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Castle Bravo

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First series of nuclear testing by the US in the Marshall Islands

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Bikini Atoll

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Coral reef in the Marshall Islands that was the site of nuclear testing

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Mahi’ai

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To cultivate land and produce food from the ground; refers to a farmer/the action of farming

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Mahele of 1848

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Transition from traditional land tenure systems in Hawaii to a system of private property

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Land Commission Award (LCA)

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An award that grants acquisition of land

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Hawaiian Government Survey (HGS)

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Mapping project that took place from 1870 - 1915, collecting data and describing land

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Wai

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Fresh water

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Waiwai

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Wealth, resources, valuable

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Alexander & Baldwin

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Company founded in 1870 to cultivate sugar cane in Hawaii; was the largest sugar plantation on Maui

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East Maui Water Crisis

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140 year battle over Alexander and Baldwin’s diversion of East Maui waters to feed its fields, compromising both Native Hawaiian rights to kalo farming and native stream life

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Na Moku Aupuni o Ko’olau Hui

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Non-profit organization to educate, perpetuate, serve, and protect historical, spiritual, traditional, and environmental well being of East Maui

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Muliwai

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The opening of a stream into the sea; mouth of a large river, pool near the mouth of a stream (estuary/brackish water)

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Na Wai ‘Eha

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The “Four Great Waters” of Maui (Waihe’e River, Wailuku River, Waiehu Stream, and Waikapu Stream)

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Loko I’a

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General term for fishponds

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Mauna Kea

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Located on Big Island; known as mountain of Wakea, regarded as a sacred site/ancestor

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Wao Akua

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The realm of the gods

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Wao Kanaka

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The realm of humans

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Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)

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Proposed telescope on Mauna Kea that claims will be the world’s largest visible light telescope in the world

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Poli’ahu

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Goddess of snow; Mauna Kea is her domain

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Pu’uhuluhulu University

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Located at the base of Pu’uhuluhulu (a small hill near Mauna Kea), offered educational opportunities for the community to access for free

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Kapu Aloha

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A new term, rooted in traditional views, practices, and customs; non-violent direct action (similar to civil disobedience)

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Resurgence

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To reclaim what has been taken; reclamation of cultural identity and traditions in the face of colonialism

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Kalama Valley

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Located on the east side of Oahu (Hawaii Kai); Location of mass evictions and protests condemning the projected use of land for commercial and private (residential) development

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Bishop Estate

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Largest private landowner in Hawaii (landowners of Kalama Valley); managed by a board of trustees which, historically, comprised primarily of white, non-Hawaiian men

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Kokua Hawaii
A coalition of activists who supported Native Hawaiian farmers in their fight against eviction from Kalama Valley in 1971
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Territory
Refers to a region of land that is under the control of the US federal government, but is not a state; they do not have their own sovereignty or power to govern themselves
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Statehood
Refers to the status of a US territory becoming a state within the union and gives the territory the right to self-govern
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Nuclear Colonialism
A system of domination through which governments and corporations target Indigenous peoples and their lands for nuclear production
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"For the good of mankind"
Expression used by anthropologists, engineers, scientists, military, etc. to justify nuclear testing in these areas
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Treaty of Rarotonga (SPNFZ)
Prohibits the use of nuclear weapons in the South Pacific and dumping radioactive waste into the ocean
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Aldebaran
The first of 193 nuclear tests by France in the Pacific on July 2, 1996; affected the atolls and islands that make up/surround Tahiti (French Polynesia)
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Kaho'olawe
One of the eight main islands that comprise of the Hawaiian Archipelago; important training ground for young navigators as its locations is ideal in studying the stars, winds, and ocean currents
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Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana
Founded in 1976, grassroots organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and restoration of Kaho'olawe
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George Helm
Hawaiian activist and musician from Kalama'ula, Moloka'i; one of the most vocal/prominent activists during the protest against the bombing of Kaho'olawe
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Kimo Mitchell
Involved with Protect Kaho'olawe Ohana
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Hawaiian Renaissance
Two distinct periods in Hawaiian history marked by a resurgence of Hawaiian cultural pride and identity
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Hana No'eau
Refers to both the action of creating art, as well as the product/end result (emphasis on the skill and knowledge required to produce it)
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Hana Keaka
Hawaiian theater, show business, a play
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Hula
Traditional dance form used as a method for storytelling; often accompanied by mele (music) and/or oli (chant), implements, as well as specific adornments/clothing
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Kumu Hula
A hula master/teacher who has received the blessing from their teacher to teach and continue a hula genealogy
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Halau
Hula schools, site for hula instruction; each has a unique and specific style of dance, traditions, etc.
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Hula Halau
The school one studies the traditions of hula under a kumu hula
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Merrie Monarch Festival
A week long hula festival and competition in Hilo, Hawaii that celebrates the art, continuity, and varied traditions in hula
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Hiram Bingham I
Leader of Protestant Missionaries who introduced Christianity to Hawaii; established a strong relationship with ali'i which provided him with influence and power
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Hawaiian-language Newspaper (Nupepa)
Critical resource and archive writings primarily in Hawaiian (includes literature, politics, advertisements, lessons, editorials, news, songs, chants, advocacy, intellectual debates, laments, etc.)
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Ma'i 'Oku'u
Crouching disease (named after the physical act of being crouched over/hunched when dealing with the illness); likely cholera or typhoid
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Ola Hou
A new life; rhetoric used by American missionaries to convert Hawaiians to Christianity
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Reciprocity Treaty
Free trade agreement between the US and Kingdom of Hawaii; guaranteed duty free (tax exemptions) market for Hawaii sugar in exchange for special economic privileges for the US in Hawaii, and establishing a naval base
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Bayonet Constitution
1887 constitution of Hawaiian Kingdom; limited the Monarch's power and gave it to these businessmen/government cabinet members
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Hui Kalai'aina (Hawaii Political Association)
A political group founded in 1888 to protest the 1887 constitution; petitioned the King to change the constitution and advocating for changes in the government and critiqued new governmental policies and those involved
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1893 Overthrow
Hawaii's Constitutional Monarchy was overthrown by elite sugar planters and American businessmen in January 17
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Hui Aloha 'Aina
Hawaiian Patriotric League; organizations that opposed the overthrow of the Kingdom and subsequent treaty of annexation
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Provisional Government
Temporary/interim government prior to annexation; allowed for the establishment of the Republic of Hawaii, a governing entity that allowed those who orchestrated the overthrow to maintain control of Hawaii prior to eventual annexation
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Blount Report
Refers to the 1893 US House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee report regarding the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
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Ku'e Petitions
The petitions of 1897 that opposed and protested the annexation of Hawaii to the US
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Wilcox Rebellion & Counter Revolution
A series of revolts and rebellions led by royalist Robert Wilcox
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Mele 'Ai Pohaku
Literally means rock eating songs; Genre of Hawaiian composition that resist American occupation, overthrow, and annexation
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Annexation
Hawaii was illegally annexed to the US on July 7, 1898; Hawaii became a territory
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Decolonial
Cultural, psychological, and economic freedom from colonial forces
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Palimpsest
Something reused or altered but still bearing traces of its original form
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Red Hill Water Crisis
In 2021, 20,000 gallons of fuel leaked into the water (public health crisis, environmental disaster, residents reported chemical contamination in their tap water)
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Lahaina Wildfires
On August 8, 2023, fires sweep through West Maui and Upcountry Maui, incinerating the historic town of Lahaina
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Plantation Disaster Capitalism
The exploitation of a disaster by those with vested interests, often including real estate developers, water and management companies, who seek to profit from the tragedy by seizing land and water resources, much like the historical practices of the sugar plantations
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Autoimmune Capitalism
Exploiting people's health for profit (used during Covid-19 when people were required to work to keep the economy going)
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Capitalism
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
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Hula Kahiko
Traditional hula
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Hula Auana
Modern/Contemporary hula
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'Auwai
Traditional irrigation channel

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