The Queen and I: A Story of Dispossessions and Reconnections in Hawai'i

Contents

ConTenTs List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Family Secrets and Cartographic Silences: Chatty Maps and Memory 14 2. Land as the Vehicle: The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (1921) and Defining Nativeness 40 3. A Story of Political and Emotional Maneuverings: Queen Lili‘uokalani’s Trust Deed and the Crown Lands 61 4. “E paa oukou” (You hold it): Charging Queen Lili‘uokalani with Insanity and “Holding” the Trust Intact 87 5. The Final Insults: Kāhoaka, Condemnation, the Lele of Hamohamo, Projects of “Reclamation,” and Heartbreak 115 Epilogue 143 Appendix A. List of Commissions and Appointments Received by Colonel Curtis P. Iaukea 147 Appendix B. Queen Lili‘uokalani’s Deed of Trust 151 Appendix C. Queen Lili‘uokalani’s Petition to U.S. President William H. Taft 163 Notes 171 Bibliography 193 Index 201 ...