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Lorrin A. Thurston, grandson of missionaries, leader in 1893 monarchy overthrow and leader of the Provisional Government of Hawaii; Lee Tonouchi, pidgin author; Haunani-Kay Trask, native Hawaiian professor of Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaii, and political activist; Jasmine Trias, singer, American Idol finalist
Samuel Wilder King (1886–1959), politician, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's at-large district from 1935 to 1943; 11th Territorial Governor of Hawaii from 1953 to 1957; Joseph Nawahi (1842–1896), politician, Native Hawaiian nationalist leader, legislator, lawyer, newspaper publisher, and painter
Haunani-Kay Trask (October 3, 1949 – July 3, 2021) was a Native Hawaiian activist, educator, author, poet, and a leader of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. She was professor emerita at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she founded and directed the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. A published author, Trask wrote ...
Neil Abercrombie, Governor of Hawaii, 2010–2014 [65] Daniel Akaka, U.S. Senator, first Native Hawaiian Senator in the United States [66] George Ariyoshi, 3rd Governor of Hawaii, the first Asian American governor in the United States [67] John A. Burns, 2nd Governor of Hawaii [68] Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States [69]
Sep. 15—Hawaiian Electric Co.'s top executive, the chair of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission and Hawaii's chief energy officer will be questioned by Congress about the Aug. 8 Lahaina fires ...
Though many Americans think of a vacation in a tropical paradise when imagining Hawaii, how the 50th state came to be a part of the U.S. is actually a much darker story, generations in the making.
The Hawaiian Moving Company had started as a disco dance show hosted by radio personality Kamasami Kong before switching to an entertainment magazine format with Perry as host and executive producer. The first segment he taped was an interview with Tom Selleck and John Hillerman on the set of " Magnum, P.I. ", which aired for eight years.
Jul. 11—Hundreds of senior government officials and business and civic leaders from Japan and Hawaii are expected to attend an inaugural summit celebrating the ties between the two countries ...