A Collective Memory of Injustice: Reclaiming HawaiʻI's Crown Lands Trust in Response to Judge James S. Burns
39 U. Haw. L. Rev. 481 (2017)
55 Pages Posted: 9 Dec 2019
Date Written: 2017
Abstract
This article interrogates the battle over the collective memory of injustice surrounding important events in Hawaiʻi’s history leading up to the 1893 illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and other wrongs committed against Native Hawaiians, as well as their implications for indigenous rights and justice struggles in Hawaiʻi. It underscores the importance of collective memory and addresses specific inaccuracies about Native Hawaiian entitlements to ancestral lands. It also deconstructs how Burns’ (the first article’s author) conflicting and erroneous framing of historical events undermines the legal basis for Native Hawaiian reparative action.
Keywords: Collective memory, Native Hawaiian rights, Native Hawaiian law, Indigenous rights, Indigenous law, restorative justice
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation