Reauthorization of the Native American Programs Act of 1974, Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, and Status of Implementation of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session ... February 12, 1991, Honolulu, HI.U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 291 pages |
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Page 139 - USC 529), to enter into and perform such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions as may be necessary in the conduct of its work and on such terms as it may deem appropriate...
Page 248 - Non-Federal contributions may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including but not limited to plant, equipment, and services...
Page 254 - Branch of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control of the National Cancer Institute...
Page 101 - For the purposes of this section, the term "native Hawaiian" means any descendant of not less than onehalf part of the blood of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands previous to 1778 (Act of June 20, 1938; 52 Stat.
Page 100 - Chapter 10 established OHA as the "principal public agency in this State responsible for the performance, development, and coordination of programs and activities relating to native Hawaiians.
Page 101 - State as a public trust for the support of the public schools and other public educational institutions, for the betterment of the conditions of native Hawaiians, as defined in the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, for the development of farm and home ownership on as widespread a basis as possible, for the making of public improvements, and for the provision of lands for public use.
Page 129 - Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, 1989. Caucasian and Japanese children scored in the 37th and 48th percentiles, respectively) . In achievement tests of basic skills, Hawaiian students continue to perform below national norms. On the Reading Comprehension Subtest of the Stanford Achievement Test, for example, administered by the Hawai'i State Department of Education in the Spring of 1990, 37% of Hawaiian sixth grade students scored in the lowest three stanines (compared with 23% of the norm...
Page 102 - Hawaiian" means any descendant of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands which exercised sovereignty and subsisted in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, and which peoples thereafter have continued to reside in Hawaii; (6) "Beneficiary of the public trust entrusted upon the office" means native Hawaiians and Hawaiians.
Page 250 - I oka hi (a consortium of Hawaiian and Native Hawaiian organizations) for the purpose of planning conducting, or administering programs or portions of programs, authorized by this act for the benefit of Native Hawaiians, and is certified by Papa Ola Lokahi as having the qualifications and the capacity to provide the services and meet the requirements of this Act. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: US Public Health Service.
Page 129 - St of the student body at the four-year, baccalaureate-granting Manoa campus. Hawaiian students represent only 3.5% of students in a given class at Manoa graduating after six years.