Forward without fear : native Hawaiians and American education in territorial Hawai'i, 1900-1941 / Derek Taira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taira, Derek, author.

Series:

Studies in Pacific worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hawaiians--Education--History--20th century.

Hawaiians.

Education--Hawaii--History--20th century.

Education.

Public schools--Hawaii--History--20th century.

Public schools.

Education and state--Hawaii--History--20th century.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

xiii, 224 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Native Hawaiians and American education in territorial Hawai'i, 1900-1941

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]

Summary:

"During Hawai'i's territorial period (1900-1959), Native Hawaiians resisted assimilation by refusing to replace Native culture, identity, and history with those of the United States. By actively participating in U.S. public schools, Hawaiians resisted the suppression of their language and culture, subjection to a foreign curriculum, and denial of their cultural heritage and history, which was critical for Hawai'i's political evolution within the manifest destiny of the United States. In Forward without Fear Derek Taira reveals that many Native Hawaiians in the first forty years of the territorial period neither subscribed nor succumbed to public schools' aggressive efforts to assimilate and Americanize them but instead engaged with American education to envision and support an alternate future, one in which they could exclude themselves from settler society to maintain their cultural distinctiveness and protect their Indigenous identity. Taira thus places great emphasis on how they would have understood their actions-as flexible and productive steps for securing their cultural sovereignty and safeguarding their future as Native Hawaiians-and reshapes historical understanding of this era as one solely focused on settler colonial domination, oppression, and elimination to a more balanced and optimistic narrative that identifies and highlights Indigenous endurance, resistance, and hopefulness. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements

Note on Language

Introduction

1. Territorial Hawaiʻi: An American Colony

2. Making Hawai'i Safe for America: Schools and Americanization

3. Resistance, Resiliency, and Accommodation: Native Hawaiian Student Responses to Americanization

4. Seemingly Compliant but Quietly Defiant: Native Hawaiian Educators in Settler Hawai'i Schools

5. Native Sovereignty in "Unexpected Places": Community Petitions and Pro-Hawaiian Legislation

Conclusion: Imua, Me Ka Hopo ʻOle

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496236166

1496236165

OCLC:

1390775281