Native Hawaiian

Low Lifespan ` Native Hawaiians have been statistically shown to have a lower lifespan. In 2005 the average age for Native Hawaiians was 24.6 years which is the lowest in the state compared to the median age for Non-Native Hawaiians that was 38.5 (Naya, 2007, 15). This low representation of elderly Native Hawaiians can be related back to their low socioeconomic status. It has been shown that Native Hawaiians in general have a higher rate of obesity, many chronic conditions, and greater poverty than many other ethnic groups in Hawai’i (Ko’opua, et. al., 2011). The low lifespan of Native Hawaiians prevents them from living long enough to save money to raise the future generation’s socioeconomic status. There are three main reasons for Native…

As a native Hawaiian, I have a negative association with the idea of “politics” because of the distress that the American federal and state government has caused for my people. The federal government ensures that native Hawaiians have limited autonomy and are completely subordinated to its jurisdiction. The state government is comprised of elected officials who are of other ethnic backgrounds and do not support native Hawaiian values or opinions. Under the United States government system, my…

For Native Hawaiians, the last two centuries have been a struggle against extinction. Not long after Captain Cook sailed up in 1778, disease, poverty and political and economic exploitation began pushing their culture toward the vanishing point. One harsh milestone came in 1893, when American and European businessmen backed by United States marines overthrew the Hawaiian kingdom. Annexation by the United States quickly followed. “Hawaii has since thrived as a multiracial society, and its native…

Kehaulani’s presentation is on Native Hawaiians and how they identify with the land in which they live on and how westerners are blinded to this connection. Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka ʻĀina I Ka Pono means the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. This research project is important to her because she is Native Hawaiian and she believes that Native Hawaiians are misrepresented. In the future, she hopes to go back home and help the people of Hawaii and from this research, she got a deeper…

cultural decimation through colonization mainly analyzed the situations of native Americans, native Hawaiians, and the Maori natives of New Zealand, these case studies are incorporated in this literature review to contextualize the authorsʻ arguments. In the literature discussing the methods that colonizers employed to acculturate the native peoples they came into contact with, each of the authors assert that these actions were initiated by the colonizersʻ intention to improve the lifestyles of…

Paulet tried to take over Hawaii (Potter, Kasdon, and Rayson 84), would be avoided. Initially, the Mahele of 1848 was enacted to make land ownership more democratic (Achieve3000). The Mahele of 1848 was, in reality, created to maintain Hawaiian control of land, but actually gave more control of land to the foreigners (Cachola). To Hawaiians, the Mahele of 1848 was not beneficial because many Hawaiian families became homeless and the Hawaiian government lost power.…

illegally taken over by the U.S Military. It was later returned to the people of Hawaii in horrible condition. Walter Rite, chairman of the Kaho’olawe Island Reserve Commission states, “It was the island that shared herself with us. It was the island that told me, ‘Hey I’m dying,’ so, after that one trip it was a total commitment not to allow the island to die.” (Pang Y.B.) Hawaiian people believe that their ancestors came from the land, so it is very important in Hawaiian culture to care for…

Homeless In Hawaii Throughout the world, there is a growing issue of an increasing population of homeless. Throughout the Hawaiian islands the homeless problem is a gigantic issue. The island of Oahu is hardest hit with the issue and the homeless population is growing. Homeless in Hawaii is the largest problem ongoing in Hawaii at this moment and will be until a solution is presented. There’s a lot of issues happening in Hawaii such as, Mauna Kea or the rail project on Oahu, but the homeless…

only allowed me to understand how different cultures perceive education. In many other cultures, education is seen as a necessity, while others make it optional. This period I began to hear more about the Hawaiian culture. I was very sympathetic to the experiences of the Hawaiian group. A lot of their practices seemed to be compromised, down to the choice of wearing shoes or not. Many of the topics that were visited were from aspects of the government changing a lot of things. A lot of the…

As her mother Keohokalole served as an adviser to King Kamehameha III. When she was young she was educated by missionar-ies and traveled to the western parts of the world, for it was a customary for the young mem-bers of the hawaiian nobility. Years later in 1862 she married an american-born son of a ship captain John Owen Dominus. Who would become an official in the Hawaiian Government and would later serve as governor of ‘Oahu and Maui. This would already be recognized as hierarchy to the…