In August 1791, King Kamehameha dedicated the Puʻu Koholā Heiau by sacrificing his last rival over control of Hawaiʻi Island, High Chief Keouakūahuʻula of Kaʻū. In August 1991, the first annual ceremony to reunify descendants of Kamehameha and Keouakūahuʻula was held.
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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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