"Competing Sovereignties" Kanaka Maoli Land Struggles in the 1970s

Professor KELEMA MOSES will present a brief talk on her work in progress which examines Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) land struggles during the 1970s through an analysis of Kōkua Hawai‘i, an activist group formed to protest mass housing evictions of poor, long-term residents of Kalama Valley by the Bishop Estate. "Competing Sovereignties" explores the ways in which Kōkua Hawai‘i members connected with the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense to advocate for Indigenous self-determination amid settler colonialism’s reliance on capitalist land development in the Pacific. Kōkua Hawai‘i’s engagement with the Black Power movement and their bold interpretation of the Black Panther aesthetic ruptured the racial triangulation of white-Hawaiian-Asian that, for decades, functioned to displace Kānaka from the ‘āina (land; that which feeds). Questions and conversation will follow the presentation.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)
Public Engagement Building (PEB) 201