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Kaulana Nā Pua
"Kaulana Nā Pua" ("Famous Are the Flowers") is a Hawaiian language, Hawaiian patriotic song written by Eleanor Kekoaohiwaikalani Wright Prendergast in 1893 for members of the Royal Hawaiian Band who protested the overthrow of Liliuokalani, Queen Liliʻuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom. The song is also known under the titles of "Mele (Hawaiian term), Mele ʻAi Pōhaku" ("Stone-Eating Song") or "Mele Aloha ʻĀina" ("Patriot's Song"). It is still popular in Hawaii today, although it is not clear how many non-Hawaiian speaking listeners are aware of the song's historical significance or the profound antipathy to U.S. annexation in its lyrics. According to Elbert and Mahoe (1970), "The song was considered sacred and not for dancing." However, today hālau hula perform "Kaulana Nā Pua" as a ''hula ʻauana'' for ''makuahine'' (a graceful dance for mature women). The "government" referred to in the song is the Provisional Government of Hawaii (which was later to become the Republic ...
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Eleanor Kekoaohiwaikalani Wright Prendergast
Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal dialect, Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introduced to England by Eleanor of Aquitaine, who came to marry Henry II of England, King Henry II. It was also borne by Eleanor of Provence, who became queen consort of England as the wife of Henry III of England, King Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I. The name was popular in the Anglosphere during the first half of the 20th century, but declined in use until the late 20th century and first decades of the 21st century. It has been a well-used name in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand during the 2020s. Eleanor was the third most popular name for newborn girls born to White Americans, white mothers in the U.S. state of Virginia in 2024, but was a less popular name for ...
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Provisional Government Of Hawaii
The Provisional Government of Hawaii (abbr.: P.G.; Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Aupuni Kūikawā o Hawaiʻi'') was proclaimed after the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, by the 13-member Committee of Safety (Hawaii), Committee of Safety under the leadership of its chairman Henry E. Cooper and former judge Sanford B. Dole as the designated President of Hawaii. It replaced the Hawaiian Kingdom, Kingdom of Hawaii after the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, overthrow of Liliʻuokalani, Queen Liliuokalani as a provisional government until the Republic of Hawaii was established on July 4, 1894. Provisional government Following the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, the coup leaders established the Provisional Government and set out to effect Hawaii's speedy annexation by the United States. The provisional government sent a commission including Lorrin A. Thurston to the U.S. and negotiated a treaty with President of the Un ...
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Patriotic Songs
A patriotic song is a song with strong patriotic content. "The Patriotic Song" may refer to the national anthem A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European ... of some countries: *" Aegukga", the national anthem of South Korea *" Aegukka", the national anthem of North Korea *" Korean Empire Aegukga", the former national anthem of Korea *" Patrioticheskaya Pesnya", the national anthem of Russia from 1990 to 2000 See also * :Lists of patriotic songs * :American patriotic songs {{DEFAULTSORT:Patriotic Song, The ...
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Songs In Hawaiian
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in the classical tradition, it is called an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally by ear are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows, are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are oft ...
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Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement
The Hawaiian sovereignty movement () is a grassroots political and cultural campaign to reestablish an autonomous or independent nation or kingdom of Hawaii out of a desire for sovereignty, self-determination, and self-governance. Some groups also advocate some form of redress from the United States for its 1893 overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani, and for what is described as a prolonged military occupation beginning with the 1898 annexation. The movement generally views both the overthrow and annexation as illegal."The Rape of Paradise: The Second Century Hawai'ians Grope Toward Sovereignty As The U.S. President Apologizes"
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Hawaiian Renaissance
The Hawaiian Renaissance (also called the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance) was the Hawaiian resurgence of a distinct cultural identity that draws upon traditional Kānaka Maoli culture, with a significant divergence from the tourism-based culture which Hawaiʻi was previously known for worldwide (along with the rest of Polynesia). The Hawaiian Renaissance has been pointed to as a global model for biocultural restoration and sustainability. First Hawaiian Renaissance The First Hawaiian Renaissance had its foundation in the nationalist sentiments of King Kamehameha V. At the time Hawaii was an independent kingdom. The intention was to form a contemporary national identity rather than modeling Hawaii after Great Britain and the culture of the United States. King Kalākaua had a controversial rise to power due to the internal conflicts between family lineage. One half of the island wanted Kalākaua, whereas the other half cheered for his competitor. The result spread tension bet ...
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Honolulu Weekly
''Honolulu Weekly'' was an alternative weekly newspaper published in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded by Laurie V. Carlson, it began publishing in the summer of 1991, ostensibly to fill gaps in investigative reporting left by the two main dailies, ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'' and ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', which were under a joint operating agreement at the time, but creating new gaps in taste and perspective. In May 2005 the ''Weekly'' acquired the Kona-based ''Hawaii Island Journal''. The Hawaii Island Journal published its last issue on Friday, June 13, 2008. The ''Honolulu Weekly'' published its final issue on June 5, 2013, and ceased operations. Publisher Carlson cited low ad revenues and the failure to find a buyer as among the primary reasons for shutting the paper down. References External links *Pagefrom the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) is a trade association of alternative weekly newspapers in North America. It pr ...
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Noenoe Silva
Noenoe K. Silva (born October 19, 1954) is a Hawaiian author and scholar. A professor of political science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, her work has appeared in ''Biography'', ''American Studies'', and ''The Contemporary Pacific''. Life Silva was born on Oʻahu and is of Kanaka Maoli descent. She returned to Hawaii in 1985 after growing up in California. In 1991, she earned a bachelor's in Hawaiian language. In 1993, she completed a Master's degree in Library and Information Studies, and in 1999 earned a PhD in political science. Work While still a doctoral candidate, Silva was instrumental in rediscovering the Kūʻē Petitions, which had been presented to the United States government in 1897 in an attempt to halt American annexation of Hawaii. The petitions formed part of the basis for her book ''Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism'', an examination of Hawaiian language accounts of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In 2006, Silv ...
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State Of Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state in the tropics. Hawaii consists of 137 volcanic islands that comprise almost the entire Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian archipelago (the exception, which is outside the state, is Midway Atoll). Spanning , the state is Physical geography, physiographically and Ethnology, ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. Hawaii's ocean coastline is consequently the List of U.S. states and territories by coastline, fourth-longest in the U.S., at about . The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niihau, Niihau, Kauai, Kauai, Oahu, Oahu, Molokai, Molokai, Lanai, Lānai, Kahoʻolawe, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii (island), Hawaii, a ...
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Territory Of Hawaii
The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi'') was an organized incorporated territories of the United States, organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding Palmyra Atoll, Palmyra Island, was admitted to the United States as the 50th US state, the Hawaii, State of Hawaii. The Hawaii Admission Act specified that the State of Hawaii would not include Palmyra Island, the Midway Atoll, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, and Johnston Atoll, which includes Johnston (or Kalama) Island and Sand Island. On July 4, 1898, the United States Congress passed the Newlands Resolution authorizing the US annexation of the Republic of Hawaii, and five weeks later, on August 12, Hawaii became a Territories of the United States, US territory. In April 1900, Congress approved the Hawaiian Organic Act which organized the territory. United States Pub ...
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Republic Of Hawaii
The Republic of Hawaii (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Lepupalika o Hawaii'' [lepupəˈlikə o həˈvɐjʔi]) was a short-lived one-party state in Hawaii, Hawaii between July 4, 1894, when the Provisional Government of Hawaii had Black Week (Hawaii), ended, and August 12, 1898, when it became Newlands Resolution, annexed by the United States as an Territories of the United States#Former territories and administered areas, unincorporated and unorganized territory. In 1893, the Committee of Safety (Hawaii), Committee of Public Safety Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, overthrew Liliʻuokalani, Queen Liliuokalani, the monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, after she rejected the 1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, 1887 Bayonet Constitution. The Committee of Public Safety intended for Hawaii to be annexed by the United States; however, President of the United States, President Grover Cleveland, a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat opposed to imperialism, refused. A 1894 ...
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Liliʻuokalani
Queen Liliʻuokalani (; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893. The composer of "Aloha ʻOe" and numerous other works, she wrote her autobiography ''Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen'' (1898) during her imprisonment following the overthrow. Queen Liliʻuokalani was born in 1838 in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, Oʻahu. While her natural parents were Keohokālole, Analea Keohokālole and Kapaʻakea, Caesar Kapaʻakea, she was ''hānai'' (informally adopted) at birth by Pākī, Abner Pākī and Laura Kōnia and raised with their daughter Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Baptized as a Christian and educated at the Royal School (Hawaii), Royal School, she and her siblings and cousins were proclaimed eligible for the throne by King Kameham ...
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