Aloha Betrayed

"Noenoe K. Silva has located an enormous Hawaiian-language archive of Native resistance to American colonialism in the 1897 petitions against forced annexation to the United States. Now, thanks to Silva's pathbreaking book, the Native side of the story will finally be told. And what a story it is! Those accustomed to the 'happy Native' tourist image of Hawai'i will be shocked to learn that Hawaiians never wanted to be Americans; indeed, they revolted against the American military takeover. Today, Silva's analysis is key to the ongoing indigenous movement for Hawaiian sovereignty."--Haunani-Kay Trask, author of "From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i"

Noenoe K. Silva is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.