BOOKS
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is a book written by Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. It was first published in 1898, five years after the overthrow of the Kingdom. In it, Liliʻuokalani gives her account of her upbringing, her accession to the throne, the overthrow of her government by pro-American forces, her appeals to the United States to restore the Hawaiian monarchy, and her arrest and trial following an unsuccessful 1895 rebellion against the Republic of Hawaiʻi.
THE DIARIES OF QUEEN LILIUOKALANI OF HAWAII, 1885–1900
Queen Liliuokalani, the eighth monarch of the Hawaiian Islands, is known and honored throughout the world, even though she was never ceremonially crowned. Published here for the first time, the Queen’s diaries, which she penned between 1885 and 1900, reveal her experience as heir apparent and monarch of the Hawaiian Islands during one of the most intense, complicated, and politically charged eras in Hawaiian history.
LILIʻUOKALANI
Lili`uokalani was the younger sister and chosen heir of Kalakaua. The last ruling monarch and only queen of the kingdom of Hawai`i, she fought unsuccessfully to maintain Hawai`i as an independent nation.
ARTICLES
MELE
Queen Liliʻuokalani was one of Hawaiʻi's most accomplished composers and musicians. Through out her life, she composed over 165 mele and oli. Below are a few of her most notable mele that are still sung and celebrated by our lāhui today.
"Pelekane" by Elizabeth Kuahaia