#native hawaiian

[divinum-pacis]

Illona Ilae, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, leaves an offering in front an alter below the Mauna Loa volcano as it erupts Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Glowing lava from the world's largest volcano is a sight to behold, but for many Native Hawaiians, Mauna Loa's eruption is a time to pray, make offerings and honor both the natural and spiritual worlds. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

[forever70s]

Native Hawaiian activist Terrilee Keko'olani in 1973; photo by Ed Greevy

[profeminist]

"On this day, 17 January 1893, a coup d'état took place in Hawai’i, organised by the United States.

The background to the coup was in the changing economy. Hawai’i’s traditional, Indigenous ways of life came into conflict with the growing capitalist sugar industry, through which a few white, landowning families from the US and Europe effectively gained control of the economy. Only wealthy landowners could vote, and so they could effectively pull the strings of Native monarchs.

However, after Queen Liliʻuokalani ascended to the throne, she proposed a new constitution, which would abolish the high property requirement for voting, and only enable Hawaiian citizens to vote.

Members of Liliʻuokalani’s cabinet leaked the plan to the US minister to Hawai'i, John Stevens, and together they plotted to overthrow her and enable a complete US takeover.

A group of 13 white men, 11 of whom were capitalist business owners, formed a “Committee of Safety” to take over the country. On January 16, they summoned US marines and sailors who arrived that afternoon.

The following day, they forced Queen Liliʻuokalani to give up the throne, in a coup which was largely bloodless, although one plotter shot and wounded a Hawaiian police officer. A republic was briefly declared, and the island was annexed by the US five years later: the first of many overseas imperialist conquests by the nation.

Before annexation, Hawai'i had free, universal healthcare and education. The US took over the education system and used it to try to eradicate the Hawaiian language, culture and identity.

From being spoken by a majority of the population, Hawaiian declined to have only a few dozen speakers in the 1980s.

The US also abolished free healthcare. Today, Native Hawaiians still have the poorest health outcomes of all groups in Hawai’i.

Since the 1970s, there has been a resurgence of Native Hawaiian activism, culture, and resistance to colonialism which continues today."

More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8879/us-organised-coup-in-hawaii

[luck-ofthedraw]

from the molokai winds au

[yourdailyqueer]

Kathy Flores (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 7 February 1955

RIP: 21 October 2021

Ethnicity: Filipino, Native Hawaiian

Nationality: American

Occupation: Prof rugby player, rugby coach

[disasterhimbo]

It is an absolute tragedy this didn’t make it into the final Lilo and Stitch movie.

Source

Video Description under the cut.

[VD: A deleted scene from the movie Lilo and Stitch. It’s almost entirely in greyscale, with the characters sketched out and see-through, except for two frames without any people in them depicting the tsunami siren in full color.

Lilo, a native Hawaiian girl, and Stitch are walking down the sidewalk, and there’s somewhat mischievous music in the background.

A tourist pulls up next to her in a car and yells, “Hey kid, where’s the beach?” Lilo points in the direction she’s walking, and the tourist says, “Ma-HAY-lo!” (a mispronunciation of the Hawaiian word for “thank you”), and drives off.

Almost immediately, another tourist drives up and yells more roughly, “Hey, speak English? Which way to the beach?” Lilo points in the opposite direction she’s walking, and the tourist drives off without another word.

Lilo approaches a woman sweeping the porch of a building which says, “Barber Shop + Post Office” on the window. The woman smiles and says, “Aloha, Lilo.” Lilo says, “Hi, Lani. Are they still testing the sirens today?” Lani replies wearily, “Ah, wei, any minute now.” Lilo replies, “Good.”

Lilo and Stitch run onto the beach. Jumba goes to follow them, but Pleakley holds him back. Jumba growls at this.

Lilo is shown on the beach surrounded by tourists, and one of them points at her and says, “Oh, look! A real native!”

Lilo yells at the top of her lungs, “Attention, tourists! That,” she points emphatically, “is a tsunami siren! It warns people when big, hundred-foot waves are coming! When you hear it, you better run, and I mean run, ’cause they move faster than the speed of sound!” And that!” she points emphatically at the tsunami siren again, “is your only warning!”

One tourist says, “Isn’t that cute,” as another one snaps a picture of Lilo and Stitch.

Lilo says to Stitch, “Sit up,” and helps him stand on his hind legs, and then, “Now put your arms out,” which she demonstrates, and Stitch follows suit.

She yells at the top of her lungs again, “Tourists! Prepare to die!!!” About two seconds later, the siren starts going off.

After a few more seconds, what’s happening sinks in and the tourists start screaming and scrambling up and away from the water as fast as they can.

Jumba says in a vaguely Russian accent, “Does girl control ocean?” and Pleakley responds, “How should I know?” Then they start screaming and run away too. Stitch smiles and laughs mischievously.

Cobra Bubbles stands motionless as the tourists around him panic. Someone yells, “Ah, tsunami!” and another tourist bumps into him as they’re running. He raises his eyebrows at Lilo. Lilo and Stitch lower their arms and Lilo seems maybe slightly ashamed as melancholy music plays. On the now-empty beach, she says, “If you lived here, you’d understand.”

End VD.]

[renmaicha]

aloha, please please please share & donate to Kūʻiʻo (a kanaka who has ties to the land) to stop the sale of her family land!! please please please, indigenous lands need to stay in indigenous hands!!

https://donorbox.org/savekuiolanishome

[ilovebylerandstonathan]

I hate racism. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it fuck racists. Fuck America for using racist propaganda as control. Fuck America for portraying hawaiians and native Americans as savages. When we are the ones native to the land they stole and took over. When Hawai’i used to have the highest literacy rate (97-99%), before they illegally overthrew us.