Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory

Contents

Contents ix Foreword by Bernard Ka‘owakaokalani Punikai‘a xi Preface Part I. What Shall Be Done? (1866–1883) 3 1. Perhaps They Are Just Left There: The First Twelve People Arrive at Kalawao­ 15 2. The Thoughts of the Hawaiian Family Have Been Aroused: Two Cultural Responses­to Leprosy 27 3. Not of the Hawaiian Culture: The Onset of Starvation and Political Activism­ 41 4. Siloam’s Healing Pool: Early Leadership at Kalawao 53 5. Misfortune and Great Sorrow Has Beset Me: William Humphreys Uwelealea­ 63 6. With Heaviness of Mind: Jonathan Hawaii Napela 73 7. His Dying Words Were “A Little Poi”: Peter Young Kaeo 87 8. You Could Not Wish for Better People: The Arrival of Father Damien 101 9. Steaming Hot Coffee: Ambrose Kanewalii Hutchison 115 10. Damien with the Sparkling Eyes: Music, Kindness, Celebration 127 11. A Different Circle: Mother Marianne Cope and the Sisters of St. Francis Part II. What Is Proper and Just? (1884–1901) 141 12. “Kaumaha Nohoi” (Deep Sorrow): Queen Kapiolani Visits Kalaupapa 153 13. Indignity Keenly Felt by All: Experience in the Lahaina Prison 161 14. I Am Not Guilty: Keanu and Dr. Arning contents    vii 169 15. “We Will Take Care of Him”: Father Damien Is Diagnosed with Leprosy 179 16. Ways That Are a Little Exceptional: Joseph Dutton and Father Conrardy 189 17. Seriously Consider What Is Proper and Just: Effects of the Bayonet Constitution 199 18. Kapoli Brought Flowers: Kapoli Kamakau 213 19. Nunc Dimittis: The Death of Father Damien 225 20. Unforgotten in Our Hearts: Kaluaikoolau, Piilani, and Kaleimanu 237 21. We, Your Nation of People, Will Survive: Queen Liliuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom­ 251 22. The Soul of This Land: Robert Kaaoao and Thomas Nakanaela 265 23. It Is in Your Power to Make All Things Right: The Quest for Self-Government Part III. From Generation to Generation (1902–1929) 281 24. Entitled to Every Consideration: Mr. McVeigh and Dr. Goodhue 297 25. The Fourth of July, 1907: Jack and Charmian London Visit Kalaupapa 313 26. No Place to Honor This Man: Elemakule Pa and the Federal Hospital 329 27. We Called It Ohana: The Bishop Home 339 28. “O Makalapua”: The Death of Mother Marianne 347 29. From Generation to Generation: David Kupele and Ben Pea 363 30. Chaulmoogra Oil—Hawaii’s Message of Renewed Life: Alice Kamaka and Rosalie Blaisdell­ 373 31. A Blending of Souls: Tandy MacKenzie, Adeline Bolster, and Maria von Trapp 381 32. Every Night We Have Music: John Cambra, Kenso Seki, and the Baldwin Home 393 33. The Suffering Was on Both Sides of the Fence: “Fence-Jumping” at Kalihi Hospital viii   contents Part IV. A Time of Evolution (1930–1945) 405 34. A Union of Cooperation: Wilhelmina Cooke Carlson and Minerva Ramos 413 35. Another Good Man: The Memoirs of Ambrose Hutchison 425 36. Suddenly the Whole World Changed: Twenty Stories of Separation 437 37. So Friendly: Pearl Harbor and Life at Kalaupapa Part V. To See This Place Stay Sacred (1946–Present) 455 38. Always This Line of Separation: A Cure, Barriers, and Lawrence Judd 471 39. Courage and Refusal to Quit: Richard Marks and the End of the Isolation Policy 485 40. A Quest for Dignity: Bernard K. Punikai‘a and Hale Mohalu 495 41. “My Name Is Olivia”: Kalaupapa’s First Author 503 42. To See This Place Stay Sacred: The Education and Inspiration of Present and Future Generations­ 515 43. Changed in One Day: The Restoration of Family Ties 535 Acknowledgments 541 Notes 559 Bibliography 565 Index of Names 573 Index of Subjects ...