Article #1 Citation Sachs, Jessica, “Hawaii at the crossroads”, National Wildlife. Jack Jeffery, illustrations, Vol 54, No.5 August 2016, pp.24-29 Summary: Hannah Kihalani Springer looks out her window one clear morning, in her home in Hawaii, and sees a landscape once dominated by the Nominate fountain. Springer can still see the remnants of the landscape and forest out her window on clear mornings. Since its disappearance bothered her so much she decided to do something about it. In late 1993, Springer and her family joined other local people in a project to protect and enlarge their regions’ remaining forest.
The traditions of ancient Polynesia hold both polytheistic and animistic religious structures. They worship several deities as well as ascribe to the spiritual beliefs of things existent in nature, such as water and trees. The cosmology of the Hawaiian people and the Māori from New Zealand recognize multiple gods and goddesses, and many of them are female deities. Worship of deities for every element was found in both cultures; fire, water, air and earth all had gods or goddesses that ruled those elements. Evident in both Hawaiian and Māori culture is a female deity believed to rule fire.
In the Hawaiian language, Lanikai means “heavenly sea” and when I would gaze upon the beach I knew why. The golden, toe wiggling sand was so soft I could walk for miles. The tranquil Hawaiian waters were so crystal clear with hints of turquoise and greenish shades, it felt like I was in a dream. When I glared at the sea, feathers of golden light cascaded from the sky and disembarked below the water’s surface, reflecting the sand from the oceans foundations, which fought against the down-pouring
Imperialism was a controversial idea that a nation can extend its power outward through means of diplomatic or military force. This often results in a shift of power from one major force currently in control to another. The people of that nation under control conflict may also experience wars, rebellions, or cultural destruction. Looking at some of these events, we see some positives and negatives of imperialistic action taken by the United States, and how it affected the nations imperialized by the United States. For starters, let’s look at Hawaii’s annexation.
In the Hawaiian culture poi is considered to be the most important food. It belongs to the the food group responsible for adding nutritive value to their diets; the staples food group. The dish is also sacred in that it was believed that with every uncovered bowl of poi came along the spirit of Hāloa. Hāloa was the ancestor of the Hawaiian people and sprouted from the dead, buried body of Hāloanakalaukapalili in the form of a kalo. With the presence of Hāloa at the family meal time any conflicts among the family must come to a prompt
I chose the Hawaiian culture of the South Pacific. I chose this culture because of my love for the movie Lilo and Stitch which hula dance plays a big part of the film. When I read the South Pacific section of the chapter I knew I wanted to do the Hawaiian culture. The dance of this culture is known as hula that started as a spiritual worship. Their worship dance was to please their goddess of the volcano named Pele.
The Hawaiian people should be getting restitution for their losses, not the state. A law requires the state to collect money for rent on Mauna Kea and according to Kahea.org they state that a night in an observatory can go up to $80,000 a night. The state should be receiving around $80,000 dollars a night per observatory; but the ones receiving the money from these nights are the observatories themselves which means the state gets nothing but the rent. It is very disrespectful that we are losing our lands, or in the Hawaiian culture, losing our connection to the gods without our consent. We need some type of restitution to help make our losses a little bit easier to handle; because right now it is a double loss for the Hawaiian people.
The United State’s annexation of Hawaii in 1898 led to the gradual destruction of the Hawaiian culture and the almost-extinction of native-born Hawaiians. The majority of the Hawaiian natives opposed the annexation of Hawaii and wanted to maintain their sovereignty. Although the Japanese could have taken over the Hawaiian islands if the United States had not, the annexation of Hawaii by the U.S. was unjustified because of the treatment of the monarchy and natives, the infringement of the natives’ self-established culture and government, and the natives’ overwhelming opposition to the U.S’s involvement in Hawaii. From 1795 to 1874, the Kamehameha Dynasty ruled over the kingdom of the Hawaiian islands. Up until the death of Kamehameha III, the U.S. had stayed out of interfering with the islands.
The Downfall of the Native Americans The conquistadors came to the New World to conquer the land and everything they could gain from it such as gold, money, gems, and power. While the Native Americans had a few advantages over the conquistadors, having a larger population and already having set cultures throughout their nations to name a couple the conquistadors would succeed in subduing the Native Americans. The Europeans were successful in their endeavor for a few reasons; environmental factors, technology and tactics. One of the main factors that allowed the Europeans to take over the Native Americans was diseases; smallpox, typhus, and measles being the main killers. Europeans unknowingly brought over diseases with them causing epidemics and a huge depopulation among the Native
Discuss the impact of the introduction of Christianity on Māori society. Pre-colonial Māori society was a complex territorial based tribal system that consisted of autonomous hapu, or sub tribe, that ruled New Zealand in affiliation with larger iwi (tribes). Whakapapa (genealogical structure) governed that the te taha kikokiko (physical world) and te taha wairua (spiritual world) were inextricably linked, an important factor that influenced social and political interactions at the time. In the early 19th century, prompted by the arrival of religious missionaries, there was a marked transition from earlier tribal ideology to westernized Judeo-Christian values that led to a profound impact of Māori society.
When the Europeans first came in contact with the Natives it affected both the Europeans and the Natives. There were many different effects, some of them including diseases, religion and culture, trade, land disputes, family culture and more. Some of the changes were good and others were not that good. They helped and hurt both the Natives and the Europeans. First contact was probably the hardest time when it came to colonizing America because it meant they needed to work with each other and help each other, which is not always the easiest.
Similarities and Differences between European colonists and American colonists In the past 500 years, there have been 2 major discoveries by colonists, the discovery of America, and the discovery of Hawaii. Both had Indigenous people, and the colonists of each place affected the locals and similar and different ways, and here are a few. When we discovered America in 1492, Indians greeted us friendly, and we repaid them by pillaging, plundering, and killing them, and yet, they were still kind to us. When captain James cook discovered Hawaii in 1778, the Indigenous people also gave them a warm welcome, when they came back a few years later, they came back during a festival called Lono, and were treated as gods.
The things we learn from our culture affects how you are as a human being. I treat others how I was taught to treat them. In my culture we believe that if treat others with aloha you will be treated the same Hula is a way of telling a story. Leis are a way of greeting someone. Tikis is a religious practice Ancient Hawaiian dance such as “Hula” Hula is a dance performed by Hawaiian people, men and women.
The cranial capacity of the long-headed skulls was larger than normal and, the examiner added wryly, had a brain capacity higher than the inhabitants of Whitechapel (London). Dutch explorer Roggeveen in 1722 and Spaniard Gonzalez in 1770 had both emphatically remarked on the mixed-type population, and that the Ariki chiefs were ‘quite white’ and very tall. Gonzalez measured two individuals at 6ft 5 and 6ft 6½ inches tall (196-199 cm), one with red hair. But by the time English Captain James Cook visited in 1774, after ‘discovering’ New Zealand and Australia, he made a great point of stressing that the population was entirely typically Polynesian, of the Tahitian type.
The migration of Marquesas in 300 BCE and the migration of Tahiti in 500 CE contributed to the arrival of human to Hawaii. In Hawaiian society, they believed that they were led by powerful chiefs, who channeled spirit power, mana, to regulate the animals, fields, nature and fish. In Hawaiian religion are structured Kahunas who are the high priests that preserved the mana through kapu, which direct English translation is Forbidden. Kapu were a set of rules and prohibitions for everyday life.
