This population majority will be favorable to reconciliation and restitution measures to improve Hawaiian welfare, even limited sovereignty over certain aspects of society such as Hawaiian Home Lands and additions thereto. OHA Chairman Clayton Hee once suggested adding our famous landmark, Diamond Head. No way, says Governor Cayetano. OHA has enhanced its assets throughout the political turmoil within its board of trustees. Pooled with the vastly richer resources of the Kamehameha Schools and the Queen Emma Foundation and added to a revitalized Hawaiian Homes program, this adds up to billions in assets already dedicated to Hawaiian betterment.
Much debate lies ahead in both our Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian communities.
Even among Hawaiians there is a legal divide. There is a 19,000-person waiting list. The number of families on lands is 6,800, representing 28,000 individuals. Funding at last is in hand for a steady expansion focused mostly on homes. In the 1990 census 138,742 people identified themselves as Hawaiian.