Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 40, Number 2, 1 Pepeluali 2023 — Ho'okō 'ia ka Palapala 'Aelike me ka DOI Memorandum Of Understanding Executed with DOI [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ho'okō 'ia ka Palapala 'Aelike me ka DOI Memorandum Of Understanding Executed with DOI

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Na Robin Danner

Ma ka 'ōlelo wehem o ka 2022 White House Tribal i Nations Summit mai ka lā m

30 o Nowemapa a i ka lā 1 o Kēkēmapa, kūkala akula ke Kuhina Kālaiaina 'o Deb Haaland i kekahi mau hana e

kako'o ana i ka hana maluo, ka ho'ona'auao, a me ka ho'omohala

waiwai i alaka'i 'ia e nā lāhui 'Ilikini ma o ke ke'ena hou 'o ke Ke'ena Pilina Ka'akālai, ma lalo o ka 'Oihana Kālaiaina (DOI). 'O ke kuleana o kēia ke'ena, 'o ia ka ho'oulu 'ana i nā pilina, nā waiwai, a e kāko'o i nā hopena ho'okā'oi no ka lāhui 'Ilikini. 'O ke ke'ehina mua, ua ho'okō ka DOI i 'ehā palapala 'aelike me ka American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) e kāko'o ana i nā mea ho'omaka 'oihana; Enterprise Community Partners e kāko'o ana i ka ho'olako hale makepono; Native CDFI Network; a me Oweesta Corporation e ho'oma'alahi i ka loa'a 'ana o ka waiwai me ka 'aie; Trust for Puhlie Land e ho'oulu ana i ka pilina ma waena o ka aina me nā ha'awina ho'ona'auao me nā 'ōlelo oiwi a me ka mo'omeheu. Pāku'i 'ia me ko'u kulana he alaka'i no ka Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA), noho au ma ke kulana hope alaka'i o Oweesta Corporation, he 'oihana oiwi e kāko'o ana i ka po'e 'Ilikini, 'Ālaka, a me ka po'e Hawai'i, a ma kēia kulana a'u i hele ai i Wakinekona D.C., i ka 'aha pūlima. Aia nō 'o Pete Upton ma laila kekahi, 'o ia ke po'o alaka'i o ka Native CDFI Network (NCN), he hui o nā 'oihana e kokua i ka po'e oiwi e holomua i loko na'e o nā alaina, i loa'a ma 27 o nā mokuaina. E hana pū ana 'o Oweesta me NCN me ko ka DOI Ke'ena Pilina Ka'akālai e wehe i nā ala e loa'a ai ka waiwai me ka 'aie no ka po'e 'Ōiwi a puni ke aupuni. "I kēia lā, 'ehā wale nō keneka o kēlā me kēia ho'okahi haneli kālā i hā'awi 'ia e nā hui lokomaikai, lilo i nā kaiāulu oiwi," wahi a ka Hope Kākau'ōlelo o ke Kōmike Kuleana 'Ilikini 'o Brian Newland. "'O ka ho'ololi 'ana i kēlā, 'o ia ke kuleana o ko mākou Ke'ena Pilina Ka'akālai."B

In opening remarks at the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a series of actions to support tribally led conservation, education and eeonomie development through a new Oflice of

Strategic Partnerships at the Department of Interior (DOI). The new ofīice

will assist in building partnerships, leveraging resources and promoting innovative solutions for Indian Country. As a first step, the DOI executed four memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreements with: American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) supporting entrepreneurship; Enterprise Community Partners supporting affordable housing; Native CDFI Network and Oweesta Corporation to increase access to hnaneial resources and leveraging; Trust for Puhlie Land to create culturally informed outdoor educational spaces infused with native languages and culture. In addition to my role as the elected chair of the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA), I also serve as vice chair of Oweesta Corporation, a national Native intermediary serving American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiians, and it was in this capacity that I attended the Washington, D.C., signing ceremony Also present was Pete Upton, executive director of the Native CDFI Network (NCN), a eoalition of Native Community Development Finaneial Institutions located in 27 states. Oweesta and NCN will work together through the DOI Office of Strategic Partnerships, to address access to finaneial resources and leverage opportunities for native peoples across the country. "Today, [just] four cents on every $100 issued by philanthropic organizations make it to our tribal communities," Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Brian Newland said. "Our Office of Strategic Partnerships, aims to change that." ■ Robin Puanani Danner is the elected chair ofthe Sovereign Council ofHawaiian Homestead Associations. She grew up in Niumalu, Kaua'i, and the homelands ofthe Navajo, Hopi and Inuit peoples. She and her husband raisedfour children on homesteads in Anahola, where they continue to reside today.