Nation Rising

Noelani Goodyear-Ka’ōpua is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She is the author of The Seeds We Planted: Portraits of a Native Hawaiian Charter School.Ikaika Hussey is the Founder and Publisher of the award-winning news magazine the Hawai‘i Independent. Ikaika has been a community organizer and advocate for Hawaiian independence for fifteen years.Erin Kahunawaika’ala Wright is the Director of Native Hawaiian Student Services in the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.Edward W. Greevy is a freelance photographer whose career spans more than forty years.

"No other volume has addressed from so many perspectives the struggles involved in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement of the past four decades. Filled with the voices of senior Native Hawaiian scholars and activists, photos by Edward W. Greevy, telling vignettes, and an introduction that clarifies the stakes of the sovereignty movement, A Nation Rising is an invaluable resource." - Vicente M. Diaz author of (Repositioning the Missionary) “The collection of essays is particularly impressive for its intermingling of information on historical processes, ongoing economic and ownership debates (including controversies associated with biocolonialism), and prospects for future mobilization and legal/policy victories against illegal occupation and misappropriation of the Hawaiian Islands.  Quite eye opening, especially for ‘mainlanders,’ colonizers, and their descendants. . . . Highly recommended." - B. Tavakolian (Choice) “This book is a timely contribution for a generation responsive to the needs of earth and will be read widely for the empowering stories it tells." - Eric Rodrigo Meringer (AlterNative) “Despite the dire situations of so many Kanaka Maoli living with the effects of mi I itary occupation, environmental destruction, mass tourism and the commodification of their culture, it is still necessary to have hope. … This book is part of that process: an 'oha growing and learning for a new day.” - Emalani Case (Asia Pacific Viewpoint) “A Nation Rising is a well-executed contribution to contemporary Hawaiian history and the wider study of indigenous movements. It is also an accessible and essential entry point for academics and nonacademics interested in Native Hawaiian activism or contemporary Hawaiian politics.” - Kealani Cook (Journal of American History) "A Nation Rising is a unique resource for those who know Hawai'i primarily as a tourist destination and, equally, for those who live in the fiftieth state. A diverse collection, the volume introduces issues of activism and protest, self-determination and sovereignty, and sustenance and spirituality that contribute significantly to broader Native studies." - Judith Schachter (Canadian Journal of Native Studies) "For Kanaka Maoli . . . the anthology breathes life into a history long-hidden from us and provides a mirror in which we can see ourselves without the distortion of haole voices of 'US History.' For the rest of the world, the book is perhaps even more important, as it leaves nowhere to hide from the ugly truths of the ongoing illegal occupation of a sovereign nation, and no way to ignore the voices of the ceaseless resistance of a nation always rising." - Natalee Kehaulani Bauer (Decolonization) "The editors of A Nation Rising have amply accomplished their stated aims and produced a collection that is essential reading for students and scholars of the political and cultural histories of settler colonialism, indigenous studies, and Hawaiian and related history." - Tracey Banivanua Mar (Western Historical Quarterly)

• List of Illustrations ix About the Series xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction / Noelani Goodyear-Ka'opua 1 Part I. Life Portrait. Marie Beltran and Annie Pau: Resistance to Empire, Erasure, and Selling Out / Anne Keala Kelly 36 1. Waiahole-Waikane / Jacqueline Lasky 48 2. "Our History, Our Way!": Ethnic Studies for Hawai'i's People / Davianna Pomaika?i McGregor and Abrahim Aoude 66 3. E Ola Mau ka ?Olelo Hawai?i: The Hawaiian Language Revitalization Movement / Katrina-Ann R. Kapa?anaokalaokeloa Nakoa Oliveira 78 4. 4. Kaua?i: Resisting Pressures to Change / Joan Conrow 86 5. Ku i ka Pono: The Movement Continues / Manu Ka?iama 98 Portrait. Sam Kaha?i Ka?ai / Ty P. Kawika Tengan 115 Part II. Land (Self-)Portrait. Puhipau: The Ice Man Looks Back at the Sand Island Eviction / Puhipau 126 6. Hawaiian Souls: The Movement to Stop the U.S. Military Bombing of Kaho?olawe / Jonathan Kamakawiwo?ole Osorio 137 7. Pu?uhonua: Sanctuary and Struggle at Makua / Kalamaoka?aina Niheu 161 8. Wao Kele O Puna and the Pele Defense Fund / Davianna Pomaika?i McGregor and Noa Emmett Aluli 180 9. A Question of Wai: Seeking Justice through Law for Hawai?i's Streams and Communities / D. Kapua?ala Sproat 199 10. Aia i Hea ka a Kane? (Where Indeed Is the Water of Kane?): Examining the East Maui Water Battle / Pauahi Ho?okanao 220 Portrait. Mauna a Wakea: Hanau ka Mauna, the Piko of Our Ea / Leon No?eau Peralto 232 Part III. Sovereignty Portrait. Puanani Rogers / Micky Huihui 246 11. Outside Shangri La: Colonization and the U.S. Occupation of Hawai?i / Kuhio Vogeler 252 12. Make?e Pono Lahui Hawai?i: A Student Liberation Moment / Kekailoa Perry 267 13. Ka Ho?okolokolonui Kanaka Maoli, 1993: The Peoples' International Tribunal, Hawai?i / Kekuni Blaisdell, Nalani Minton, and Ulla Hasager 283 14. Ke Ku?e Kupa?a Loa Nei K/Makou (We Most Solemnly Protest): A Memoir of 1998 / Noenoe K. Silva 303 15. Resisting the Akaka Bill / J. Kehaulani Kauanu 312 16. Ku?e Mana Mahele: The Hawaiian Movement to Resist Biocolonialism / Le'a Malia Kanehe 354 Bibliography 363 Contributors 379 General Index 383 Index of Personal Names