Don’t call Dr. David Keanu Sai a sovereignty activist. Despite decades of research into the 1893 overthrow and ongoing occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the UH faculty member and political scientist takes pains to avoid the word “sovereignty” and emphasizes that he is not a political activist. Sai’s low-key approach is unusual in a field that “still has the air of conspiracy … [Read more...] about Hawai‘i: The Fake State – Dr. David Keanu Sai talks to the Maui County Council about the ongoing American occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom
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Wailuku attorney Antonio V. Ramil publishes new compendium of Hawaiian Kingdom history
Those looking for an unconventional source of Hawaiian history may wish to consult the new compendium titled On‘e Pu‘u. Compiled by Maui attorney Antonio V. Ramil, who wrote the exhaustive Kalai‘aina: County of Maui history book in 1984, On‘e Pu‘u is simply a spiral-bound collection of reprinted Hawaii news articles from December 1891 to the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom in … [Read more...] about Wailuku attorney Antonio V. Ramil publishes new compendium of Hawaiian Kingdom history
This Sunday, Nov. 23: ‘The Legend of Ko’olau’ at the @MauiArtsCulture Center
In 1893, a cowboy named Ko'olau rebelled against the militia that had overthrown the Hawaiian kingdom. Worried that new laws would exile him and his son to the Hansen’s Disease colony on Molokai, Ko'olau fought back in Kauai’s Kalalau Valley. Now his story lives on in The Legend of Ko'olau, a one-act play from local writer, poet and Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter Gary … [Read more...] about This Sunday, Nov. 23: ‘The Legend of Ko’olau’ at the @MauiArtsCulture Center
Thursday January 17 Marks 120th Anniversary of Overthrow of Hawaiian Kingdom
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 marks the 120th anniversary of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. UH Maui College will be holding events from noon until 7pm to commemorate and inform the public about this tragic day in Hawaiian history. Some may think the 17th marks just another notch in the timeline of imperialist conquest of indigenous peoples in the name of progress, but … [Read more...] about Thursday January 17 Marks 120th Anniversary of Overthrow of Hawaiian Kingdom