Office of Hawaiian Affairs

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a semi-autonomous state agency created in 1978 "to address the needs of the aboriginal class of people of Hawaii." By state law, 20 percent of all income and proceeds derived from the public land trust — 1.2 million acres of ceded land held in trust for the benefit of Native Hawaiians — are to be paid annually to OHA by the state of Hawaii. That 20 percent amounted to approximately $15.1 million in ceded lands revenue for the 2011 fiscal year.

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