hello do you have an article from like a Respectable Source ™️ on hand about the exploitation of native Hawaiians? I'm trying to radicalize my lib mom on it and I can't find a solid overview.
it can definitely be a Long Read, I just want it to cover the colonialist history, the land theft, and the ongoing human rights abuses to support tourism like the fucked land grant program and the water rationing and stuff. I'm probably only gonna be able to get her to read one
"FROM A NATIVE DAUGHTER: COLONIALISM AND SOVEREIGNTY IN HAWAII" by Dr. Haunani Kay Trask is a good place to start.
"a provocative, well-reasoned attack against the rampant abuse of Native Hawaiian rights, institutional racism, and gender discrimination...the master plan of the Native Hawaiian self-governing organization Ka Lahui Hawai'i and its platform on the four political arenas of sovereignty; the 1989 Hawai'i declaration of the Hawai'i ecumenical coalition on tourism; and a typology on racism and imperialism."
its a book that everyone should read as it only rings more true as the years pass by.
but honestly if you just search up "books on the exploitation of native hawaiians" you're sure to find ones with lots of history and info (ones written by indigenous scholars are the way to go ofc).
i dont have any overarching articles on hand that cover everything but im sure local news sources will have past articles on specific issues if u search on them:
Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii News Now
i get most my info & updates from kānaka maoli & groups i follow on social media, but they usually have links to local articles where they get their info from. Some groups on instagram (that are also on twitter) that bring awareness to current events (like the fight to protect Mauna Kea from developers, the Red Hill navy fuel spill crisis, housing crisis across Hawaiʻi, struggle for native indigenous water rights, & protecting ʻāina) are:
AlohaAdvocacy
ʻĀina Momona
Kaʻohewai
Puʻuhuluhulu
these are only a few... check who they follow for more advocacy groups if youre interested.
also @tf2mobilegame had a few articles about the high cost of living in Hawaiʻi on their original post. i used to have a video saved about the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and how messed up it is (underfunded + slow rollout + native families have been on the list to get their ancestral lands back for DECADES but will not be home owners in their generation + 50% native blood quantum requirement) but i think it got deleted. if i find it i will link it here. but heres an article about the shit houses DHHL provided to native hawaiians who were finally able to get housed.
Dancette Yockman, just one out of 28,000 native hawaiians on the DHHL waitlist, who has been waiting 50 years for a piece of land to call her own.
lastly:
heres a MUTUAL AID post with donation links you can save, reblog, & donate to.
heres more links to PETITIONS & places to donate to help local organizations protect hawaiian land.
The Price of Paradise is another place to donate reparations to create grants for Native Hawaiian businesses, non-profits, families, & individuals.
TLDR; read From a Native Daughter by Dr. Haunani Kay Trask to start. Mahalo & Fa'afetai lava to anyone who shares or adds onto this!
