Information on programs, grants, and services available to support the Native Hawaiian community, organizations and businesses.Evening Hawaiian entertainment: evening performances of hula (dance) and mele (song) designed specifically for this Vegas convention.Panels and breakouts with national and Hawaiʻi experts discussing policy issues impacting Native Hawaiians across the nation.Workshops and presentations on Native Hawaiian cultural practices.Many of us love to vacation there in Las Vegas, everybody comes to Hawaii to vacation but we go to Las Vegas, so we’re excited about that,” said Lewis. “It’s no secret our community embraces Las Vegas, the number of our Hawaiian ohana, our families that call Las Vegas home is very clear to us. The convention will bring Native Hawaiian practitioners, educators, entrepreneurs, healthcare and housing providers, elders, artisans, entertainers, and the youth together in Las Vegas. “More than half of our population now call the continent home, Las Vegas is the third largest concentration of Native Hawaiians so we thought it was only fitting to have it there,” said Kuhio Lewis, CEO of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.
(FOX5) - Las Vegas will see a higher-than-normal wave of Native Hawaiians in June 2023 for an annual convention being held outside of the islands for the first time.įor the last 22 years, the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement has held the convention in Hawaii but said with the growing number of Native Hawaiians in the continental U.S., the convention must follow.
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