Hawaii History

...Freddy Called Himself Hawaiian & Had Reasons For Suing To Vote In OHA Elections That Were Unlike What You May Have Heard....

...The main thing is that we all ‘E Hana Kākou,’ that is, work together to build a bright future for Hawaiians and all people.”....

...He was also inspired by our “Aloha Spirit” after his first visit to Hawaii in 1959....

...This stereotype is clearly not the true picture....

...On January 15, 1998, Hawaii Family Forum was incorporated....

...Hawaii Island rancher Freddy Rice passed away on Jan. 5, 2018....

...“What you’ve got to do is get one of these kids to run for office,” Butler said....

...The event is free and open to the public....

...after she was deposed, and after Hawaii became a U.S. territory, the former queen sued the United States in what was then the U.S. Claims Court....

Thanks to support from University of Hawaii Press and Kamehameha Schools, the public now has free access to the bestselling book Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement & Political Manipulation at America’s Largest Charitable Trust....

...The library recently finished cataloging and digitizing 1,400 boxes of materials it received in 2014. ...

...it has not been easy going for Saleem Ahmed....

...on August 21, 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state....

The essay titled “Broken Trust”, published on August 9, 1997 by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, reported widespread corruption involving Bishop Estate....

On April 21, 1898, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the United States....

...Democrats from southern states expressed concern over incorporating Hawaii’s predominantly non-white population into the Union....

... but, but, but--How can we make the humans feel guilty now? ....

On the trail to Hawaii Islam Day: Saudi money, Libyan assassins, Palestinian Jihad, London bombers, Malaysian sodomy, and laughing Islamists....

SNP MP Alison Thewliss has written to the US Governor, David Ige, pleading that authorities in Honolulu don’t sink or destroy the Falls of Clyde ship....

...the OR&L ROW, a 40-foot wide stretch from Central Waipahu to Piliokahe Gulch in Nanakuli, owned by HDOT....

People get viscerally upset when you tell them they need to follow a rule they didn't know and couldn't have known....

...Getting astray on hobby activism that really doesn’t solve an issue won’t guide a people forward....

There were two important tasks that drew on ancient Hawaiians’ understanding of space and time....

"...Full integration into U.S. society and economy generally takes more than one generation...."

...I am proud that Hawaii is a state of the union....

...researchers claim that much of the collection is inaccessible....

Since enabling legislation was enacted into law on May 29, 1986....

In commemoration of Kamehameha Day, Keli’i Akina, candidate for Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee-at-Large, has released the following statement....

The Bishop Museum Board of Directors today announced that Blair Collis has resigned as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the museum....

...Leon Siu discusses with host Keli`i Akina the historic relationship between Christianity and Hawaiian history....

"A memorial service for H. William Burgess will be held on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 4:00PM at the Pacific Club at 1451 Queen Emma Street, Honolulu."

As a Native Hawaiian who cares about the future, Al Gonzales wants to set the record straight on Hawaiian history and values....

Finally its importance in helping to win the Pacific PSY-WAR against Japan in WW-II can be revealed....

...the USNS Puerto Rico is the ship being considered by Bay Ferries....

...the story begins with poor Hawaiian farmers’ Maunawili Valley leasehold homes being bulldozed and cattle being slaughtered as Honolulu police stand by with fraudulent eviction notices....

This new model prioritizes Bishop Museum's Kapālama campus and...the disposition of assets that no longer fit the long-term mission and goals of the Museum....

I don’t know whether or not I want to cry or scream today....

An inside look at the state's legal and political spheres....

Hewahewa the highest kahuna and direct descendant of Pa`au, the original Kahuna from Tahiti, was the first to set fire to a heiau....

...NBC News has seen fit to call attention to an obscure MoveOn.org petition seeking to change the name of President William McKinley High School in Honolulu....

...slanted perception created by the misinformation, wishful thinking, naiveté and downright ignorance of some of our present day “Hawaiian leaders"....

In the 1930s, residents and visitors could travel between Hawaii’s islands by boat....

In 1959, Governor William Quinn presided over the greatest celebration Hawaii’s people had ever seen....

There were southern politicians who were concerned about adding the territory’s multiethnic population to the Union....

Hawaii celebrates 56 years of statehood with Admission Day this Friday, August 21, 2015....

...protecting our people from false information espoused by you and your attorney....

A joint resolution of Congress made Hawaii a U.S. territory on August 12, 1898...

We had a Native Hawaiian Convention--it was known as an 'Aha--during the 1997-99 period...delegates ... sat down and drafted and completed two constitutions.  Before we were able to distribute them for ratification by the community, we were de-funded.  OHA didn't like the result....

...the State and counties aren’t clear on which roads they own....