Hawaiʻi - EA Hawaiian Activism Movements 1960-2010: EAducation

In A Nation Rising, p.66-77. Shares an overview of the evolution of the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as a center of knowledge about social justice and Hawaiʻi's multiethnic peoples. Included the role that the Ethnic Studies departments played covering many Hawaiian movements from the 60s till now. Available online via EBook Central for UHM patrons.

In Gateway State, Vol.134, p.182-209. This chapter explains how the development of the Ethnic Studies department at the University of Hawaiʻi helped to create the notion of muliculturism in Hawaiʻi through social justice movements for the peoples and students of Hawaiʻi. Available online via JSTOR for UHM patrons.

This volume situates the rise of ethnic studies in the context of Hawai'i's political and economic development while honoring Marion Kelly whom helped to start Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Many of the essays in this book cover the Hawaiian struggles that happened on and off campus including Porteus Hall, Waiāhole-Waiākane, and the Hawaiian resistance literature that came out of the department.

During the first six months of 2006, ‘Ōiwi Maoli activists in Hawai‘i protested three patents issued to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources ("CTAHR") for "new" kalo plants. This dissertation uses this controversy as a vehicle to explore the hidden assumptions held by CTAHR and the ethical principles contained within the ‘Ōiwi Maoli notion of Mālama ‘Āina. Through the methodology of a critical narrative genealogy, explored both the narrative genealogy of the Western-trained scientists at CTAHR and the resulting deepened assumptions that occur after this narrative interacts with the social force of capitalism. Also revealing the native Hawaiian ethical principles that undergird their defense and protection of the ‘āina as encapsulated in the movement of Mālama ‘Āina. Available online via ProQuest for UHM patrons.

This article observes the steadily growing resurgence among Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) of a Native Hawaiian world and to argue for a more elaborated recognition of the spiritual and familial dimension of plants (as well as animals and other elements of nature) within it. The second is to analyze the ongoing colonial/imperial efforts of the state and global corporations to use Hawai‘i’s land to propagate genetically modified organisms, especially seed corn, replacing our Native life on the land, despite the continual protest of Native Hawaiians and environmentalists. Available online via JSTOR for UHM patrons.

This article investigates the patenting and genetic engineering of the plant taro , which Native Hawaiians consider their elder brother and ancestor Hāloa. Scientists at the University of Hawai'i through their research activities inadvertently disrupted this relationship and concurrently provoked a resurgence of Native Hawaiians' interest in their creation story Kumulipo and connection to their kin Hāloa. The juxtaposition of purportedly value-free scientific practices with a value-laden indigenous epistemology exposes the former's debatable characterisation as 'objective'. Scientific practices such as patenting or genetically engineering taro are discussed as hybrids that are composed of molecular scientists with real intentions; a plant as kin, ancestor and embodied god Kāne; and an indigenous people with real kinship to a non-human being. Available online via EBSCOhost for UHM patrons.

Video footage of multiple protests at Ka Papa Loʻi ʻo Kānewai, UH Mānoa and the Hawaiʻi State Capitol to demand the University of Hawaiʻi to stop testing and drop patents on taro. Available online via YouTube.

In A Nation Rising, p.267-282. This chapter presents the moʻolelo of the origins of a student organization born from the struggle on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Makeʻe Pono Lāhui Hawaiʻi or the Hawaiian Student Liberation Union and the deeds and actions of itʻs collective membership. Available online via Ebook Central for UHM patrons.

The Seeds We Planted tells the story of Hālau Kū Māna against the backdrop of the Hawaiian struggle for self-determination and the U.S. charter school movement, revealing a critical tension: the successes of a school celebrating indigenous culture are measured by the standards of settler colonialism. This uniquely Hawaiian experience addresses broader concerns about what it means to enact indigenous cultural-political resurgence while working within and against settler colonial structures and shows that indigenous education can foster collective renewal and continuity. Available online via Ebook Central for UHM patrons.

In A Nation Rising, p.267-282. This chapter presents the moʻolelo of the origins of a student organization born from the struggle on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Makeʻe Pono Lāhui Hawaiʻi or the Hawaiian Student Liberation Union and the deeds and actions of itʻs collective membership. Available online via Ebook Central for UHM patrons.

In A Nation Rising, p.78-85. A retelling of the near death of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and the Hawaiian language revitalization movement from an acomplished educators view of Kumu Kapā Oliveria. She covers the 1995 protest in Bachman Hall of UH Mānoa against a proposal to reduce the Hawaiian Language program. Available online via Ebook Central for UHM patrons.