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1990 1/2 years of negotiations, OHA reaches ū i, ement on ceded lands revenue issues with Vaihe'e III, who wūs one of the moin proOHA ūt the 1 9/8 Con-Con. The Legislature ' e agreement as Act 304, and OHA eventu- | ; more than $130 million in back payments , along with about $8 million annually. arters ūt /1 1 Kapi'olani Blvd. rsary of the overm emotionally heme of the ii's motto, M tensifies J are paid ^ pensated ū g during the islature sets the and $37,000 for the board's chūirperson. return ownership of Kaho'olawe to the state o ū future Hawūiian government. logy Resolution. Six years later, ūfter gatheriity, the U.S. government issues ū report on the resolution. The report recommends thūt iave self-determination over their own ūffūirs as do Native Amehean tribes." iary descendant Harold "Freddy" Rice files ū lon-Hūwaiian, he has been unconstitutionally right to vote in the eleehon for 0ffice of aiian Affairs trustees. His suit is dismissed, ut he appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. |

Feb. 23, 2000 Delivering ū verdict in the Rice case, the U.S. Supreme Court rules 7-2 that | Hawūiians-only voting in OHA elections is unconstitutional. The court indicates I that its decision hinges largely on Hawaiians' laek of any special U.S. govern- I ment recognition as an indigenous group. Gov. Ben Cayetano immediūtely declares his intention to replace the sit- I ting, Hawūiian-elected board with interim appointees. July 2000 In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling, the first of several lawsuits is filed challenging the constitutionality of OHA, Hawaiian Home Lands and other government programs. The suits are ūll dismissed, ūlthough one, kakaki v. Lingle, is currently still in the appeal process. July 20, 2000 Sen. ūaniel Akaka introduces the first of his series of bills to gain federal recogni- l.A'-i tion of Hawūiians' spedūl native status. | House of Representatives, but fūils to H advance in the Senate, as it does eaeh year ^ Aug. 15,2000 In light of the Rice dedsion, ū federal judge rules thūt non-Hawaiians must be allowed to run for OHA trustee. Sept. 8, 2000 Faced with the prospect of forced removal by Cayetano, OHA's trustees resign en masse. Cayetano reappoints five ūs interim trustees, along with four new members, including the agency's first-ever non-Hawaiian trustee, former Maui Councilman and UH Regent Charles Otū. Nov. 7, 2000 For the first time, non-Hawaiians are permitted to vote in the OHA eleehon. Voters return six of the former trustees to office, including Ota. Sept. 12, 2001 The Hawūi'i Supreme Court invalidates Act 304, the Iūw thūt determines OHA's share of ceded lands revenue, because portions dealing with airport revenues conflictwith federal Iūw. Gov. Cayetano subseguently stops ūll cededland payments to OHA, including those thūt are undisputed. aM Mar<h 2002 OHA launches the Hawaiian Registry program to verify ancestry and provide ID cards for Nūtive Hawaiians. In 2003, the program is given Im the backing of state Iūw. April 2003 fū Gov. Linda Lingle restores ceded lands payments to OHA. " Sept. 7, 2003 An estimated 1 0,000 Hawaiian-rights supporters in ū sea of red ^ ' • 1 T-shirts participate in ū KO i kū Pono (stand for justice) march through Waikiki to protest court chūllenges to Hawaiian programs and assets. 9 IJanuary 2004 OHA provides funding and support for the formation of the Nūtive Hawaiian Coalition, ū broad-būsed community allianee seeking to agree upon ū process for forming ū Hawaiian governing entity. As part of the effort, OHA backs the launeh of Kau Inoa, ū drive to enroll Nūtive Hawaiians who wish to participate in the nation-building process.

Aug. 2, 2005 Afederal appeals court rules thūt Kamehameha Schools' Hawaiian-prefer-enee ūdmission policy violūtes federal anti-discrimination Iūw. More than 20,000 Hawūiians and their supporters turn out ūt rallies to protest the decision throughout Hawai'i and on the U.S. continent. Aug. 31,2005 The same appeals court ūffirms thūt the plaintiffs in the Arakaki suit cannot chūllenge OHA's use of ceded lands funds, but rules that they may challenge OHA's use of stūte tax funds, whieh amount to ūbout 1 0 percent of the agency's annual budget. The plūintiffs have appealed for reconsideration, asking that their full chūllenge be reinstūted. September 2005 OHA, the state and the nonprofit Trustfor Public Land announee ū landmark conservation agreement to transfer the 25,000-acre Wao Kele o Puna rainforest to OHA control, making it the agency's first major land aguisition. One of the state's last unprotected lowland native forests, Wūo Kele hūd long been the focus of controversy over geothermal drilling and native access. November 2005 Avote on the Akūkū Bill is pending in the U.S. Senate. The Arakaki lawsuit continues in federal court, and ū new suit has just been filed against OHA's expenditure of funds to benefit Hawaiians of less than 50 percent blood guantum. The Native Hawaiian Coalition carries on its work of estūblishing the steps toward forming ū Hawaiian government, and the Kau Inoa initiative to enroll ū potential Hawūiian electorate continues, with more than 35,000 Hawaiians now signed up. Meanwhile, OHA's trust fund now stands ūt more than $350 million, and the agency continues its mission of serving the Hawaiian people through community grants; business loans; health, housing and education funding; homeownership assistance; native rights advocacy and other programs.