the beginning of the end of Native Hawaiian sovereignty and a tragic turn of events for the Hawaiians themselves. When Pule asked her elder how she could reconcile the concept of aloha with the ...
LIHUE — Over 120 years have passed since a handful of businessmen with loyalties to the U.S. led a coup d’etat to overthrow the Kingdom of Hawaii, but some Native Hawaiians on the Garden Isle ...
the sloshing of water buckets and occasional snippets of Hawaiian language. It was exactly how he wanted to spend La Ho’iho’i Ea, or Sovereignty Restoration Day. “This is about people just ...
The circumstances by which Hawaii was annexed by the U.S. are so sketchy that Congress felt obliged to issue an apology in 1993. It all started 100 years earlier when a group of mostly American ...
In response to the overthrow and apology, activists continue to elevate Hawaiian culture and fight for sovereignty. “It’s really important for the Hawaiian people to exercise our culture in ...