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Here's what else is happening across America…
🏡 After decades of discussion, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court has allowed thousands of Native Hawaiians to collect $286 million in funds as a result of a homestead lands settlement, writes Stewart Yerton for Honolulu Civil Beat. The ruling is an attempt to provide some relief for Hawaiian beneficiaries who have waited for years to lease the homestead lands.
📜 An intermedia exhibit commemorating Alaska’s Filipino community debuted last weekend at Anchorage Museum, Anchorage Daily News’ Annie Berman reports. Titled “Mana: The History We Inherit,” the showcase is a collection of anecdotes and stories from Alaska’s Filipino elders with the purpose of preserving the population’s powerful culture.
🎞️ New York City’s Chinatown honored Chinese photojournalist Corky Lee by co-naming Mosco Street “Corky Lee Way,” AsAmNews’ Shirley Ng reports. The Asian American advocate used his photography to document the forgotten and excluded histories of Cantonese and Toisan people who are descended from Chinese railroad workers.
🎤 Comedian Hasan Minhaj apologized to followers after admitting that he embellished some of his stand-up stories in an interview, NBC News’ Angela Yang reports. He posted a 20-minute video online last Thursday to provide thorough explanations and rebuttals after a New Yorker piece accused him of lying about his experiences with racism.
🎨 Museums around the country are working to keep Korean art in the spotlight, New York Times’ Ted Loos writes. There are at least five exhibitions solely dedicated to Korean art that will be displayed at major U.S. art museums this winter.
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