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    fought to give a voice back to the Hawaiian Kingdom. Big name organizations such as Ka Lāhui, Nation of Hawaii, OHA, and even Kamehameha Schools were established in order to perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and keep Hawaii in the fight for their own self-determination. Recently the U.S. government has formally apologized for their actions within the Hawaiian Kingdom and has vowed

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    Queen Liliuokalani was to have let the people of Hawaii make the decisions and even had an elected constitutional monarch. The voices of the Kanaka Maoli tribe were very important to the Hawaiian nations and it was a way of agreement to have the tribe decide for themselves. In 1994 on January sixteenth, The Proclamation of Restoration was formed. This was known as the proclamation of restoration of the independence of the sovereign nation state of Hawaii. The Kanaka Maoli claimed all of their land,

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    people. John was the type to change things, he changed the world. He was a United States Minister in the kingdom of Hawaii in 1893. John was the first American to overthrow a foreign government guided by a United States government officer. John was known because he wanted to make Hawaii to have profitable sugarcane plantations. He also was The Man because he technically kicked out the Queen from Hawaii which was named Queen Liliuokalani. I wonder if you would actually try to kick out someone who’s higher

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    “The Aloha State” became the 50th state in 1959, but the history of Hawaii goes back centuries earlier. Roughly 1,500 years ago, Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands first set foot on Hawaii Island. With only the stars to guide them, they miraculously sailed over 2000 miles in canoes to migrate to the Islands. 500 years later, settlers from Tahiti arrived, bringing their beliefs in gods and demi-gods and instituting a strict social hierarchy based on a kapu (taboo) system. Hawaiian culture flourished

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    Hawaiian Annexation

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    The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, which happened from January 17, 1893 to August 12, 1898, happened because the sugar planters and businessmen wanted more power over the Hawaiian Islands, both economically and politically. These foreigners tried to overthrow the Hawaiian Monarchy by using force, and the Hawaiians tried to stop the act of annexation. During the overthrow, some foreigners, such as Sanford B. Dole, Lorrin A. Thurston, and John L. Stevens, created the Hawaiian League, the Committee

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    Maui Research Paper

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    Do you love warm weather, sandy beaches and an amazing view? Then Maui, Hawaii is the place to be. Hawaii is a group of islands off the mainland of the United States.The people of the state of Hawaii have a lot of different cultures and backgrounds. Most of the people living in Hawaii speak English, but some use the words from the Hawaiian language(Benson et. al. 685-660). Maui, Hawaii is the only state in the United States that is entirely made up of islands, it is full of friendly people and beautiful

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    With these expansions, the United States looked for new trading ports off its western coast. This led them to Hawaii (Vance & Manning, 2012). Hawaii, or the Sandwich Islands as they were called, did not become a part of the United States until 1898. However, the relations between the United States and the Hawaiian peoples played a role in the American Civil War (UShistory.org, 2014). Hawaii was intriguing

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    1959, but secessionists had already begun fighting to regain its sovereignty. Hawaii is a land that many believe was corrupted by outsiders, occupied by a foreign military, and overcome illegally, in turn leading them to challenge the it’s statehood and strive for the return of its sovereignty. While there are a number of nationalist movements in Hawaii, there is none more popular or widely known than the Nation of Hawaii. Led by the charismatic Dennis Pu’uhonua “Bumpy” Kanahele, no other organization

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    Welcome to Honolulu, Hawaii Are you wondering about, if is there a place like paradise to visit in the world?. Honolulu, in the Island of Oahu, is the best and biggest city of Hawaii to visit to. Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii( more than 75% population of Hawaii lives there). Today I am going to tell you about some of the history of this astonishing place, the wonderful beaches that you have to go there, and some other interesting location for you or the tourists to visit. I hope for you to

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    The first people to arrive in Hawaii were the Polynesians. They sailed from the Island of Marquesas to over 2000 miles across the river in canoes. In the 1000s-1300s, the Hawaiian settlements populated the islands with farms and shelters in the lower valleys, and where gardens grew on the driest edges of the valleys. The population grew rapidly during the 1300s - 1500s reaching its maximum size in the 1600s – 1700s. The dominant chief Island is Liloa, which promises the people peace. Between

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