people of the Pacific region by delivering a wide range of technical, research, educational and planning services.

To develop innovative education programs to assist native Hawaiians and to supplement and expand programs and authorities in the area of education.

Regulations for administering discretionary and formula grants awarded by the Department of Education.

To promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.

The Obama administration's plan to reform the country's public school system.

An agency within the U.S. Department of Education that maintains a comprehensive statistical database providing detailed information on U.S. public schools and school districts.

The U.S. DOE blog on the ESEA reauthorization process.

To promote the goal of self-sufficiency and cultural preservation for Native Americans by providing social and economic development opportunities through financial assistance, training, and technical assistance to eligible Tribes and Native American communities, including American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native Pacific Islanders organizations.

To provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.

This office discharges the Secretary’s responsibilities for matters related to Native Hawaiians and serves as a conduit for the Department’s field activities in Hawaii.

To promote the preservation, enhancement, and productive use of our nation’s historic resources, and advise the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy.

The largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the OMB’s mission is to assist the President in overseeing the preparation of the federal budget and to supervise its administration in Executive Branch agencies.

An Online Source for U.S. government regulations from nearly 300 federal agencies.

A Native-operated organization and the nation’s largest provider of private scholarships, American Indian College Fund supports the nation’s tribal colleges and universities and their students.

To provide leadership and influence public policy on American Indian higher education issues through advocacy, research, and program initiatives; to promote and strengthen Indigenous languages, cultures, communities, and tribal nations; and through its unique position, serve member institutions and emerging Tribal Colleges and Universities.

To help states develop effective policy and practice for public education by providing data, research, analysis and leadership; and by facilitating collaboration, the exchange of ideas among the states and long-range strategic thinking.

News on American education issues.

To support traditional Native cultures and values, to enable Native learners to become contributing members of their communities, to promote Native control of educational institutions, and to improve educational opportunities and resources for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians throughout the United States.

A professional organization dedicated to supporting scholars and others who work in the academic field of Native American and indigenous studies.

A coalition of 61 higher education organizations committed to protecting federal student aid programs from budget cuts, with an action center for contacting policymakers, and access to data on the prevalence of federal student aid by state and congressional district.

Based at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education, CREDE is a national research center that focuses on identifying and developing effective educational practices for linguistic and cultural minority students.

At the University of Wisconsin- Madison, CPRE unites seven of the nation's to top research institutions to conduct research on educational reform, policy and finance to mimprove student learning.p

The Board of Education formulates policy and exercises control over the public school system and public library system.

The official state education agency, the Hawai'i State Department of Education oversees all public schools and charter schools and is responsible for overseeing public education policy.

To protect and improve the health and environment for all people in Hawai'i.

To provide timely, efficient and effective programs, services and benefits, for the purpose of achieving the outcome of empowering those who are the most vulnerable in our State to expand their capacity for self-sufficiency, self-determination, independence, healthy choices, quality of life and personal dignity.

To manage the Hawaiian Home Lands trust effectively and to develop and deliver lands to native Hawaiians.

Provides advocacy, support, and guidance to Hawaii’s 31 unique community based innovative charter schools and to prospective charter school applicants.

To mālama (protect) Hawai'i's people and environmental resources and OHA's assets, toward ensuring the perpetuation of the culture, the enhancement of lifestyle and the protection of entitlements of Native Hawaiians.

The public system of higher education in Hawai'i, UH has ten campuses and dozens of educational, training and research centers across the Hawaiian Islands.

The leading entity in Hawai'i and the United States for indigenous language revitalization.

To kōkua Native Hawaiians who are committed to achieving their potential for themselves, their families and communities.

A confederation of fifty-eight Hawaiian Civic Clubs located throughout the State of Hawai'i and in the States of Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, Utah, Virginia, Washington State, Tennessee and Texas, which advocate for improved welfare of Native Hawaiians in culture, health, economic development, education, social welfare, and nationhood.

Dedicated to capacity building and providing support services to agencies and organizations focused primarily on Native communities in Hawaii and the Pacific.

Dedicated to initiating and organizing efforts toward the creation of a coordinated statewide system of support and services that ensures all Hawaii’s children are safe, healthy and ready to succeed.

To unite and strengthen the nonprofit sector as a collective force to improve the quality of life in Hawai'i.

To enable, support and unify charter schools and the charter school system in the State of Hawai'i.

A public, statewide, charitable services and grantmaking organization supported by donor contributions for the benefit of Hawai‘i's people.

To provide evaluators with opportunities to communicate, discuss, locate other evaluators, and participate in professional development activities.

To advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the state to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.

Access to individuals, organizations and businesses dedicated to perpetuating the customs, traditions and culture of Hawai'i.

To improve the quality of life for Native Hawaiians through community partnerships that provide educational opportunities and promote self-sufficiency.

A multi-media haven for online cultural learning, including videos, snapshots, articles, recipes, interviews, profiles of Hawaiian elders and more.

A multi-media haven for online cultural learning, including videos, snapshots, articles, recipes, interviews, profiles of Hawaiian elders and more.

Kamehameha Schools’ mission is to fulfill Pauahi’s desire to create educational opportunities in perpetuity to improve the capability and well-being of people of Hawaiian ancestry.

To build strong communities by building strong families, by communicating the vital importance of education, advocating for literacy, supporting parents as their child’s first and best teacher, and empowering families to undertake leadership roles in their communities.

The purpose of the trust was to build a home to accommodate the poor, destitute, and inform people of Hawaiian (aboriginal) blood or extraction, with preference given to older people.

To inspire, and be inspired by, the people of Hawai'i to mālama (care for) our island home, through a partnership that enriches our lives and our children’s future.

A comprehensive directory of Native Hawaiian-owned businesses throughout the nation.

PAF is dedicated to improving the lives of Pacific Americans through education, mentorship & leadership training, employment, research & development, and community partnerships.

Advocating for, initiating and maintaining culturally appropriate strategic actions aimed at improving the physical, mental and spiritual health of Native Hawaiians.

To inspire and equip families and communities for success and service, using timeless Hawaiian values and traditions.

A social service agency, funded by the Queen’s Trust, with a commitment to the orphaned and destitute children in the State of Hawai'i, with preference given to those of Hawaiian ancestry.

To build community support to end Furlough Fridays for Hawaii’s 170,000 public school children.

A Hawaiian Electronic Library, with full texts of books both in Hawaiian and English.