READOUT: U.S. Treasurer Chief Lynn Malerba Visits Hawaiian Home Lands and Joins the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement’s 2024 Native Hawaiian Convention

WAIKŌLOA VILLAGE–HAWAI’I – This week, U.S. Treasurer Chief Lynn Malerba and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Tribal and Native Affairs concluded a visit to Native Hawaiian communities, including Hawaiian Home Lands. Hawaiian Home Lands are trust lands set aside by the U.S. Congress through the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920. The Hawaiian Homes Commission exists to administer the Act, through the Department of Hawaiian Homelands (DHHL), to provide for the economic advancement of native Hawaiians.Treasurer Chief Lynn Malerba began her visits on Wednesday by joining DHHL Director Kali Watson and senior staff on a tour of Hawaiian Home Lands in the Villages of La‘i‘Opua and the future site of Palamanui.