{1} Hawaiian Kingdom History: The importance of terminology – Dr. Keanu Sai

In this 1st presentation of a 12-part series titled "Hawaiian Kingdom History: The Kingdom, the Church, the Land", Keanu Sai, Ph.D., shares the importance of terminology and sets a foundation for the next three presentations in the series. Is Hawaiian a nationality, which is multi-ethnic, or a native indigenous people that have been colonized by the United States?

Resources from this series: https://www.hcucc.org/hawaiian-kingdo...

About the presenter:
Keanu Sai has a Ph.D. in Political Science specializing in Hawaiian Constitutionalism and International Relations, and is a founding member of the Hawaiian Society of Law & Politics. Dr. Sai served as lead Agent for the Hawaiian Kingdom in arbitration proceedings before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, Netherlands, from November 1999-February 2001. He also served as Agent in a Complaint against the United States of America concerning the prolonged occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom, which was filed with the United Nations Security Council on July 5, 2001. His articles on the status of the Hawaiian Kingdom as an independent state, the arbitration case and the complaint filed with the United Nations Security Council have been published in the following journals: American Journal of International Law, vol. 95 (2001); Chinese Journal of International Law, vol. 2, issue 1, (2002), and the Hawaiian Journal of Law & Politics, vol. 1 (2004).

For more information about this series:
https://www.hcucc.org/single-post/haw...

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