The queen and I : a story of dispossessions and reconnections in Hawai'i / Sydney Lehua Iaukea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iaukea, Sydney L. (Sydney Lehua), 1969-

Contributor:

Iaukea, Curtis Piehu, 1855-1940.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hawaiians--Government relations.

Hawaiians.

Hawaiians--Land tenure.

Hawaii--History--1900-1949.

Hawaii.

Hawaii--History--1893-1900.

Hawaii--Annexation to the United States.

Iaukea, Curtis Piehu, 1855-1940.

Iaukea, Curtis Piehu.

Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917--Friends and associates.

Liliuokalani.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this exposé Sydney L. Iaukea ties personal memories to newly procured political information about Hawai`i's crucial Territorial era. Spurred by questions surrounding intergenerational property disputes in her immediate family, she delves into Hawai`i's historical archives. There she discovers the central role played by her great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawai`i-in particular, Curtis P. Iaukea's trusted position with the Hawaiian Kingdom's last ruling monarch, Queen Lili`uokalani. As Iaukea charts her ancestor's efforts to defend a culture under siege, she reveals astonishing legal and legislative maneuvers that show us how capitalism reshaped cultural relationships. She finds resonant parallels and connections between her own upbringing in Maui's housing projects, her family's penchant for hiding property, and the Hawaiian peoples' loss of their country and lands.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List Of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Family Secrets And Cartographic Silences: Chatty Maps And Memory

2. Land As The Vehicle: The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (1921) And Defining Nativeness

3. A Story Of Political And Emotional Maneuverings: Queen Lili'Uokalani's Trust Deed And The Crown Lands

4. "E Paa Oukou" (You Hold It): Charging Queen Lili'Uokalani With Insanity And "Holding" The Trust Intact

5. The Final Insults: Kāhoaka, Condemnation, The Lele Of Hamohamo, Projects Of "Reclamation," And Heartbreak

Epilogue

Appendix A. List Of Commissions And Appointments Received By Colonel Curtis P. laukea

Appendix B. Queen Lili'Uokalani's Deed Of Trust

Appendix C. Queen Lili'Uokalani's Petition To U.S. President William H. Taft

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes extensive passages from an unpublished work by Curtis Piehu Iaukea.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613291868

9781283291866

128329186X

9780520950306

0520950305

OCLC:

758334046