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This year, to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day, we’re taking a look at the history of Hawai’i, from its early history in the Polynesian maritime culture to its forming a Kingdom to its annexation by the United States. Beyond simply a special case in the story of American expansion, Hawai’i has a deep history that deserves to be better known.
SOURCES & Further Reading: Great Courses Lecture “Lifeways of Australia and the Pacific” by Craig Benjamin, Britannica Hawai’i, “The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific” By Low & Estus, Lonely Planet Hawai’i History, and lots of discussion with a native Islander (see discord section below).
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Here doing research for my library’s program on Liliuokalani for Asian and Pacific Islander history month! 😊 Given all the flooding going on right now in Hawaii, I thought this would be a good topic! (That and admin is making us do programs for 250 years of America and I’ll be damned if I’m not bringing light to the atrocities we’ve committed- I mean who said that? 😅)
Pronunciations are pretty good surprisingly. A little off but very impressive.
Alone at the edge of the universe, humming a tune
dope!
It’s interesting how you highlight the self-interest takeover by the Hawaiian League and the US, but totally gloss over how King Kamehameha did the exact same thing..