Lahaina is revered by Native Hawaiians because it has long been the home of Kihawahine, a woman who transformed into a moʻo goddess, or a supernatural shapeshifting lizard in Hawaiian religion.

“Our religion has been denigrated for centuries,” said Marie Alohalani Brown, a professor of Hawaiian religion at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, and a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner.

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (RNS) — Demonstrators have flocked to this mountain to stop construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope for reasons that are partly environmental and partly religious.

Given the court’s ruling, there can be no doubt that Native Hawaiian religious beliefs and practices are worthy of the protection afforded to them by law.” 500 Ala Moana Blvd. #2-200 Honolulu ...

Rising more than 6 miles from the seabed floor, Mauna Kea is the tallest summit in the world. To native Hawaiians, the dormant volcano is the most sacred land in the entire Pacific. It is the ...

HONOLULU (CN) — A Hawaii prison inmate says his jailers violated a decade-old agreement to let inmates practice their Native Hawaiian religious beliefs. Robert Holbron, an inmate of the Halawa ...

The State has deemed the altars “merely political” and therefore not deserving of consultative consideration or protection. Now, as part of their ongoing effort to protect the mountain, some Hawaiian ...

Editorial Letters Letter: Hawaiian religion not relevant to TMT. June 30, 2019 . Thirty Meter Telescope ...

HONOLULU — Inmates who say they're being denied their right to practice their Native Hawaiian religion at a private prison in Arizona have won class-action status for a lawsuit. U.S. District ...