"...and sixth-generation homesteader..."
Jeesh, six generations of homesteading and they haven't used the (near-)free land to get a leg up yet???!!!
As originally envisioned, the homesteading was supposed to allow natives (disclaimer: of which I am partly one - native, not homesteader) to live their traditional lifestyle. Of course it failed in that both due to location of homesteads and the fact that homesteads turned into nothing more than "free-housing". BUT, with that leg-up (free land. In HAWAII), there is no excuse for Hawaiians not using that as a catapult into a more self-sufficient, integrated, functioning, productive, industrious life. And once obtained, stop living the free-land live and move on into the broader economy already.