Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 9, 1 Kepakemapa 1998 — Annexat [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Annexat

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"HAWAI'I PONO'Ī'

HENKI BERGER / KiNG KALAKAUA Hawai'i pono'ī, nānā i kou mō'ī Ka lani ali'i, ke ali'i (hui) Makua lani ē, Kamehameha ē Nā kaua e pale me ka ihe Hawai'i pono'ī, nānā i nā ali'i Nā pua muli kou, nā pōki'i Hawai'i pono'ī, e ka lāhui ē 'O kāu hana nui e ui ē Hawai'i's own, look to your king The royal chief, indeed. the chief (chorus) Royal parent. Kamehameha Whose spears protected in battle Hawai'i's own, look to the chiefs And to those who will follow Hawai'i's own, O great nation Your greatest task is to activate!

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ili'uokalani. Kamehameha Schools students perirmed hula tributes to Princess a'iulani and to kūpuna loyal to their >untry; and Hālau Nā Mamo o a'uanahulu honored King Kalākaua id Queen Lili'uokalani. "Sudden ush," the Hawaiian rap group from ilo, invigorated the mid-day crowd spite of sweltering temperatures. <ippy Ioane and "the Big Island Contiracy" premiered originals from an )coming CD. Unele Tom Maunupau id 'ohana, Jerry Santos and Haunani poliona, Jon Osorio and others iared musical selections including Hawai 'i Loa Kūlike Kākou," "E Mau la Ka Ha 'aheo," and "Pule No Ke 7." Afternoon speeches by more than a >zen Hawaiian leaders inspired the ousands in attendance. OHA Chair

enchy DeSoto recalled the patrio- II ilHB m of our ancestors and her own periences growing up in a colonized Hawai'i (see 'houghts on Annexation" on page 8). Henry Noa and AONA spoke of the "Law of Nations" and the reinstatesnt of the de jure Kingdom of Hawai'i. Ka Lāhui iwai'i Kia'āina Mililani Trask related efforts to reinribe Hawai'i on the United Nations' list of non-self-gov-ning territories where it appeared from 1946-1959. ileo Lindsey offered a resolution calling for the estabhment of Aug. 12 as "Hawaiian Flag Day." Butch :kahu reported on the Aloha March held days earlier in ashington, D.C., urging a massive "hana hou" in the ar 2000. Eaeh speaker offered eager listeners a glimpse what Hawaiian Nationhood had been and could be.

Planners and participants expressed a mahalo nui to OHA and KSBE for grants for the event whieh also enabled the attendance of many neighbor island kūpuna; to the Hawai'i Loa Kūlike Kākou Committee who met weekly since December to plan the event; to Bumpy Kanahele for providing security; to the Friends of 'Iolani Palaee staff for securing permits and assisting in many ways; to Noenoe Silva and Keanu Sai for research; to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum for coordinating the use of the Kā'ei Kapu O Līloa, and to the thousands of kūpuna, mākua and 'ōpio who supported and witnessed one of the most remarkable events in modern Hawaiian history. I mua a loa'a ka lei o ka lanakila. (forward to victory). ■

PHOTOS: JAYSON HARPER Kumu Hula John Keolamaka'āinanaokalāhu iokamehameha 'ekolu Lake led ceremonies throughout the event (abovo) Nā Koa, clad in traditional malo and bearing ihe (spears), stood watch over ceremonics at the front steps of the Palaee (far left). Mel Lx>nokaiolohia Kalāhiki, ehaiiman of the Hawai'i Lx>a KOlike Kākou Committee and member of Nā Koa accepted and presented ho'okupu to the ali'i portraits (loft); OHA Vice Chair Apoliona and Trustees Cam pos, Springer and Akana led OHA staff and 'ohana into the Palaee Orounds (bottom left); Madame Chair A. Frenchy Keānuenueokalaninuiamamao DeSoto addressed thousands of onlookers with words of reflection and encouragement (below)

PS (darkness) Ao (light) lst century 500 - 750 1000-1150 1758 1778 1795 1804 1819 1820 1835 1840 1843 1848 1876 1887 1891 1893 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1917

Creation of the world, plant and animal life in the oeean ;and on land (Kumulipo genealogy). Life forms evolve, man and woman created, gods emerge (Kumulipo genealogy). Hāloa, ancestor of the Hawaiian race, is horn. Earliest carhon-dated recording of civilization in Hawai'i. Migrations from Nukuhiwa (Manjuesas). Migrātions from Tahiti. Arrival of Pā'ao who introduced the Kū priesthood/worship and luakini heiau. Paiea Kamehameha son of Keoua and Keku'i'apoiwa, horn at Kokoiki, Kohala. First recorded haole (foreign) arrival in Hawai'i: British Capt. James Cook. Introduction of foreign diseases triggers massive native depopulaton. Kamehameha conquers O'ahu at Leleaka'anae, Nu'uanu. Centralized Hawaiian govemment estahlished. Ma'i 'ōku'u (cholera) epidemic. Thousands of Hawauans die, population continues to plummel. Death of Kamehameha. 'Aikapu abolished, 'Ainoa estahlished. American Calvinist missionaries arrive from New England. First sugar plantation established at Kōloa, Kaua'i. Kamehameha III proclaims constitution. Constitutional Monarchy established. "Paulel Affair." Hawai'i's sovereignty taken by British subject, Lord George Paulel. After five months, Hawai'i's sovereignty is restored by a proclamaūon by British Admiral Thomas. Kamehameha III proclaims, "Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono." (The sovereignty of the land continues in righteousness). Māhele divides lands among maka'āinana (citizenry), the govemment and the king. Foreign system of private land ownership promoted by foreigners. Reciprocity treaty allows Hawaiian sugar and rice into the United States duty-free. In exchange, U.S. establishes a naval yard at Pu'uloa. King Kalākaua forced to sign "Bayonet Constitution" severely hmiling the power of the monarch. King Kalākaua dies in San Francisco. Lili'uokalani becomes queen. Queen Lili'uokalani plans to promulgate a new constitution restoring the power to the throne. The "Annexation Club" comprised of non-native citizens and foreigners comes forward as the "Committee of Safety." American military troops land at Honolulu. Lili' uokalani abdicates the throne to avoid bloodshed. "Committee of Safety" immediately establishes a provisional govemment. "Wilcox Rebellion." Royalists attempt to restore monarchy. Queen Lili'uokalani is arrested by the foreign provisional government fortreason. She is imprisoned in 'lolani Palaee. U.S. President Grover Cleveland admonishes provisional govemment for its unjust acts. Republic of Hawai'i bans Hawaiian language from all public and private schools. Native Hawaiians petition the U.S. president, Congress and people opposed to the proposed annexation of Hawai'i to the United States. Hawai'i annexed to the United States under a bill signed by U.S. President William McKinley. Heir to the throne, Princess Victoria Ka'iulani, dies. "Organic Act" deftnes Hawai'i as a Territory of the United States. Queen Lili'uokalani dies at Washington Plaee.

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