Queen Lili‘uokalani – The First and Last Queen of Hawai‘i – 05.02.008.VID_WEMP.FirstAndLastQueenOfHI.2020.PBS

Queen Lili‘uokalani, the last monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, was overthrown and imprisoned for eight months in a bloodless coup driven by powerful US business interests and plantation owners supported by US Marines. She abdicated the throne in 1893 to avoid bloodshed.

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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.

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