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Queen Liliuokalani and the Chinese Community
One of the most under-documented areas of study is Hawaiʻi-China relations in the 19th century. As early as King Kamehameha I, Kamehameha had Chinese at his court. They were mostly traders interested in sandalwood. Hawaiʻi to Chinese was known for its sandalwood, so much so that the Chinese name for the Hawaiian Islands was “Sandalwood — read more
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Racism and the Queen.
It is most unfortunate that many Hawaiians today have forgotten the historical racism that their kūpuna and even their own Queen experienced. This was one of the reasons that the Monarchy in Hawai’i was very different from the monarchies in Europe–they first hand the racism and prejudices of the time through personal experiences and from — read more
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The Liliuokalani Educational Society
During the reign of King Kalākaua, the Throne Room hosted his Hale Nauā, a cultural and scientific organization dedicated to perpetuating the deeper traditions and sciences of the Hawaiian people. They discussed history, re-enacted ancient traditions, debated on scientific topics, and talked about ways to inspire Hawaiians. During the brief reign of Queen Liliʻuokalani, the — read more
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Letter Queen Liliʻuokalani naming Princess Elizabeth Kuhio Kalanianaʻole As Leader
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The Queen’s Protest in Hawaiian and English
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The Arrest of the Queen
On January 16th, 1895, Deputy Marshal Arthur Brown and Captain Robert Waipa Parker–two police officers from the self-proclaimed Republic of Hawai’i–came up to steps of Washington Place. They knocked on the door and one of Queen Lili’uokalani’s attendents, Mrs. Eveline Wilson, answered and directed the police officers to the front parlor. The Queen, who was in — read more
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The Queen’s Speech, 1892.
I was going through my notes and I was rereading Speeches from the Throne, which were sort of like how the Americans have their State of the Union address except its done in the first day of the opening of a legislative session. This is an excerpt from Queen Lili’uokalani’s Speech From the Throne, May 28th, — read more
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Queen Lili’uokalani
In honor of Queen Lili’uokalani’s birthday this year, I decided to write some thoughts about what Queen Lili’uokalani means to most Hawaiians, including myself. As a boy, I can remember a portrait of the Queen hanging in the living room of my grandmother’s living room. Her portrait always hung above the pictures and photographs of — read more
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1893
Instead of writing my unusual blog posts which is normally sprinkled with Hawaiian laws and other references, I thought I would write a more personal post. For an indigenous Hawaiian, its sometimes very difficult to maintain an emotional distance in talking about certain events in our past. Among these events is what happened in 1893. — read more
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