Hawaiian blood : colonialism and the politics of sovereignty and indigeneity / J. Kehaulani Kauanui.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kauanui, J. Kēhaulani, 1968-

Kauanui, J. Kehaulani, Author.

Contributor:

Mallon, Florencia E., editor.

Ramos, Alcida Rita, editor.

Rappaport, Joanne, editor.

ebrary, Inc.

Series:

Narrating native histories.

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Narrating native histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homestead law--Hawaii.

Homestead law.

Hawaiians--Land tenure.

Hawaiians.

Hawaiians--Legal status, laws, etc.

Land tenure--Law and legislation--Hawaii.

Land tenure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2008.

Duke University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Study of the legal and cultural effects of the "fifty-percent blood quantum" rule which was first instituted in the 1920s to define who counted as a native Hawaiian and which has continuing influence on legislation and on the Hawaiian sovereignt

Contents:

Racialized beneficiaries and genealogical descendants

"Can you wonder that the Hawaiians did not get more?" : historical context for the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act

Under the guise of Hawaiian rehabilitation

The virile, prolific, and enterprising : part-Hawaiians and the problem with rehabilitation

Limiting Hawaiians, limiting the bill : rehabilitation recoded

Sovereignty struggles and the legacy of the 50-percent rule.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed September 05 2025)

ISBN:

9786613036124

9781478094029

1478094028

9781283036122

1283036126

9780822391494

082239149X

OCLC:

308649636