New Breath Foundation staff is committed to our ongoing learning about the issues that deeply impact our communities. If you’d like to learn with us, here are a few resources from our previous discussion. This list is not exhaustive; we will continue to refresh this content as we come across new information.
Curriculum
- Asian Am Education Project – Native Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement
Articles
- What Is the Hawai‘i Sovereignty Movement? By Dr. Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole, AFAR Magazine
- How Native Hawaiians Have Fought for Sovereignty by Kelli Y. Nakamura, History.com
- Why Hawaiian sovereignty has undeniable context for the Maui fires
- Native Hawaiians grapple with generational trauma in wake of Maui fire By Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi
- https://www.hawaiipeoplesfund.org//www/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Colonies_In_Question.pdf (report)
- While US celebrates its independence, Hawaiians still wait for theirs (about U.S. illegal occupation)- by Christine Hitt, SFGate
- Maui Fires: Recovery Challenges Stem From Years of Colonialism and Tourism – Teen Vogue (article)
- Hawaiian Sovereignty Groups Seek Recognition, Land – 1994
- Taking Risks, or The Question of Palestine Solidarity and Asian American Studies – 2015
- Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Statement on Solidarity with Palestine – 2018
- Electronic Intifada – Flying Palestine’s flag in Hawaiʻi – 2019
Podcasts
- 26. Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Honolulu: Visions of a Sovereign Future – Hawai’i Rising (Hawaii Peoples Fund Podcast) – Link 1 (Podbean) / Link 2 (Spotify)
- Hawaiiverse – EP 40. Leon Siu: The Hawaiian Kingdom, sovereignty, and stuff you didn’t know.
- Crooked Media – Hawai’i: An American Coup (23 min) – Website link / Link 2 (Spotify)
Videos
- Meet the native Hawaiians fighting U.S. occupation | AJ+ (6.5 min)
- The dark history of the Overthrow of Hawaii – Sydney Iaukea (6 min)
- The Fight To Take Back Hawaii | Foreign Correspondent (30 min)
- Hawaiiverse – EP 40. Leon Siu: The Hawaiian Kingdom, sovereignty, and stuff you didn’t know. (2 hr, 17min)
- Why Can’t Hawaiians Afford To Live In Hawaii? (8 min) – AJ+
- Fires in Lahaina https://www.tiktok.com/@ajplus/video/7268064506994035998 (2 min) – AJ+
- How the Army Got to Bomb Hawaii For $1 (12 min) – AJ+
- How The Navy Poisoned Hawaii Families With Jet Fuel – AJ+
- Palestinean & Native Hawaiian Liberation The Mauna Kea Syllabus – 2020
- Noura Erakat interview: 01:40 – 27:07
Other
Terminology
- Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea – Sovereignty Restoration Day, July 31 (annually)
- kānaka maoli – native or indigenous Hawaiian
- aloha ʻāina – deeply rooted love for and connection to the land
- Kuleana – responsibility, often associated with it being a privilege