Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 1, 1 January 2010 — A Tale of Two Registries: Kau Inoa and OHA's Hawaiian Registry Program [ARTICLE]

A Tale of Two Registries: Kau Inoa and OHA's Hawaiian Registry Program

By Capsun M. Poe, Policy Advocate Sometimes people are eonfused about the differenee between Kau Inoa and OHA's Hawaiian Registry Program (HRP). If you reeeived a red registration eard with a photo, that is for HRP. Kau Inoa does not issue a eard, but if you reeeived a Kau Inoa T-shirt for registering, you have signed up for Kau Inoa. The Kau Inoa form offers four options to verify your Hawaiian aneestry. The first allows you to deelare your Hawaiian aneestry by stating you have previously submitted your aneestry verifieation doeuments and are verified by either the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the HRP at OHA, Operation 'Ohana at OHA, or the Kamehameha Sehools Ho'oulu Hawaiian Data Center. If you are already registered in Kau Inoa and want to register in HRP, please eontaet HRP staff at 594-1914 or toll-free at 1-800-366-1758 for more information. If you are already registered in HRP and want to register in Kau Inoa, please contact John Rosa at 594-1902 or toll-free at 1-800-366-1758 for more information. Information on both programs is also available online: for Kau Inoa, please visit kauinoa.org/info.php; for HRP please visit oha.org and eliek on "OHA Hawaiian Registry" from the choices on the left part of the screen. ■