Hawaiian Sovereignty, Process, and the 'Sacred Community'
Lynette Cruz has invited folks to sit in for the
guest speakers she has lined up this semester for her Anth 3980 "Hawaiian
Sovereignty, Process, and the 'Sacred Community'" course, including Kekuni
Blaisdell, Poka Laenui, Bumpy Kanahele, Niklaus Schweizer, and Jon Osorio. The
class is every Thursday evening, 5:15 - 8 pm. 1188 Fort St. Mall, Room 316.
See the class
schedule.
1/24 Introduction to the course; class
introductions; about the readings;
grades
1/31 Speaker: Keanu Sai on
history of the Hawaiian Kingdom; class assessment/discussion of
presentation
2/7 Speaker: Poka Laenui
on history of the sovereignty
movement
2/14 Speaker: Niklaus
Schweizer - Hawaii's place in the
world
2/21 Speaker: Jon Osorio on
Dismemberment of the Lahui
2/28 The
Akaka Bill and Federal Recognition - Mona
Bernardino
3/6 Iolani Palace walking
tour with Nalani Olds
3/13 Speaker:
Kekuni Blaisdell on health and wellbeing of land and people [to be
confirmed]
3/20 Video: TBA; journals
due
3/27 Spring
break
4/3 Poka Laenui on process for
ho`oponopono
4/10 On ceremony and
ritual for ancestral
connection
4/17 Bumpy Kanahele on
economic development in the nation: a plan for the
future
4/24 Class discussion and
review; final project
presentations
5/1 Last day of class;
final project presentations; journals due
Posted: Mon - February 4, 2008 at 05:00 PM