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Race in Historical Narratives of Hawai’i
For those who believe that historians are “non-partisan” or “neutral”, this article may come as a surprise to you. All historians have political, social, religious, and class views which informs them on the way they write historical narratives. In Hawai’i’s case, there are currently five major prevailing historical narratives on how Hawaiian history is basically… — read more
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July 4
Sanford Dole Swearing Himself as President of the Republic of Hawai’i Today, July 4th, marks a bleak day in Hawaiian history. Today marks the anniversary of the birth of the Republic of Hawai’i. To many, the word “republic” does not carry strong negative overtones like it does for many Hawaiians. That isn’t to say that… — read more
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Kalakaua: An International Perspective
Reposting this important article from the Journal of the Hawai’i Historical Society King Kalakaua in Japan, 1881 King Kalakaua: An International Perspective NIKLAUS R. SCHWEIZER, former Swiss Consul to Hawai’i This year marks the 100th year of the death in San Francisco, on January 20, 1891, of David Kalakaua, Hawaii’s last king. T H E KING… — read more
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Aloha ‘Aina (Love of the Land): The Struggle for Land and Power in Hawai’i (Repost)
(Note: Reposting this from http://www.apimovement.com/history/aloha-%C3%A3ina-love-land-struggle-land-and-power hawaii as this adds to the discussions on Hawaiian sovereignty. Note this was originally written in 1982 so some of the ideas expressed are no longer considered “factual” but its an interesting read to see how far the sovereignty movement came and at how involved liberals and progressives were involved once… — read more
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How Credible was the Statehood Referendum?
Я считаю, что совершенно неважно, кто и как будет в партии голосовать; но вот что чрезвычайно важно, это – кто и как будет считать голоса.The people who cast votes decide nothing. What matters is who counts the votes and how. –Joseph Stalin Some years ago I heard this interesting story by a Hawaiian man about… — read more
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Hawaiian Kahuna
One of the most abused Hawaiian words and concepts is the word kahuna. Nowadays, the word is used in slang to mean an expert surfer, an influential person (“the big kahuna”), a shaman, and a large hamburger. However, none of these definitions are correct. However, The Hawaiian Dictionary as edited by Mary Kawena Pukui and… — read more
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The Opium Trade in Hawai’i
When the British began to trade with China, they found that the Chinese had little desire for British products. So Queen Victoria’s Britain began to import opium into China. When the Chinese Emperor tried to stop the drug trade, the British declared war and ended up not only imposing the sale of opium on the… — read more
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Hawaiians in the P.G.
One of the topics that is often discouraged is the topic of Native Hawaiian collaboration with the Protectorate Government (note: it should actually be called Protectorate not Provisional Government because the Provisional Government collapsed 15 days after its formation and was saved by US Minister John Stevens through his proclamation of the Protectorate Government) or P.G. and… — read more
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Some thoughts on the Creation of a Hawaiian National History
Part 1 One of the major tasks of any nation is creating a national narrative or political history. A national narrative is important to nation-building since all nations are, in the words of Benedict Anderson, “imagined communities”. A nation is an imagined community because its not possible to connect with everyone in a given at… — read more
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The Hawai’i State Capitol
The Hawai’i State Capitol: Hawaiian International or Modernist Colonial? Architecture has long been used as a political tool. Ramses II built temples and statues of himself along the Egyptian border with Nubia (modern day Sudan) to emphasize Egyptian sovereignty and might. Alexander the Great, Augustus Caesar, Napoleon, and Hitler all used architecture as a way to legitimatize… — read more
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