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Malama Aina and Ho'oponopono: Reflecting on Hawai'i's History to Look Forward - WRNS Studio

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This year marks the 125th anniversary of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. A recent event in Honolulu commemorating this anniversary was attended by thousands of people, marching from the Hawaiʻian Royal Mausoleum (Mauna Ala) to the Iolani Palace, where Queen Liliʻuokalani — the Hawaiʻian Kingdom’s last reigning monarch — was forcibly removed from the throne. Most Americans know Hawaiʻi as one of the planet’s great vacation spots, for its surfing, volcanoes, and Pearl Harbor. I can speak from personal experience that, at least via my own public school education, the version of Hawaiʻi’s history that I received was highly romanticized and biased, and as you can imagine, not in favor of native Hawaiʻians. I can vaguely remember back to 1959 when Hawaiʻi was admitted as our country’s 50th state. For many Americans it was cause for celebration and a statement of progress and great national optimism. But for others, not so much. There has lately been a concerted nationwide effort to

This year marks the 125th anniversary of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai ʻ i. A recent event in Honolulu commemorating this anniversary was attended by thousands of people, marching from the Hawai ʻ ian Royal Mausoleum ( Mauna Ala ) to the Iolani Palace , where Queen Liliʻuokalani - the Hawai ʻ ian Kingdom's last reigning monarch - was forcibly removed from the throne. Most Americans know Hawai ʻ i as one of the planet's great vacation spots, for its surfing, volcanoes, and Pearl Harbor. I can speak from personal experience that, at least via my own public school education, the version o

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