Native Hawaiian Affairs
![]() Dr. Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment and Milford Wayne Donaldson, Chairman, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Signing the Memorandum of Understanding establishing the Native Hawaiian Federal Interagency Working Group at the Advisory Council's Winter 2011 Meeting. |
DoD Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO) Consultation
DoDI 4710.03 - Consultation with Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs) (PDF)
Updated December 2011 DoDI 47.03 - Consultatoin with NHOs, signed October 25, 2011, reissues DTM 11-001 as a DoD Instruction. It establishes policy, assigns responsibilities when proposing actions that may affect a property or place of traditional religous and cultural improtance to an NHO, and provides a framework for DoD Components to develop localized processes to facilitate consultation.
DUSD (Installations & Environment) Memorandum to Components (PDF)
Policy Development Process
The following documents provide information concerning the workshops, meetings, and conferences involved in the policy development:
Introduction to Policy Development Process (PDF)
Summary of August 2006 Meetings (PDF)
Summary of November 2008 Meetings (PDF)
Summary of November 2006 Meetings (PDF)
Native Hawaiian Federal Interagency Working Group
"The Department is pleased to partner with the Department of the Interior and the Advisory Council in this important effort to improve consultations with Native Hawaiians. This agreement further reinforces the Department?s commitment to meaningful consultation with Native Hawaiian Organizations as laid out in a policy memorandum signed by Deputy Secretary Lynn earlier this month."
Dr. Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment)
Native Hawaiian Cultural Communication Course (NHCCC) Training
Department of Defense Native Hawaiian Cultural Communication Course, May 9-10 2012, in Hawaii at Hale'iwa, Oahu: Waimea Valley Cultural Center
Native Hawaiian specialists in history, culture, intercultural communication and consultation, and legal experts will teach this acclaimed training. This free course provides valuable information for DoD employees whose work may have an effect on Native Hawaiians and for those already working with Native Hawaiians and Native Hawaiian Organizations.
Department of Defense Native Hawaiian Cultural Communication Course - Executive Session, May 8, 2012, Hale Koa Hotel, Honolulu
A free half-day Executive Session of the Native Hawaiian Cultural Communication Course is designed to provide DoD Senior Management and Commander level representatives with the basis for consultation. Native Hawaiian specialists in history, culture, intercultural communication and consultation, and legal experts will teach this acclaimed training. Senior level participation from all Services are encouraged to attend.
Contacts for NHO Consultation Policy
David Sanborn
Senior Tribal Liaison
U.S. Department of Defense
3400 Defense Pentagon, Room 5C646
Washington, DC 20307-3400
Phone: (703) 604-1773
Contact David Sanborn
Website: http://www.denix.osd.mil/na/
DoD Native Hawaiian Points of Contacts
Click Here for the DoD Native Hawaiian Points of Contacts list
Other Agency Contacts
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Hawaiian Relations
Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA)
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Hawaiian Relations
Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA)
Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA)
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Protecting Natural and Cultural Resources |
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