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Native Hawaiians are denied loans that other applicants get

  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JULY 15
                                Above, Hawaiian homestead lands in Puukapu, the largest trust parcel in the UXO zone.

    CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JULY 15

    Above, Hawaiian homestead lands in Puukapu, the largest trust parcel in the UXO zone.

  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JULY 14
                                Above, a worker scans land in the Waikoloa Maneuver Area on the Big Island for unexploded ordnance from World War II.

    CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JULY 14

    Above, a worker scans land in the Waikoloa Maneuver Area on the Big Island for unexploded ordnance from World War II.

  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JULY 15
                                Above, a view of Hawaiian homestead lands in Puukapu.

    CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JULY 15

    Above, a view of Hawaiian homestead lands in Puukapu.

  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JULY 15
                                Shirley Gambill-De Rego, a mortgage broker and a Puukapu beneficiary, has helped some beneficiaries with home loans. She is pictured above in her Puukapu homestead.

    CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JULY 15

    Shirley Gambill-De Rego, a mortgage broker and a Puukapu beneficiary, has helped some beneficiaries with home loans. She is pictured above in her Puukapu homestead.

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