{"id":44898,"date":"2015-12-30T22:29:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T22:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=44898"},"modified":"2016-11-28T20:33:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:33:36","slug":"rulemaking-under-way-for-dna-testing-for-hawaiian-homelands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=44898","title":{"rendered":"Rulemaking under way for DNA testing for Hawaiian homelands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rulemaking under way for DNA testing for Hawaiian homelands<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/a>
\n2015-12-28<\/p>\n

Jennifer Sinco Kelleher<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nThis Dec. 24, 2015 photo provided by Pat Kahawaiolaa shows Kahawaiolaa taking a selfie at Keaukaha Beach Park<\/a> in Hilo, Hawaii<\/a>. He is among those with at least 50 percent Native Hawaiian<\/a> blood who are eligible for low-cost land leases from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands<\/a>. The department is proposing a rule that would allow use of DNA evidence as proof of an applicant\u2019s Hawaiian blood quantum. (Pat Kahawaiolaa via AP)<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

HONOLULU<\/a> (AP) \u2014 When the state deemed Leighton Pang Kee ineligible for one of the most valuable benefits available to Native Hawaiians <\/a>\u2014 land at almost no cost \u2014 because he couldn’t show that he was at least 50 percent Hawaiian, he sued.<\/p>\n

Pang Kee knew he was, and needed to figure out a way to prove it. According to his lawsuit<\/a>, his mother was at least 81.25 percent Native Hawaiian, but his birth certificate didn’t list his biological father.<\/p>\n

But he knew who his father was. Pang Kee, who was adopted, found his late father’s brother, got a DNA<\/a> sample that showed there was a 96.35 percent probability that Pang Kee and the man were related, the lawsuit said.<\/p>\n

While that initially wasn’t enough for the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands<\/a>, the agency eventually settled, and has proposed rules that would allow the use of DNA evidence to prove ancestry.<\/p>\n

Hawaiians don’t typically fixate on how much Hawaiian blood they have when it comes to asserting ancestral identity.<\/p>\n

“A Hawaiian is a Hawaiian is a Hawaiian,” said Michelle Kauhane<\/a>, president and CEO of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement<\/a>. “Whether they have a drop or more than 50 percent.”<\/p>\n

One of the only times blood quantum is relevant is for applying for a homestead lease<\/a>. Those with at least 50 percent Hawaiian blood quantum can apply for a 99-year lease for $1 a year…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nThis Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 photo shows houses in the the Hawaiian homestead community of Papakolea<\/a> in Honolulu<\/a>.The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has proposed rules that would allow people applying for a homestead lease to use DNA evidence to prove ancestry. (AP Photo\/Audrey McAvoy<\/a>)<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rulemaking under way for DNA testing for Hawaiian homelands The Associated Press 2015-12-28 Jennifer Sinco Kelleher This Dec. 24, 2015 photo provided by Pat Kahawaiolaa shows Kahawaiolaa taking a selfie at Keaukaha Beach Park in Hilo, Hawaii. He is among those with at least 50 percent Native Hawaiian blood who are eligible for low-cost land […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2039,1467,8,20],"tags":[2822,911,10807,22493,22494,22491,22490,22492,22495,22497,8569,22496],"class_list":{"0":"post-44898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-articles","7":"category-health-medicine","8":"category-law","9":"category-media-archive","10":"category-usa","11":"tag-associated-press","12":"tag-hawaii","14":"tag-jennifer-kelleher","15":"tag-jennifer-s-kelleher","16":"tag-jennifer-sinco-kelleher","17":"tag-leighton-pang-kee","18":"tag-michelle-kauhane","19":"tag-pat-kahawaiolaa","20":"tag-patrick-kahawaiolaa","21":"tag-the-associated-press","22":"tag-wailana-dasalia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44899,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44898\/revisions\/44899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}