Maps
Introduction
Unit 1 – I ka Wa Kahito: Origins, Migrations, and Settlement
Origins and Migration
Polynesian Oral Traditions
Rawiri Taonui
The Wayfinder
Will Keyselka
Perspective
Will Kyselka
Traditional Society
Traditional Hawaiian Metaphors
Lilikala Kame’eleihiwa
Nga Tikanga Maori
Ranginui Walker
Oceania
A New Oceania: Our Sea of Islands
Epeli Hau’ofa
Unit 2 – Na Olelo Pakipika: Pacific Islands Language
Native Hawaiian Culture
Larry Kimura
E Ola Mau Kakou I Ka Olelo Makuahine: Hawaiian Language Policy and the Courts
Paul F. Nahoa Lucas
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
Ngugi Wa Thiongo
Pondering Pidgin
Michael Tsai
Unit 3 – Ho’omana: Native Spirituality
Traditional Religious Systems
Kumulipo
Lilikala Kame’eleihiwa
Places of Worship and Rituals
Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau
Mythology
Ranginui Walker
Religion
Edwin Ferdon
Religious Change
Liholiho and the Overthrow of the ‘Aikapu
Lilikala Kame’eleihiwa
1819
Ralph S. Kuykendall
Unit 4 – Na Mea ‘Ike Honua: The Wisdom of the World
Land Management
Dynamics of Production Intensification in Pre-contact Hawai’i
Marion Kelly
The Moment of Mahele
Lilikala Kame’eleihiwa
Hawaiian Cultural and Natural Resource Management
Davianna Pomaika’I McGregor
Land Degradation
Kimo Mitchell – A Life
Rodney Morales
Place: Environmental Deterioration and Enhancement
Ron Crocombe
Niuklia Fri Pasifik
David Robie
Unit 5 – Hana No’eau: Artful Excellence, Art for Life’s Sake
Native Hawaiian
Carving a Hawaiian Aesthetic: Contemporary Hawaiian Artists Challenge the Old Notions of Art: Will Others Be Able to See Their Vision?
D. Mahealani Dudiot
Hula as Resistance
Momi Kamahele
Songs of Our Natural Selves: The Enduring Voice of Nature in Hawaiian Music
Jonathan Kamakawiwo’ole Osorio
Dancing Oceania: The Oceania Dance Theatre in Context
Vilsoni Hereniko
Tatau-ed: Polynesian Taau in Aoteroa
Sean Mallon and Uili Fecteau
So Dazzling a Creature: Pacific Island Writers in New Zealand Literature
Paul Millar
Unit 6 – Mo’olelo: History, Interpretations of the Past
Overview
The South Pacific Chronology of Main Periods
Ron Crocombe
Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries
Two Worlds
Anne Salmond
Nineteenth Century
A Synopsis of Traditional Hawaiian Culture – The Events leading to the 1887 Bayonet Constitution and the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Government (0 A.D. – 1898)
Lilikala Kame’Eleihiwa
Hawai’i’s Story by Hawai’i’s Queen: Hawaiians Plead for a new Constitution
Lili’uokalani
Hawai’I’s Story by Hawai’i’s Queen: Overthrow of the Monarchy
Lili’uokalani
An Excerpt from the Blount Report
United States Congress
Chronology of Resistance to Annexation 1887 – 1898
Noenoe K. Silva
The 1897 Petitions Protesting Annexation
Noenoe K. Silva
Kunti’s Cry: Indentured Women on Figi Plantations
Brij V. Lal
Twentieth Century
From a Native Daughter
Haunani-Kay Trask
The Aftermath: 1893 – 1959
Tracie Ku’uipo Losch
Unit 7 – Imua E Na Poki’i: Contemporary Issues
Self-Determination
An Interview with Mililani Trask
U.S. Public Law 103-150
United States Congress
Military
The Military’s Toxic Legacy in Hawai’i: U.S. Forces Create Environmental Devastation
Patricia Tummons
From Fertile Lands to no-Man’s Land: The Transformation of Waikane Valley
Patricia Tummons
Remember Pearl Harbor: The Navy’s “Superfund Six” and Other Locations
Patricia Tummons
Stealing Hawai’i: The War Machine at Work
Haunani-Kay Trask
Tourism
Lovely Hula Hands: Corporate Tourism and the prostitution of Hawaiian Culture
Haunani-Kay Trask
Beyond Hula, Hotels, and Handicrafts: A Pacific Islander’s Perspective on Tourism Development
Konai Helu-Thaman
Land Struggles
The Birth of the Modern Hawaiian Movement: Kalama Valley, O’ahu
Haunani-Kay Trask
Broken Promise: Hawaiians Wait in Vain for their Land
Susan C. Faludi
GMO and Intellectual Property
What is Genetic Engineering?
Luke Anderson
Haloa
Walter Ritte and Bill Freese
Intellectual Property: Owning Life Forms
Mililani Trask
Preventing Plagiarism
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