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HYA 2025
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HYA 2025 Lā 9: He Home Hou
Na Kūlani Hagemann-Frank As we board our flight back home, we take this time to pay homage and our respects to the first group of Japanese who left the Empire and sailed many long weeks to the Hawaiian Kingdom. We also acknowledge all ships and flights after that carried Japanese citizens beyond their shores in…
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HYA 2025 Lā 8: Nūpepa Archive about Japan
Na Kalaniākea Wilson (PhD Candidate, Political Science) My research project for this trip is to investigate what Papakilo database has to say about Japan in relation to King Kalakaua’s trip to Japan in 1881. First, I’ll introduce characteristics of this archive then I’ll describe how this archive viewed Japan. The benefit of this archive is…
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HYA 2025 Lā 7: Nā Hawaiʻi Kaʻahele Honua
Na Makana Gomes (Graduate Student, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) He wahi leta kēia mai kekahi o nā Hawaiʻi kaʻahele honua e kūkala aku ana i ka lono o nei ʻāina ʻo Iāpana. Aloha ʻoe—E huli i ke alo i hope nei, he ala ia i maʻa i ka hele ʻia e oʻu mau kūpuna. ʻO mākou nō…
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HYA 2025 Lā 6: Hawaiʻi & Japan: A Diplomatic Legacy at the Enryokan Guesthouse & Shimbashi Station
John Makini Kapena & John Kaulukou Na Maurice Kengo Crabbe Hawaiʻi’s diplomatic ties with Japan in the late 19th century were pivotal in shaping the international standing of the Hawaiian Kingdom. One of the key moments in this relationship was the visit of Hawaiian diplomats John Mākini Kapena and John Lota Kaulukoʻu to Japan in…
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HYA 2025 Lā 5: Descendants & Memory: Following the Footsteps of James Harbottle Hakuʻole & Robert W. Irwin
James Harbottle Hakuʻole: The Youngest Hawaiian Youth Abroad Na Joy Nuʻuhiwa In 1882, James Harbottle Hakuʻole and Isaac Hakuʻole Harbottle, sons of Charlotte Naha Harbottle and Jack Pamaiaulu Hakuʻole of Kīpahulu, Maui, were sent to Tokyo, Japan as a part of Kalākaua’s program to educate Hawaiian youths abroad. Young students in San Francisco on their…
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HYA 2025 Lā 4: Aia No I ke Ko A Ke Au: Isaac Harbottle & the Hawaiian Youths Abroad
Na Kuʻu Lunn (Graduate Student, Geography) This year marks the 50th birthday of the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa. Lashed into the history of this waʻa is over 2000 years of Hawaiian sea fairing and exploration. Our kūpuna of the past, as well as our people today, have voyaged around the world for various reasons- for…
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HYA 2025 Lā 3: Hawaiian Diplomacy & Japan
The Next Generation of Hawaiian Diplomats Na Sanoe Burgess (Doctoral Student, Communication & Information Science) ʻAuhea ʻoukou e nā hoa makamaka o Hawaiʻi, As members of the Native Hawaiian Student Services Hawaiian Youths Abroad Program, in commemoration and pride of Kalākaua and the Hawaiian Kingdom’s impressive program by that same name, we walk in the footsteps…
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HYA 2025 Lā 2: Yokohama: Mai Hawaiʻi i Iāpana: Ke Ali‘i Kalākaua’s Global Vision and the Legacy of Hawaiian Royal Orders
Na Kikilia Lani (Doctoral Student, Educational Administration) In 1881, King David La‘amea Kalākaua embarked on a ground-breaking mission to circumnavigate the world, determined to further elevate Hawai‘i’s global standing by bolstering economic ties abroad (Balutski, 2024, p. 291). Welcomed by eager dignitaries, he spent his nine-month expedition fostering diplomatic relations, examining foreign governance, and exploring…
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HYA 2025 Lā 1: Kalākaua’s Kaʻapuni Honua
Na Kilinahe Wong (Undergraduate Student, ʻIke Hawaiʻi) & Nalani Balutski Aloha mai kākou mai Iāpana mai! Eighteen Hawaiian students were a part of the Hawaiian Youths Abroad program from 1880 and 1892, studying in six different countries–Italy, Scotland, England, China, Japan and the United States. Native Hawaiian Student Services (NHSS) restarted the program, and our…