ʻIke Mōakaaka – Revealing Native Agency in Unlikely Places: The 1894 Constitution of the Republic of Hawaiʻi

Presented by: Hawaiʻi State Archives

ʻIke Mōakaaka
Revealing Native Agency in Unlikely Places: The 1894 Constitution of the Republic of Hawaiʻi

Please join us for an illustrated presentation by historian and archivist Ronald Williams Jr. PhD.

In celebration of Hawaiian History Month and in support of the September ‘Onipa‘a (historical events of 1893 – 1898) theme and events hosted by the Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition, this talk will focus on revealing and contextualizing under-accessed and long misunderstood histories of the period, through primary-source documents in Hawaiian and English. The focus of the talk will be the 1894 Constitutional Convention that was followed by a proclamation of the Republic of Hawaiʻi.

A new, more inclusive methodology that accesses a broad array of government, public, and private documents in multiple languages has begun to significantly alter Hawaiian historiography, resulting in deeper and more complex understandings of Hawaiʻi’s past. This talk highlights this tidal-change in the field of Hawaiian history by revealing Native voice and agency within what has long been considered a non-Native document, the 1894 Constitution.

Friday, September 13, 2019
5 – 7:30 p.m.
Kuaihelani Learning Center, Punahou School

The evening program will begin at 5:30 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. for fellowship and pūpū. Please enter through the main gate. The visitor parking lot will be open for this event.

Program

5:30 p.m.
Wehena (Opening/greeting by Kuaihelani)
Hoʻolauna (Introduction of/by Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition and State Archives)

5:45 p.m.
Haʻiʻōlelo (Illustrated presentation by Ronald Williams Jr. PhD)

6:45 p.m.
Ninanīnau (Q&A/Kūkākūkā)

7 p.m.
Panina/Mahalo (Closing)

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