Articles by Anne Keala Kelly

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How Haunani-Kay Trask Shaped Her Hawai’ian People’s Struggle for Independence
Anne Keala Kelly (Kānaka Maoli) | YES! Magazine - TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Aug 2021

The Hawaiian movement for self-determination was forever changed by the fierce and unapologetic leadership of the late Haunani-Kay Trask. She modeled for us how to analyze the U.S. overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, our material reality, and American hegemony in the same frame.

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Hawai’i: Mauna Kea Is only Latest Thing They Want to Take, ‘We Will Not Give It to Them’
Anne Keala Kelly | Indian Country Today – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Aug 2019

21 Jul 2019 – Mauna Kea is a 13,800-foot high mountain on Hawai‘i Island, and considered the most sacred site to Kanaka ‘Ōiwi, the Native Hawaiian people. Named after Wākea, Father Sky, it is home to a number of religious deities, and is a traditional burial ground for the most revered ali‘i (royalty) and kahuna (priests). So far, Hawaiians have managed to stop all efforts to begin construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope through legal challenges and civil disobedience.

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