Before Thanksgiving, there was Hawaiian Independence Day | Kamehameha Schools

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Kamehameha Schools was founded by the will of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the great-granddaughter of Kamehameha the Great. The day Hawaiʻi’s sovereignty was returned, addressing his people on the front stairs of Kawaiahaʻo Church, Kamehameha III spoke the words that would become Hawaiʻi’s motto, seen here on the official seal: “Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono” (The life (sovereignty) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness; The sovereignty of the land is preserved through justice.) Contributed by Shaundor Chillingworth Kamehameha Schools is a Native Hawaiian organization that has adopted four Cultural Principles of Hawaiian Identity that serve as a foundation for all we do at KS. One of those principles, Hoʻōla Lāhui – Revitalizing the Hawaiian People, speaks to our commitment to revitalize the Hawaiian people by providing opportunities for employees, haumāna and ʻohana to learn about and cultivate Hawaiian identity, history and culture, and the Hawaiian Experience (the totality of hi

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