Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 6, 1 May 2008 — Nation magazine [ARTICLE]

Nation magazine

The illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and contemporary Native Hawaiian struggles to build a nation are topics covered in the April 28 issue of The Nation — a U.S. continentbased weekly periodical known for left-leaning poliheal stances. Noted author-journalist Elinor Langor penned the lead article, entitled "Famous Are the Flowers: Hawaiian History Then and Now," explaining that while on a family visit to Maui, she happened

to purchase the autobiography of Queen Lili'uokalani. She was astonished by its recounting of a painful Hawaiian past at odds with the coimnercial depiction of an island sun and sea paradise. Her interest piqued, she pursued research on Hawaiian culture and governance, whieh she has parlayed into other eompanion pieces about annexation and the 1993 Apology Resolution. The issue also contains an open letter from representatives of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement asking support from the American left in opposing the Akaka Bill and U.S. military base build-up in Hawai'i. This edition of The Nation perhaps marks an unprecedented look by an internationally distributed publieahon at the Kanaka Maoli drive for independence. It is rounded out by a list of "further reading and resources," reflecting diverse opinions on Hawaiian sovereignty. According to University of Hawai'i Press, The Nation is sold at Borders and ean also be found online at www.thenation.com.