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Ecofeminist Perspectives of Hawaii: Annexation

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Shark Dialogues says Hawaii was stollen from her people? (66)
What do the historical records say? What do you think?


petition from the people protesting annexation by the United States
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Petitons: l

The people of Hawaii wrote petitions to the U.S. government protesting annexation and asserting their right to indepenence.



The Annexation Of Hawaii: A Collection Of Documents

http://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/annexation/ annexation.html

See federal records: U.S. Department of State

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho
/time/gp/17661.htm
letter
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Queen Liliuokalani wrote a letter to Congress protesting the seizure of ther land:

The House of Representatives of the United States:
I, Liliuokalani of Hawaii, named heir apparent on the tenth day of April, 1877, and proclaimed Queen of the Hawaiian Islands on the 29th day of January, 1891, do hereby earnestly and respectfully protest against the assertion of ownership by the United States of America of the so-called Hawaiian Crown Lands amounting to about one million acres. . .

Queen Liliuokalani Queen Liluokalani
Melody to "Aloha Oe"


U.S. miliatry
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Military takeover:

Regardless, the U.S. military stormed Iolani Palace, placed Queen Lili under house arrest, and Hawaii became a repubic under a provisional white government (67). 		Read: HAWAII'S STORY BY HAWAII'S QUEEN, BY LILIUOKALANI, 1898

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/
women/liliuokalani/hawaii/hawaii.html
U.S. troops take over
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U.S. troops take over.

Read: The Hawaiian Situation. I. The Invasion of Hawaii.
[The North American review. / Volume 157, Issue 445, December 1893] Library of Congress, American Memory,
The Nineteenth Century in Print:Periodicals.

"At the Ceremony of Annexation on August 12, armed troops marched in formation, U.S. officials stood on grandstands, warships cannons boomed (73)." 

 

U.S. raised over Iolani Palace
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The U.S. flag is raised over Iolani Palace. "As the Hawaiian flag slowly descended, members of the band lowered their horns, dropped their heads and sobbed (73.)"

www.iolanipalace.org/ history/queen.html

Queen Lili leaves Palace
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Queen Liliuokalani leaves under military escort. "'Iolani Palace was converted into a government building (71)."

Aloha `oe, aloha `oe
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo.
"One fond embrace," a ho`i a`e au
A hui hou aku.

Aloha `oe, aloha `oe
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo.
"One fond embrace," a ho`i a`e au
A hui hou aku.

Melody

President Sandford Dole


 Sanford Dole, owner of Dole Pineapple Industries, becomes President of the provisional government. Credits: Library of Congrerss

http://www.ccsn.nevada.edu/planetarium/PPA/PanoramaS00/s00-06explorers.html
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Pele, Hawaiian goddess "From island to island, Hawaiians made their "appointment with death," and threw themselves from cliffs. Others walked into the ocean. And Pele, Goddess of Fires and Volcanoes, shrieked. And mountains opened, burping blood (73)."

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