Personal Narrative: My Visit To O Ahu

In Ancient Hawaii, King Kamehameha the Great unified the Hawaiian Islands. After Kamehameha unified the islands he rewarded his loyal followers making them chiefs and letting them rule over the land. Then after Kamehameha the Great died his son Kamehameha III did very little to change the land ownership in Hawaii. But Kamehameha III divided the land into two separate categories with the Act of 1848 “The Great Mahele”. There was the Crown Lands that he kept for himself and the Government lands which were to be split between the commoners, government, and the chiefs. The Great Mahele of 1848 had social, political, and economical effects on the Native Hawaiians.

In 400 C.E. the Hawaiian islands were settled by Polynesian voyagers.They had each island ruled by different chief’s and conflict was normal for them.At the same time they still had law’s and a class system not influenced by foreigners until captain cook arrived at Kealakekua Bay,hawaii in January,18,1778.But the most important person in Hawaiian history is king Kahmehameha he concord all the islands and became ruler of the whole island chain.Also he was an expert leader, politician,intelligent and caring about his subjects.

After the European influence upon indigenous Hawaiian culture, “Hawaiians radically reinterpreted and transformed their culture… part of this transformation was the abandonment of the kapu system in 1819.” The meaning of the organization of architecture no longer reflects upon ideology of the Hawaiians, but the adaptation of more technological advanced living space. As a result, “many temples were dismantled or destroyed, leaving only he foundation stones” (Ladegoged, #).

Aloha Aina is a political party formed by anti-annexationists who wanted to restore the Queen’s power or throne. However, on their first attempt of an uprising against the provisional government, they failed, and this resulted in the arrest of the Queen. The provisional government charged Lili‘uokalani for having the knowledge of treason and failing to report it, leading her having the sentence of a five-year imprisonment at hard labor and a $5,000 fine (Potter, Kasdon, and Rayson 163). Nevertheless, their second attempt, which was a petition of 21,000 signatures for opposing annexation succeeded, and was temporarily triumphant (Pitzer). Therefore, we know that many Hawaiians disagreed with promoting annexation, but they weren’t able to express their opinions since the provisional government controlled most of Hawaii’s power, leading to the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom to be unjustified to the

Actions were taken such as King Kalakaua’s travels around the world, the effort of society during that time to preserve the Hawaiian culture and even efforts urged by those who did not acknowledge Hawaii’s independence as a nation were formulated. (b2, e1, g1). King Kalakaua has had a controversial rise to power and half the people supported him because he wanted to bring back culture (g4). The year of Kalakaua’s accession, dangers of dominance became an issue, but King Kalakaua did not want to give in to power just yet (j4). The issue between who should rightfully govern Hawaii has been an important conflict in Hawaii’s history and it called for a compromise to be made. When missionaries came to Hawaii, they did not support Hawaiian culture and monarchy. Others, such as the Americans, also thought of Hawaiians as unfit to rule their own people, so they drafted compromises to overthrow the monarchy (g4). America pushed towards annexing Hawaii and created treaties and constitutions which contributed to, not only the overthrow of the monarchy, but also the dying of Hawaiian culture (j5, o22, q3). The Hawaiian League was composed of a group of people who worked and made demands to king Kalakaua (q3) they knew that the King would not approve of their ideas for a change in sovereignty willingly, so they used violence against him. They unfairly challenged King Kalakaua for power and a constitutional government.

King Kalākaua had many significant impacts on the change and overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy. If you ask anyone in the early Hawai`i about King Kalākaua, they will either say they totally love them, or absolutely hate him. I'm going to write about the reasons why people love him, and all the great accomplishments and impacts he had on the kingdom of Hawai`i. Kalākaua's name literally translates to "the day of battle" and he is true to his name, because everyday of his life was made up between battling the Hawaiian traditions, values and western influences. He ruled the Hawaiian kingdom from 1874-1891. King Kalākaua had many great achievements;

In pre-annexed Hawaii Queen Liliuokalani was the last of the monarchy in 1892. Queen Lili’uokalani was the first and only reigning queen. She is the sister of King Kalakaua who died in San Francisco in 1891. The queen was remembered for her beautiful voice and her beautiful “Aloha ‘Oe”. The queened planned to re-write the constitution she was not successful in this because her ministers did not agree with her plan for the future for herself and for Hawai’i. Before Lili’uokalani could change her plan for the kingdom the U.S had come in with their plan to force the queen to sign over her kingdom.

Hawaiian Culture went through many rapid changes between the arrival of the first Europeans in the late 1700s and the fall of the Kingdom in 1893. With the quick transition from many Chiefdoms to a European styled monarchy, then lastly being enveloped by a larger democracy, the Hawaiian people experienced significant and sudden changes in their social relations of production. First a description of pre-kingdom Hawaii to the unifying conquests of the first Hawaiian king, Kamehameha, will be looked at analyzing the social relations of production. This is followed by a similar analysis of The Kingdom of Hawaii and how the social relations of production where effected by the conquest. The kahuna’s position in the relations of production will be

You know those mornings when you are full of energy and ready to take on the world? And then, you have those mornings when you just want to stay in bed all day and never get up. I just didn’t want to leave my cozy sleeping bag the day we went to Yukanom. To get to Yukanom, you have to go down the Klamath River by white water rafting and there is a small island. Then from that island you have to cross a small river to get to the other island where Yukanom is located. The group I was in was really excited about the trip. Yukanom is basically a freshwater waterfall. The fall is around 14 ft tall, and the water is literally like glass, because it’s snowmelt and there are so many little critters in the water that you can catch. But, more on that later. Lets take a look at the hike that is needed to get to Yukanom…

How was your summer? I hope that your new job is everything you wanted it to be! This year I won’t be taking any German!! I attempted to do German IV online for the first couple of days of this week, but ultimately ended up dropping the course since taking a class online especially an language was not in my range of types of learning whatsoever! Online is just such an drastic change from learning it in a classroom setting. I will really miss taking German this year though since it’s my last year and I was hoping on taking it all four years of high school. I briefly met the new German teacher for this year during Freshman Orientation but didn’t get to talk to her much, I’m glad that at least German is still a language people

After driving for an hour I arrive in Kokomo which seems remotely similar to but larger than my hometown in Lebanon, Indiana. I drive by farmland and a few mansions into some small suburbs. The area seems safe and I drive by multiple cornfields to arrive at the hospital where I will be shadowing the number one ER Doctor of the year who has twenty-five years of experience and is the Chief Medical Officer for the hospital, Dr. David Williams. But as what is common in life, looks are deceiving and Kokomo is actually a dangerous place.

My first week at Chowan was a “get use to it” experience. Check in day was pretty good, seeing my basketball teammates, meeting new people, and my eagerness to get in my dorm and get ready for the new journey ahead of me. The only bad part about checking in was moving in all my stuff. I brung about four trunks with me plus more stuff. Also, leaving my parents and other relatives was very sad. I’ve never seen my grandmother cry except for that day and it was really touching because my family has sacrificed so much for me to be where I am today, it’s a blessing. Coming into my room, it’s not as small as I thought it would be. My room is not big but it has pretty good room. My room is kind of what I expected; not too small but not too big. I just

I went to Kala Ghoda with my friend, Romulus Lewis on the 2nd Last Day of the Festival. I was the amazed by the amount of creativity that was displayed on the streets, even when I am not even an art lover of any sorts. Paintings, sculpture, sewing, abstract art, basically everything was present there. I even picked up a small souvenir from there, even though I don’t even know what I have is. We also clicked a ton of pictures near the sculptures.

In the Cook Islands culture, “all the islands employed a chiefly system based on traditional legends of migration and settlement” (Cook Islands: Art and Culture). Born to power as chiefs and inheritors, Polynesian culture before Europe’s involvement, falls nothing short to that in comparison to Greece’s heroic period. Like Homer’s concept in early 1200 BC, islanders adopted a similar and identical concept of belief known as, “Mana”, or power. This concept consisted of: connection, feasting, dancing, offerings of food, attitudes toward females, and the absence of individualism (Cook Islands: Art and Culture).

As an exchange student from the United States of America, I knew next to nothing about New Zealand and its history. When I chose my classes for my semester abroad, I wanted to learn as much as I could about the country that would soon be my home. I decided to take PASI 101 because I knew that there would be no better way to learn about the history and culture of New Zealand. I come from a state that is nowhere near the pacific. I had not met a pacific islander in my lifetime. When I entered my first lecture in PASI 101, I found myself surrounded by people who I knew nothing about, and I became thrilled at the thought that this class would help me understand them. Tangata O Le Moana is the required text for PASI 101. It is about the history, lives, and hardships of the pacific people in New Zealand and the islands. This textbook has helped guide me through the class while also providing a way to help me understand the foreign country that is now my home. Throughout this essay, I will summarize the information that is given throughout the book. Then, I will select a few chapters that changed my way of thinking about the pacific while also giving outside sources that helped further my understanding of these chapters. Finally, I will conclude my report on how and why Tangata O Le Moana helped me have a firm grasp on what pacific heritage means to their people.