Project Title: The Hawaiian Land Hui Movement: Race, Law, and Property in Territorial Hawai’i
Mahina Tuteur, University of Hawaii at Mānoa
Mahina Tuteur is from Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu and is currently pursuing a PhD in Indigenous politics at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. She is a graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law, with certificates in environmental and native Hawaiian law. She has worked at several non-profit, state and federal agencies and currently serves on the State Environmental Council. Mahina is a Post-Juris Doctor Research & Teaching Fellow at Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, where she coordinates legal trainings for state and county decision-makers, facilitates water law workshops for Native Hawaiian communities, and assists with various scholarship projects aimed at evolving the law and advancing justice for Kānaka Maoli and other Indigenous Peoples.
About the APSA Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics Recipients