Hawaii 
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SOURCE: Hawai'i Public Radio
2/13/2023
For Native Hawaiians, February 14 is About the Death of Captain James Cook
The indigenous Hawai'ian resistance to the efforts of Cook to control the islands remains a key moment both in the colonial history of the islands and for the native culture.
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SOURCE: National History Center
1/25/2021
Virtual Event: Sarah Miller-Davenport: Gateway State: Hawai’i and Cultural Transformation of American Empire, FEB. 1
Please join the National History Center of the American Historical Association for a Washington History Seminar roundtable on Gateway State: Hawai’i and Cultural Transformation of American Empire with author Sarah Miller-Davenport, MONDAY FEB. 1, 4:00 PM EST.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
11/18/2020
Patsy Takemoto Mink Blazed The Trail For Kamala Harris – Not Susan B. Anthony
by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu
Patsy Takemoto Mink, elected in 1972 as the first woman of color in Congress, deserves recognition as a pioneering advocate for gender equity and the rights of Americans Caribbean and Pacific territories, and for preparing a path for Kamala Harris's election as Vice President.
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SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
May 2020
The History of the Hawaiian Shirt
From kitsch to cool, ride the waves of undulating popularity of a tropical fashion statement.
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6/30/19
Hawaii’s Cowboy Heroes
by David Wolman and Julian Smith
At the turn of the 20th century, three Hawaiian cowboys arrived in Wyoming to compete in a rodeo extravaganza. What happened next overturned much of what people thought they knew, and still think they know, about Hawaii, the American West, and the relationship between the two.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
3/18/19
Racists in Congress fought statehood for Hawaii, but lost that battle 60 years ago
by Sarah Miller Davenport
Sixty years ago, Dwight Eisenhower signed legislation making Hawaii America’s 50th state.
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SOURCE: The Hill
2-18-15
Obama to create national monument at Hawaii internment camp
The White House told the Times that the designation, to be made Thursday, is meant to recognize “the fragility of civil rights during times of conflict.”
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SOURCE: New York Times
12-3-13
Finding Japan’s Aircraft-Carrier Sub
The I-400, an aircraft carrier sub designed to attack the Panama Canal, has been found off of Hawaii.
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SOURCE: WaPo
5-7-13
Rare Hawaiian surfing book expected to sell for $40,000
COSTA MESA, Calif. — A book about surfers in the early 1900s is expected to sell for about $40,000.A copy of “The Surf Riders of Hawaii” will go before bidders Saturday at the Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction. The auction will include more than 60 vintage surfboards and other items.The book is one of eight made by hand by A.R. Gurrey Jr. between 1911 and 1915. Gurrey is considered the father of surf photography. The book helped spread surfing’s appeal from Hawaii to the mainland.It is composed of six leaves of heavy brown woven paper, with eight mounted gelatin-silver photographs of native Hawaiians surfing Waikiki. Among them is Duke Kahanamoku, the Olympic medalist swimmer who helped popularize the sport....
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