The Queen and I A Story of Dispossessions and Reconnections in Hawai'i [Hardcover]

In this expos? Sydney L. Iaukea ties personal memories to newly procured political information about Hawai`is crucial Territorial era. Spurred by questions surrounding intergenerational property disputes in her immediate family, she delves into Hawai`is historical archives. There she discovers the central role played by her great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawai`iin particular, Curtis P. Iaukeas trusted position with the Hawaiian Kingdoms last ruling monarch, Queen Lili`uokalani. As Iaukea charts her ancestors efforts to defend a culture under siege, she reveals astonishing legal and legislative maneuvers that show us how capitalism reshaped cultural relationships. She finds resonant parallels and connections between her own upbringing in Mauis housing projects, her familys penchant for hiding property, and the Hawaiian peoples loss of their country and lands.

Sydney L. Iaukeaholds a Ph.D. in political science with a specialty in Hawai?i politics. She is a dedicated community member, instructor, and avid surfer.

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Introduction
1. Family Secrets and Cartographic Silences: Chatty Maps and Memory
2. Land as the Vehicle: The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (1921) and Defining Nativeness
3. A Story of Political and Emotional Maneuverings: Queen Lili?uokalanis Trust Deed and the Crown Lands
4. E paa oukou (You hold it): Charging Queen Lili?uokalani with Insanity and Holding the Trust Intact
5. The Final Insults: Kahoaka, Condemnation, the Lele of Hamohamo, Projects of Reclamation, and Heartbreak
Epilogue

Appendix A. List of Commissions and Appointments Received by Colonel Curtis P. Iaukea
Appendix B. Queen Lili?uokalanis Deed of Trust
Appendix C. Queen Lili?uokalanis Petition to U.S. President William H. Taft

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