Just like how the British and the french "forget" to mention their colonial pasts' dark sides

oh yes, pearl harbor is the only thing they talk about about Hawaii

They barely teach anything history wise in American Public Schools.

No literally. We don’t even talk about how we used economic pressure and military force to dissolve a sovereign kingdom to make another state in the union

@@epcotethan9557 Same with private schools. K-8 I had a scholarship for good grades to attend a Christian school. It was a weird mix of good grades to make the school look good academically and also treat the scholarship kids like charity cases to pat themselves on the back. Because of the type of school it was science and history classes were basically a joke. Like some tests for science asked how old something was and if we said anything more than 2000 years it was marked as wrong especially if we wrote down something in the millions because creationism. History wasn't safe from this either and on top of that it's required that at least 1 year of Texas history is taught before high school but we would at the beginning of the year start with US history or geography or whatever but about halfway through it would morph into Texas history again. My mom got fed up with this and went to a thrift store, half price books (used book store that also has dvds, cds, vhs, vinyls, etc) and garage sales ending up with a massive stack of movies that had plots that took place in different time periods, about historical events, about historical people, etc. Once a week she would pick a movie, make me read one of the encyclopedias we had about the person, place, or event that takes place in the movie. We would watch it together and then make me re read the encyclopedia entry and for the rest of the week we would casually discuss things like what was accurate, inaccurate,what was added in for drama, what was left out, what was and wasn't exaggerated, etc. I honestly learned more about history this way than all of the years I went to school k-12. She didn't have a teaching degree but she did have her masters in art history and knows a lot of history and how throughout the centuries art, writing, music, acting, etc has had a symbiotic relationship with culture and how they influenced eachother. I was annoyed at first but now as an adult this habit has stuck with me and I find myself doing this for fun.

Oh yes, I'd like to hear about her.

I don't even know about the chiefs of Guam, the island I was born in. I guess the Spanish erased it all

I will always remember her at Queen Elizabeth s coronation procession. It rained and rained. Queen Salote was in an open carriage. She said. It rains in Tonga. great smile as she waved to us spectators

Um yeah I wanna know about that stuff, I already know all shit about the brits.

@@tosheatower Yes, she was a fantastic Queen.

Hello Allison Fegan. How are you doing?

And when you're such an asshole that you let your mother bully your royal wife while you go feel up other women.

For real

Yeah, competent monarchs are pretty rare beasts and she was over and above competent. Her people really lucked out with their last monarch.

Ka’iulani would have been a good ruler too, if the monarchy hadn’t been forcefully abolished.

She was! She was so strong and loved her people

Yyyuuuup!!! Baddass as fuck.

Ah, the dulcet tones of victimization. Surely you are aware that many American Indian nations wreaked major havoc on each other.

@@vicky4112 And this what to do with my statement? Don't waste my time trying to instigate an argument.

@@theqwndiva I won't waste my time attempting to get you to see what my comment had to do with your statement. What I wrote as fact you see as an argument. Therein lies the difficulty.

I’m pretty much every race and I agree with you they seem to forget cannibalism

@@vicky4112 Your comment is very irrelevant because European countries wrecked havoc on each other for thousands of years. The narrative that you push is harmful and purposefully dismissive of the horrors of colonization.

I agree. I'd love to learn more Hawaii's past! ❤

Very true, I had no idea there was a queen of Hawaii so this is quiet fascinating.

@beth T knowledge about Hawaiian monarchs doesn't equal intelligence..

@beth T shots fired. As the o.p said "Hawaian history should be taught more often..." Which I agree with, hence why I said what I did. I'm also from the opposite side of the world and given that theyre was only one queen of Hawaii and not for very long either. People who I personally would deem as not very "bright" wouldn't want to learn and most definitely would not be watching educational type content I find it massively ridiculous that you'd judge someone's intelligence based on one comment about one event in the history of the world, It's been around a long time time.

@beth T that’s like saying someone isn’t fluent in a language if they couldn’t tell from a passive verb to a linking verb

Justine Wilson: Ka'iulani's story is heartbreaking. The commercial movie leaves all the important stuff out and has a girl playing her who is half Amazonian & half white.

​@@sandramorey2529Q'oriaka Kilcher is Peruvian/Swiss-German. But yes, they did leave a lot out when it came to Ka'iulani's story.

@@lelekahalepuna-wong9902how do I watch it?

At least america apologized for their involvement in it. That's alot more than other colonial powers have done.

@@vampiregamingyt8754 the U.S* and yes I'm glad they did that unlike some European countries but my point was my feelings and not targeting the U.S alone.

We can't respect each other's cultures and nations until we learn to respect each other as human beings. That is part of our problem as humans is that we do not respect humanity itself.

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What happened to Lili'uokalani at the hands of the US is just one of the many reasons (including the Mexican-American War and Manifest Destiny) why I grow less proud of the country every day.

apologies = can we not talk about it in the future. this is the US definition of it.

As Hawaii is much different today than when it was annexed, it is a difficult decision, especially for those born in Hawaii, where % of Native Hawaiians is about 10%. Congress would have to decide if a referendum would be allowed for those born in Hawaii to decide. What many here in the comments seem to miss is that Hawaiians have benefited from many US Government services available such as Social Security, unemployment, welfare, Medicare/Medicade, even US Postal Service, etc. If Hawaii became independent, what would happen to the thousands who are dependent on these programs? Others who criticize tourism also do not understand that tourism is Hawaii's major industry and provides thousands of jobs, in addition to the state earning $ Billions in annual revenue from sales and hotel taxes.

the US doesnt care whether they bann yheir own culture and language on their own land, they dont want people to diverse they want everyone to be plain and basic like themselves

@@joelsonsabado9206 What country are you from? I am in the US and have traveled all over. I can tell you that all Americans do not act the way you think the "US" does. I and many other Americans are sensitive to indigenous people's issues. Am in no position to defend what acts have happened in the past, but am hopeful for the future.

@@larrycj4382”What will be of Hawai’i without tourism non-sense” 🥱. Don’t you get tired of convincing yourself that without the help of the mighty and powerful USA, Hawai’i would never be what it is today/survive…it’s getting old now. Btw you definitely act like a typical bald eagle saviour, it’s weird.

Pretty sure she can't stand the US.

This is the first time I'm hearing this story and I'm sitting her like "Dann... so this is how America bullied Hawaii into becoming a US state/territory??" Just...wow...

I agree. That having been said, however, once we start getting into all this business of "Your ancestors did this to my ancestors" and on into the night, you'd have to change the entire face of the Earth!

@@gregingram4996Oh for sure! It's definitely a contentious conversation. For me, I have no problem admitting that major atrocities took place and that we should apologize for the things that happened and work to correct them. On behalf of those who came before us. Rather than saying, "It wasn't me" or "It was in the past", I think we can all work towards acknowledging these problems happened and fix some of the systematic issues caused by them. But I agree, I don't want to see people turn against each other over these conversations. But to get together and work together to correct issues.

@@jrdraper Well, I'll drink to that! But then, I'll drink to just about anything!

@@gregingram4996 😂😂 Deal!!

Who is it

@@kellikocha7733 I assume it’s Kai Kahele

i cant lie that is a cricket moment 😭

His name is Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa, and he's no longer in Congress. His last year in office was 1999.

But Tourism is not only luxe hotel, boat, alcohol... It's learn and appreciate a culture. It's wanting to learn their way of thinking and live. If you are a respectfull Tourist it should be ok.

I used to always wanna go to Hawaii until i seen a documentary on Netflix a long time ago and the things they've gone through and continue to go through. And how their entire island has just been completely taken over. Also, by it being a "tourist state" the cost of living has gone up tremendously to the point where even the natives are struggling to be there. Once I learned that i changed my ming

​@@lizzielize2660 you're aiding and abetting the continued spread of a dangerous virus and exploitation of people. But no, all you care about is your "experience", spoiled little princess.

So uh... turn all native preservation areas and Hawaii into sovereign states or what?

A lot of native people did weird naming rituals (by weird I mean more foreign but yknow) sitting bull was named slow originally because, well, he was slow

You're looking at it from our perspective. Everyone used to have a name that meant something. My name is probably derived from Guinevere and used to mean 'fair one' or 'white enchantress's. What does your name mean?

@@auntiejen5376 Yes. I'm looking at it from our perspective because that's what her name means. My name seriously is Aphrodite.

@@auntiejen5376 my real name is Kylie and means boomerang 🤧

@@auntiejen5376 I think they mean that you would think they would try and find something nicer than eye sore. I mean, my baby might come out with a big head but I wouldn’t name him that.

Hello Pamela Mays. How are you doing?

Yes, I'm sure it was for this reason that Hawaiians continue her fight to this day.

Yes! As a fellow Puerto Rican I agree with your words. And so little is known to people in the states about our history as well! Second class citizens, that’s what we are. Sad to see so many act like the US is our savior when in reality, it’s our death sentence. ¡VIVA PUERTO RICO LIBRE! 🇵🇷

As an American I'm deeply sorry for what my country has done to you and what it continues to do.

J. Manny, There is nothing else to say.👍. I think some Puerto Ricans understand what's going on, and others want to fit in or be accepted. From some PR's they want to get the skills in the U.S. and return to Puerto Rico, some don't feel welcomed here, others just live day-to-day.

@@Dom_om_nom Ditto.

@@josiesarered Hello. How are you doing?

the perceived positive ones are designed to make you feel "it wasn't so bad", so you are a part of the fabric. around the time Lili was deposed, a number of african kings were deposed/exiled/murdered . The money made from sugar cana and flour in the west indies on the back of enslaved Black people is the same money that was used to buy firearm to defeat Hawai'ans and its the same money that was passed down to help sell most of the island to the mainland americas. so basically yes ANYTHING that happens to Black people will forever reverberate across all former colonies.

@@PHlophe 💯💯💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

You should research Australia’s history, it’s brutal and interesting. Our schools barley teach us the real shit but mine luckily did whereas my old one didn’t and only taught how cook “found” Botany Bay

Me too. I cannot hear the song without crying.

Aisadal: She wrote some gorgeous songs in addition to Aloha 'Oe. Ku'uipo Kumakahi has a CD of the 4 royal siblings who composed music. Her music and her sister's & her 2 brothers' songs are played widely today.

Thank you! Will definitely look into the book

Hello Adanna Newby. How are you doing?

Briar Jay: Have you checked into Dr. Keanu Sai? He teaches at Windward Comm. College and he is a scholar on the legalities of the case of illegal occupation of Hawaii. He is very clear and is on the same path as Haunani Trask.

The mispronunciations were jarring though. I wish I had learned more hawaiian, but I do know how most of these are supposed to be said. She was very obviously trying hard though.

we really need a phoneticization of Hawai'ian. but her work is stellar. I could read the full name because Hawai'ans when they speak they do have a similar tonal value as southern africans. when I look at the Queen. she has the aura of the everyday african grand mother. I really imagine her cooking for her grand kids.

sam griffith stepford. and this isn't even taught in the Uk schools.

Hello Jenny Martin. How are you doing?

And Europe.

@@LisaF777 Europe is a continent?

@@LisaF777 Hello. How are you doing?

All white countries dominated the other parts of the world, not just the US. Britain was the worst culprit.

Yes. Let us not forget about England.. there are about 22 countries in the world that has NOT been colonized by England. Let's see a overlook over when and what they did.. England became a nation when the first monarch Æthelstan came to power the year 927. Ca 1945 Between 12 and 29 million Indians died of starvation while it was under the control of the British Empire, as millions of tons of wheat were exported to Britain as famine raged in India. There are currently 20 million people starving in North Korea. Just to get a taste of what the brittish did. USA became a country only in 1776. When Columbus arrived in 1492, it's estimated that 5 million to 15 million Native Americans lived in North America. The number declined sharply to fewer than 238,000 by the late 19th century. American settlers got paid for each Native American scalp they sold. 50 pound for male scapls, 25 for females, 20 for children. USA became a country only after they commited genocide against the Natives. In the short time America has been a country they have messed up: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama, Nicaragua, Haiti, Hawaii, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, And the list goes on.. U.S. officials say the country has 800 military bases in 70 to 80 countries around the world. American Soldiers, that invade countries, rape women and children, hurt people. Usa and china is the biggest threat against our planet. England has had it's "glory days"

Sorry Princess, but she did save her people. Part of this white narrated story has been left out. She was threatened, if she did not surrender the throne the US Military soldiers would stat killing all the native people. That is the reason she surrendered and eventually abdicated. No other but to save the people of Hawaii from annihilation.

@@benkahookele5254 Oh. I know she saved her country and her people from being destroyed by relinquishing her throne. I meant she was unable to save her people and her country from being annexed. One of many great injustices of my home country that I wished never happened.

Crystal Williamson: If they do make a miniseries they will sanitize it & will never mention the treaties with other nations or that Kalakaua wasn't just a drunkard and a party boy. He was a strategist and everything he did had purpose. A miniseries will leave that out. Reason: there has never been a treaty of annexation between the U.S & Hawaii so Hawaii remains the sovereign nation it has always been. That creates lots of problems in telling the real story. I think Hawaiian filmmakers will have to tell it.

Léandre, can you please share. we wanna see.

@@PHlophe sadly that was in the 90s I'm 34 years old. I've always loved and felt sad for her story because she tried so hard. To learn all that at 9, made me so sad.

Well Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders descended from the same Austronesian family as Filipinos so you are indeed in this range 😃👍🏽

@@Broadwayriah Not to mention, Filipinos were along with Chinese and Japanese people who were brought into Hawai'i to work the sugar plantations.

@@candiedragon I didn't know that!

Happy Birthday for Thursday!!!! Mine happens to be Friday !!!!

HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY TOO BOTH OF YOU MINES IS SEPTEMBER 6

@@chocolatebuttafly156 HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY TO YOU 🥳🥳🥳

@@samgriffithstopford3350 Happy early birthday friend

@Jessica Morton awwwww thank you

Hello Aimee Lynne. How are you doing?

Queen consort is just a kings wife but its still a very high rank while queen regnant is a woman in the royal family with a high rank like princess thats why she got chose to be the queen

Btw if you are wondering her husband can choose to be called prince consort or king consort :)))

A queen consort is a kings wife a queen regnant is a woman chose to rule the kingdom and a dowager queen is the mother of currently reigning heir/monarch (she was also a queen thats why she was called queen mother)

Why this one make me cry?!! 😭😭

It’s “Aloha ‘Oe” pronounced “a-low-ha oh-eh”

Oh no! Are u ok?

@@SungSNam I’m fine…just have a bit of a fever at the moment

@@tulip_rose765 hope u get better!

@@SungSNam Thanks :) Me too

@@tulip_rose765 :) drrriiiiink tea!

The pronunciations were not correct, but the facts are there so it's forgiven. Thank you for allowing your children to share a part of their life in Hawai'i through hula. Hula is probably one of the best ways to immerse oneself in the history of Hawai'i and its lands, as well as the deeply poetic language.

@@candiedragon I wouldn't make an issue with Lindseys pronounciation. She put more effort into it than most haoles. I was happy to see the Ali'i story being told. Speaking of Hawai'i as more than pineapples, hula & Don Ho.

@@FreeSpirit47 With all due respect, I am not making a big deal out of her pronunciations, I am pointing out that your statement about her pronunciations being correct is not correct. People will be inclined to believe you, especially after you stated that you lived in Hawaiʻi and your daughters learned hula. As I've said, hula is the best way to immerse oneself in the language, culture, and history. Depending on what your daughters learned and how involved you were, I would assume you would know how important (just like in any other language) it is to pronounce words and names correctly. The slightest mispronunciations can drastically change the meaning of the word and phrase, and takes away the mana from a name. Which is why Americans, after stripping Liliʻuokalani from the throne, also tried to strip her of her power by enforcing that she be referred to as Lydia instead. However, not many Hawaiians have commented on Lindsay's pronunciations and that's just because we acknowledge the accuracy of the story she told about Hawaiʻi's beloved queen. I am going to reiterate that I am not making a big deal about Lindsay's pronunciations, just pointing out that your statement about them being correct is incorrect. Dont get me wrong, i appreciate the video and the accuracy of the story that she told, and I certainly appreciate the people in the comments who learned well from the video about what has happened in these islands and to its people. It's all important, I hope you understand that.

@@candiedragon It's better to give credit where credit is due instead of dogging somoene for flaws, real or perceived as we all have flaws.That's a large part of the spirit of aloha.

@@FreeSpirit47 The facts are: -Lindsay's pronunciations were mediocre. -Lindsay accurately told the story of Queen Liliʻuokalani for a 28 minute video. That is all I intended to say. I am by no means disparaging anyone, you nor Lindsay. If you value the truth that Lindsay uncovers in this video, and truly loved the culture enough to have your daughters do hula, I would expect you to be willing to learn and grasp all truths about our people. It's fine to have flaws and mistakes, what matters is that you acknowledge them and grow from it.

Hello Marie M. How are you doing?