A table of Tribal leaders and partners, convened by the Nation of Hawaiʻi, to build economic diversity together between Indian Country and Hawaiʻi.
Founding kickoff · October 2026To advance Native Hawaiian self-determination and Indigenous economic sovereignty by exploring gaming, diversified economic development, and Tribal-to-Tribal collaboration.
Learn from Tribal gaming models and inform future Hawaiian gaming measures.
Renewable energy, conservation, cultural tourism, food sovereignty, and technology.
Joint ventures and socially responsible capital between Tribal Nations and Hawaiʻi.
Why Hawaiʻi convenes this table: the Nation of Hawaiʻi has spent years building nation-to-nation relationships across Indian Country and the Pacific, and sits at a natural crossroads between the continental U.S. and the wider Indigenous world.
The committee is forming now. Those who apply join the founding list for the October kickoff.
Four kinds of members at one table.
Elected and appointed leaders of Tribal Nations.
Tribal enterprises, gaming operators, associations, and industry partners.
Tribal citizens and community members with a stake in the work.
Subject experts and members of other nations and countries, including Canada and Aotearoa (Māori), through the advisory arm.
Chaired by Ambassador Bennae Calac. Every member is introduced to the Nation’s ambassadors.
Apply below. After you apply, you’ll be invited to an orientation on the Nation’s work in international relations, then to the founding kickoff in October 2026, where you’ll meet the Nation’s ambassadors.
Applications for the October kickoff. Tell us who you are in your own words.
We will be in touch about orientation and the October kickoff.
Questions? Email Ambassador Bennae Calac at bennae.calac@nohgov.com.