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Kaua Kuloko 1895 [1] v. t. e. The Hawaiian sovereignty movement ( Hawaiian: ke ea Hawaiʻi) is a grassroots political and cultural campaign to reestablish an autonomous or independent nation or kingdom of Hawaii out of a desire for sovereignty, self-determination, and self-governance.
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono is a Hawaiian phrase, spoken by Kamehameha III, and adopted in 1959 as the state motto. [1] It is most commonly translated as " the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness ." [2] [3] An alternative translation, which appears at Thomas Square next to a statue of Kamehameha III, is "The sovereignty of ...
On December 11, 2019, the Hawaii Republican Party became one of several state GOP parties to officially cancel their respective primaries and caucuses. Donald Trump's re-election campaign and GOP officials have cited the fact that Republicans canceled several state primaries when George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush sought a second term in 1992 and 2004, respectively; and Democrats scrapped ...
Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians; Hawaiian: kānaka, kānaka ʻōiwi, Kānaka Maoli, and Hawaiʻi maoli) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands . Hawaii was settled at least 800 years ago by Polynesians who sailed from the Society Islands.
Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (April 23, 1926 – December 11, 2022), also known as Princess Abigail Kawānanakoa and sometimes called Kekau, was a Native Hawaiian-American heiress, equestrian, philanthropist and supporter of Native Hawaiian heritage, culture and arts, who was born during the Territorial Period of Hawaii as a descendent of the Hawaiian royal family from the House of ...
All the islands except Nihoa are north of the Tropic of Cancer, making them the only islands in Hawaii that lie outside the tropics . The Northwestern or Leeward Hawaiian Islands include: Nihoa (Moku Manu) at 23°03′38″N 161°55′19″W. / 23.06056°N 161.92194°W / 23.06056; -161.92194 ( Nihoa)
Recorded June 8, 2022. Edward Espenett Case (born September 27, 1952) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician. Since 2019, he has served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district, which covers the urban core of Honolulu. He represented the 2nd district, which covers the rest of the state, from 2002 to 2007.
The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land ( SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy 's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main functions are conducting small-unit special operation missions in maritime, jungle, urban, arctic, mountainous, and desert ...