Native Hawaiian heiress faces court test to control millions
Native Hawaiian heiress Abigail Kawananakoa poses outside a Honolulu courthouse, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. Abigail Kawananakoa's fortune has been tied up in a court case since her 2017 stroke. Wright had appointed three prominent Native Hawaiian leaders to serve as board members for the $100 million foundation Kawananakoa created in 2001. "Just because Ms. Kawananakoa has a great deal of assets and just because there's a lot of people who think they could do a better job of spending her money than she does, does not mean that Ms. Kawananakoa has lost the basic right . "My heritage dictates that I must take care of the Hawaiian people."