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Coinciding with other 1960s and 1970s indigenous activist movements, the Hawaiian sovereignty movement was spearheaded by Native Hawaiian activist organizations and individuals who were critical of issues affecting modern Hawaii, including the islands' urbanization and commercial development, corruption in the Hawaiian Homelands program, and appropriation of native burial grounds and other ...
Independent Hawaii refers to the three consecutive periods of history when the were politically unified and nominally independent: the Republic of Hawaii, which existed from July 4, 1894 until August 12, 1898, when the Republic was annexed by the United States and Hawaii became a U.S. territory.
The Hawaiian Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi ( Hawaiian: Ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi ), was a sovereign state located in the Hawaiian Islands which existed from 1795 to 1893. It was established during the late 18th century when Hawaiian chief Kamehameha I, from the island of Hawaiʻi, conquered the islands of Oʻahu, Maui, Molokaʻi, and ...
The legal status of Hawaii is an evolving legal matter as it pertains to United States law. [citation needed] The US Federal law was amended in 1993 with the Apology Resolution which "acknowledges that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States and further acknowledges that the Native Hawaiian people never directly ...
After moving to Hawaii, [28] Gabbard's mother became interested in Hinduism, [36] [37] and gave Hindu names to all her children. [27] Gabbard's given name, "Tulsi" in Sanskrit, is the word for holy basil, regarded as an earthly manifestation of the goddess Tulsi. [38] Growing up in Hawaii, Gabbard's childhood included surfing, martial arts, and ...
The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a coup d'état against Queen Liliʻuokalani that took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oʻahu, and was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents (five Americans, one Scotsman, and one German [ 5]) and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu. [ 6 ...
The Republic of Hawaii ( Hawaiian: Lepupalika o Hawaiʻi) was a short-lived one-party state in Hawaiʻi between July 4, 1894, when the Provisional Government of Hawaii had ended, and August 12, 1898, when it became annexed by the United States as an unincorporated and unorganized territory. In 1893, the Committee of Public Safety overthrew ...
Hawaii Island Mayor Mitch Roth secured roughly 39% of the votes in Saturday’s primary but fell short of the 50% needed to win outright, likely setting up a runoff in the Nov. 5 general election ...