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No Mākou ka Mana (hardcover)

Price: $30.00
Code: 978-0-87336-293-1
Winner – 2015 Samuel M. Kamakau
Award for Hawai‘i Book of the Year
Winner – 2015 Ka Palapala Po‘okela Award of Excellence in Hawaiian Language, Culture and History
"No Mākou ka Mana: Liberating the Nation" asserts that the founders
of the Hawaiian Kingdom exercised their own agency and were not just acted upon
by foreign powers. The ruling aliʻi selectively appropriated tools and ideas
from the West—including laws, religion, educational models, protocols, weapons,
printing and map-making technologies, seafaring vessels, clothing, names, and
international alliances. The result? A hybrid system based on an enduring
tradition of Hawaiian governance and intended to preserve, strengthen, and
maintain the lāhui. Using rare primary documents and “Ōiwi optics,”
Kamanamaikalani Beamer offers a new point of reference for understanding the
motivations, methods, and accomplishments of Hawai‘i’s great leaders.
About the Author
Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer is
an associate professor at the Center for Hawaiian Studies
in the Hui ‘Āina Momona Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa with a
joint appointment in the Richardson School of Law and the Hawai‘inuiākea School
of Hawaiian Knowledge. Previous to this role Dr. Beamer was the president
and chief executive officer of The Kohala Center. Beamer’s
research on governance, land tenure, and Hawaiian resource management, as well
as his prior work as the director of ‘Āina-Based Education at Kamehameha
Schools, prepared him for his continuing service as a director of Stanford
University’s First Nations Futures Institute, a resource management development
program for indigenous leaders developed by Stanford, Kamehameha Schools, and
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu in New Zealand.
Beamer has revitalized and maintained lo‘i kalo (taro ponds), providing him and his children opportunities to mālama ‘āina, deepen connections with cultural traditions, and derive leadership lessons from the land. In 2013 he was nominated and confirmed to a four-year appointment on Hawai‘i’s Commission of Water Resource Management and was reconfirmed in 2017 for an additional four-year term.
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