US military returns land on Molokai Island to Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military and Hawaii officials said Friday the Air Force has returned 363 acres (147 hectares) it leased on Molokai Island to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, opening the possibility Native Hawaiians could move onto the land.
The department administers lands under a century-old U.S. law that allows Native Hawaiians with at least 50% Hawaiian blood quantum to apply for a 99-year lease for $1 a year.
