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SCHHA (Pronounced “Shaw”) – Who Are We?
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Source: Ka Wai Ola
The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) is a statewide, self-governing Homestead Beneficiary Association (HBA) dedicated to the federally established Hawaiian Home Lands. We were founded in 1987 by Hawaiian Home Land leaders from across Hawaiʻi as a coalition to work on common challenges, solutions and approaches to the fulfillment of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (HHCA), like other Native Allotment Acts of over a century ago. SCHHA is a statewide homestead association, also referred to as a Homestead Beneficiary Association (HBA) in federal regulations. Our mission is the protection and perpetuation of the HHCA, its people, lands and the sovereignty of all self-governing HBAs. We provide services to 203,000 acres of HHCA trust lands, 10,000+ homestead lessees, 30,000+ waitlist individuals, 50+ regional HBAs and all enrolled SCHHA members regardless of blood quantum.
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