On August 18, 2010, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation obtained a key ruling that gives Native Hawaiians the right to a quasi-judicial hearing on construction plans affecting Native Hawaiian burials. The decision was covered in the following news stories.
The New York Times ran an editorial about NHLC’s success in securing the religious rights of Native Hawaiians serving their sentences in prisons on the mainland.
The Blessing of Lono: A Vision of Paradise in an Oklahoma Prison at NYTimes.com
NHLC successfully challenged the failure of hospitals to recognize the cultural significance of placentas in Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practice.
Hawaiian Law Now Permit Parents to Keep Placentas at womensenews.com
