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  Kamehameha I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kamehameha, also known as Kamehameha I and Kamehameha the Great (circa 1758-1819), unified the Hawaiian Islands in battle and formally established the Kingdom of Hawai‘i in 1810.
A skilled diplomat, Kamehameha developed friendships with the major colonial powers in the Pacific resulting in the preservation of independence, as well as a guarantee of peace and prosperity of the kingdom, for future generations of native Hawaiians.
Kamehameha is most noted for his vehement defense of traditional Hawaiian values and the kapu system of law and religion.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kamehameha_I   (1719 words)

  
 Kamehameha V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kamehameha V was the last monarch of the House of Kamehameha.
Kamehameha V — born as Lot Kapuiwa — reigned as monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1863 to 1872.
Kamehameha passed on those suggestions and before it could be brought up again, he died while the preparations for his birthday celebration were underway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kamehameha_V   (612 words)

  
 House of Kamehameha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The House of Kamehameha, or the Kamehameha Dynasty, was the reigning family of the Kingdom of Hawai'i between the unification of the islands by Kamehameha the Great in 1810 and the death of Kamehameha V in 1872.
The House of Kamehameha also is responsible for maintaining and preserving the sovereignty and independence of the Kingdom of Hawai'i from the encroachment of European colonial powers in the Pacific Ocean.
Prince Kalaimamahu, whose last surviving descendant was King Charles Lunalilo, successor of Kamehameha V and predecessor of king Kalakaua.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Kamehameha   (268 words)

  
 Lunalilo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William Charles Lunalilo, a minor member of the House of Kamehameha, was elected King of Hawai'i upon the death of his cousin, Kamehameha V. Lunalilo — born as William C. Lunalilo (January 31, 1835 - February 3, 1874) — was king of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i from January 8, 1873 until February 3, 1874.
King Kamehameha V, the last monarch of the House of Kamehameha, died on December 11, 1872 without naming a successor to the throne.
His predecessor, Kamehameha V, had spent his reign increasing the powers of his office and trying to restore the absolute monarchy that had existed during the reign of his grandfather, Kamehameha I. Lunalilo, however, spent his reign trying to make the Hawaiian government more democratic.
www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lunalilo   (1091 words)

  
 Kingdom of Hawaii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kamehameha failed to secure a victory in Kaua‘i, his effort hampered by a storm.
It wasn't until the reign of Kamehameha III that a capital was established in Honolulu on the Island of O‘ahu.
By the time Kamehameha V was king, he saw the need to build a royal palace fitting of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i's new found prosperity and standing with the royals of other nations.
www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kingdom_of_Hawaii   (1555 words)

  
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Kamehameha officials had been preparing for and expecting a lawsuit, she said, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Big Island rancher Freddy Rice against the state in a challenge of Native Hawaiian-only voting and candidacy for state Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee elections.
Kamehameha Schools, scheduled for a federal-court hearing on O‘ahu Monday, Nov. 17, seeks the same ends as the Mohica-Cummings suit, filed by the same Honolulu attorneys representing Mohica-Cummings, on behalf of an unnamed boy claiming he was denied admission to Kamehameha because he is not Native Hawaiian.
Kamehameha officials see some 80 separate bills related to Native Hawaiians passed by the U.S. Congress, including last year's Native Hawaiian Education Act, as proof that educational programs aimed at assisting Native Hawaiians are needed, and that the schools' preference helps fulfill that need, she said.
www.kauaiworld.com /articles/2003/10/27/news/news02.prt   (894 words)

  
 Holidays & Festivals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kamehameha V designated June 11 as a public holiday to honor the memory of his great-grandfather who was the first ruler of the United Hawaiian Islands.
Kamehameha ("The Lonely One") was born between 1736 and 1758 in Kohala on the island of Hawaii.
Kekuiapoiwa, Kamehameha's mother, was the daughter of a chief from Kona.
home.hawaii.rr.com /hawaiianweb/holiday04.html   (423 words)

  
 National Indian Law Library, Indian Law Bulletins, Unreported Case, Doe v. Kamehameha Schools / Bernice Pauahi Bishop ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It concerns the Kamehameha Schools, which was founded under a "charitable testamentary Trust established by the last direct descendant of Hawaii's King Kamehameha I, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, who left her property in trust for a school dedicated to the education and upbringing of Native Hawaiians." Burgert v.
At present, Kamehameha Schools aims to redress the under-representation of Native Hawaiians in contemporary society, thereby remedying the continuing effects of marginalization and the impact of western civilization.
Kamehameha Schools' "policy on admissions is to give preference to children of Hawaiian ancestry to the extent permitted by law." (Declaration of Teresa Makuakane-Drechsel ("Makuakane-Drechsel Decl.") ¶ 3), in (Defendants' CSMF).
www.narf.org /nill/bulletins/dct/archives/unreported/doe.html   (9359 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - The History of Hawaii - Hawaiian Royalty
Kamehameha IV's successor was his older brother Lot, who reigned as King Kamehameha V. He replaced the constitution with one that gave him more power, improved the balance of trade in Hawaii, and increased foreigners' power.
Kamehameha V tried to name Princess Bernice as his successor, but she didn't want to be queen.
Kamehameha III: Kauikeaouli by Jean I. Cachola and Robin Yoko Burningham.
www.royalty.nu /America/Hawaii.html   (3175 words)

  
 NATIVE HAWAIIAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Kamehameha Schools, the court, sitting in Hawai'i, will be asked to decide whether this private school dedicated to the education of indigenous Hawaiians "discriminates" against non-Hawaiians in violation of federal civil-rights law.
The Kamehameha Schools were created in 1883, 15 years before the United States annexed Hawai'i, by the private trust of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last direct descendant of Hawai'i's first king.
The same pattern could be replicated in the Kamehameha Schools case unless the schools' advocates convince the appeals court to tell the real story of Hawaiian justice claims.
www.hawaiianbar.org /NHBA_events.html   (2063 words)

  
 Culture distinguishes Kamehameha holiday - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Kamehameha Day, the only royal holiday established during the Hawaiian monarchy and celebrated continually ever since, is one of Hawai'i's proud and unbroken links to its past.
It was established in 1871 by the last of the dynasty, Kamehameha V, in honor of his great-grandfather.
Kamehameha the Great, the warrior chief who unified the Islands into a single kingdom, was known for his military and political ambitions but also for a willingness to introduce Hawai'i to new ideas and, for good or ill, to international alliances.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Jun/11/op/op01p.html   (252 words)

  
 King Kamehameha Celebration
Kamehameha the Great was born somewhere between 1748 and 1761 in North Kohala on the island of Hawaii.
Although the exact date is unknown, by royal Proclamation in 1871 of King Kamehameha V in honor of his grandfather, June 11 of each year was designated as a holiday to honor the life and times of Hawai`i's greatest statesman, warrior and king.
A contemporary of Napoleon and George Washington, Kamehameha I accomplished all that he did without the aid of a written language and while the religion of the Hawaiian islands was still that of ancient Polynesia.
www.loc.gov /bicentennial/propage/HI/hi_s_akaka1.html   (412 words)

  
 Kamehameha School Racially Exclusionary Admission Policy, and Tax-Exempt Status, in View of Rice v. Cayetano
Kamehameha Schools, formerly known as Bishop Estate, has assets somewhere between $6-15 Billion, and is the largest private landowner in Hawai'i.
The federal lawsuits — filed on behalf of Brayden Mohica-Cummings, a non-Hawaiian Kamehameha seventh-grader; and another, unnamed student — contend that admission is a contract between parents and the school and base their claim that the policy violates a post-Civil-War law banning racial exclusion in contracts.
Kamehameha zealously maintained its admissions policy, "adjusting" its admissions standards and doing outreach to the ethnic Hawaiian community to make sure there would be enough eligible ethnic Hawaiian applicants to fill all available slots and to make sure the applications were carefully scrutinized for proof of native ancestry.
www.angelfire.com /hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/kamschool.html   (2242 words)

  
 Kamehameha, OHA cases insult ideal of justice
In two cases challenging the Kamehameha Schools admissions policy and in a case challenging the validity of the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Department of Hawaiian Homelands, plaintiffs asked the court to make a definitive statement that Native Hawaiians constitute a purely racial classification.
Kamehameha Schools, federal Judge Alan Kay recognized that the case "involves exceptionally unique circumstances" and acknowledged that "from a historic perspective it should be remembered that the Kamehameha Schools was established...
Kamehameha's admissions policy seeks to remedy this longstanding injustice through the education of Native Hawaiians.
www.moolelo.com /ks-insult-justice.html   (886 words)

  
 The Honolulu Advertiser | Local News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
No one knows for sure when Kamehameha was born, she said, and he died on May 8, 1819.
It was Kamehameha V who selected the date in 1871 to honor his late grandfather with a holiday.
Kamehameha Day was celebrated with horse races until 1911, when Allen said a "cruel Legislature" tore down the walls to the Jockey Club, which ran the races.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2000/Jun/12/localnews13.html   (283 words)

  
 Our Ali'i Heritage
He was the father of Kamehameha II (Liholiho 'Iolani) and Kamehameha III (Kauikeaouli), and grandfather of Kamehameha IV (Alexander Liholiho) and Kamehameha V (Lot Kapuaiwa).
David Kalakaua (1836-1891) was a descendent of ali'i (nobles) of Hawai'i Island, and candidate for the crown at the death of Kamehameha V in 1872.
As such, she was the last of the Kamehameha dynasty and in line for the Hawaiian throne.
hml.org /mmhc/exhibits/alii   (930 words)

  
 HawaiianSon's Blurty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
From the time of Kamehameha II through Kamehameha V, the position of Kuhina Nui (Premier) was crucial to the Kingdom in that, in the death of the Monarch, the Kuhina Nui was responsible for the Kingdom.
Kamehameha V interpreted this important provision to mean that the Monarch has the complete power to change the Constitution if he disapproves of it.
Kamehameha V, artfully used what he considered to be flaws (Articles 45 and 94) in the existing 1852 Constitution to create the Constitution of 1864 without those same flaws and giving more political power to both the House of Nobles and the House of Representatives.
www.blurty.com /users/hawaiianson   (10919 words)

  
 Princess Victoria Kaiulani
The short-lived Kalakaua dynasty came to power when the almight Kamehameha dynasty ended with King Kamehameha V. The Kamehameha dynasty had risen in the late 1700's when a young boy was born under a bright star that foretold a fate that said anyone born under the star would become a great conqueror.
Kamehameha also saw to it that the kapu, taboo, laws of the ancient Hawai'ians be banned.
After Kamehameha died in 1819, his son, Liholiho ascended to the throne as King Kamehameha II, though undisputably his mother, Queen Kaahumanu, was the true power on the Hawai'ian throne.
kaiulani.freeservers.com   (2355 words)

  
 1987 Historic Sites Calendar, The Kamehameha Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kamehameha I's two symbols of power were his war god Kuka`ilimoku and his ahu`ula, or feathered cape.
Established by Kamehameha I in 1795, the Kamehameha Dynasty's five kings ruled the Hawaiian islands until the death of Kamehameha V in 1872.
Kamehameha I's greatest achievement was his unification of all the chiefdoms of Hawai`i into one kingdom under his rule.
www.state.hi.us /dlnr/hpd/hpcal87.htm   (419 words)

  
 Hawaiian Kingdom Arbitration - Re-establishing the Hawaiian Government
Upon the death of King Kamehameha I, his son King Kamehameha II was successor to the throne and ruled the Hawaiian Islands from May 8, 1819 to July 1824 when he died of measles in London.
His Majesty King Kamehameha III, the second son of His Majesty King Kamehameha I, was successor to the throne upon the death of his older brother in July 1824.
As a consequence to the passing of the late King, the Legislative Assembly readied itself to exercise the constitutional authority it possessed to elect, by ballot, a native Chief to be the Constitutional Monarch.
www.alohaquest.com /arbitration/constitutional_government.htm   (2655 words)

  
 Who Was King Kamehameha? A Warrior, A Leader, A Chosen One, A King.
Established in 1871 by Kamehameha V, June 11th was a day designated for the remembrance and honoring of Hawaii's greatest leader.
It is estimated that Kamehameha the Great was born somewhere between 1748 and 1768 in North Kohala on the island of Hawaii.
Hawaiians believe Kamehameha's birth fulfilled the prophecy that foretold of the birth of a male child who would rise to power and become a mighty conquerer and ruler of all the Hawaiian islands.
www.urbanmozaik.com /2001.sept_issue/sept01_fea_kamehameha.html   (1160 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Kamehameha (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Kamehameha I (Kamehameha the Great), c.1738–1819, was king of the island of Hawaii after 1790.
American traders entered the islands in large numbers, and there was a growing danger of filibustering expeditions and even annexation from the United States.
When his brother, Kamehameha V, 1831–72, became (1863) king, he tried to restore the old tribal ways.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Kamehame.html   (414 words)

  
 Kamehameha on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kamehameha I (Kamehameha the Great), c.1738-1819, was king of the island of Hawaii after 1790.
Kamehameha's Coast on the Big Island, you can follow the historic footsteps of Hawaii's legendary ruler...
North Kohala on the island of Hawaii is believed to be the birthplace of King Kamehameha I. This is a 2001 file photo.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/k/kamehame.asp   (658 words)

  
 King Kamehameha I, Kamehameha the Great
This official holiday was established in 1871 by King Kamehameha V to honor his grandfather, Kamehameha I. The celebration begins with a parade of floral floats, costumed riders on horseback, and marching bands that begins in downtown Honolulu and ends in Waikiki.
Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great or Pai'ea Kamehameha, was born in North Kohala on the island of Hawai'i, sometime between 1748 and 1761.
The original statue was later recovered from the shipwreck and installed near Kamehameha's birthplace, in Kohala on the island of Hawai'i.
www.tammyyee.com /tt-kamehameha.html   (753 words)

  
 Kamehameha the Great Crossword   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Englishman Isaac _________ later became a trusted advisor to Kamehameha I. Kamehameha V, who was the ____________ of Kamehameha I, established King Kamehameha Day in 1871.
Kamehameha I was born in ____________, on the island of Hawaii.
The name of the star, meaning "little blood," that appeared in the sky when Kamehameha was born.
www.tammyyee.com /puzzle.html   (118 words)

  
 Kamehameha V (from Kamehameha, kings of Hawaii) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
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As Kamehameha IV, he strove to curb the political power of the American Protestant missionaries in the Hawaiian Islands.
The conqueror and king who united all the Hawaiian Islands under his rule is Kamehameha I. Also known as Kamehameha the Great, he was the first of five rulers of Hawaii in the Kamehameha dynasty.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-203350?tocId=203350&ct=   (717 words)

  
 Kamehameha Schools - Doe v. Kamehameha Schools
The Board of Trustees and the acting CEO of Kamehameha Schools have defended the schools’ policy of offering admissions preference to the applicants of Hawaiian ancestry as an issue of social justice.
They have explained how their mission to improve the capability and well-being of Hawaiians through education lifts society as a whole, and have declared that the work must continue until Hawaiian well-being is fully restored.
I look forward to the fruits of Kamehameha Schools’ efforts when it educated and develops good Hawaiian role models so that succeeding generations need not be reminded of failures but inspired by successes.
www.ksbe.edu /lawsuit_support1.php   (439 words)

  
 Sovereign Stories: In the Courts
Kamehameha Schools, which challenges the Schools' admission policy that gives preference to Hawaiians.
Kamehameha Schools was established by Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, ".the great-granddaugther and last royal descendant of Kamehameha the Great." In 1883, the Princess established a will dedicating a major portion of her estate to the ".
On November 28, 2003, the Kamehameha Schools’ Board of Trustees announced a settlement that would allow Brayden Mohica-Cummings to attend the Schools through graduation in exchange for the plaintiff’s dropping the lawsuit.
www.sovereignstories.org /courts.htm   (2364 words)

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