Hawaiian Homes Commission Act

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Category: Hawaii

In 1921, Congress passed the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, placing about 203,500 acres ceded to the United States in 1898 under the jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, an arm of the Territorial Government, to provide homestead lots to native Hawaiians with 50 percent or more Hawaiian blood. The act was intended to make amends for short changing native Hawaiians in prior land distributions.

As a condition of statehood in 1959, the state of Hawaii adopted the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act and the management of 203,500 acres set aside under the 1921 act. The state also assumed the federal responsibility for the bulk of the ceded lands, which were conveyed to a public trust. See Hawaii State Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

External Links

• Hawaiian Homes Commission Act
• Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (State of Hawaii)