The flag that I and so many other Hawaiians recognize as the heartbeat of who we are is never up for discussion or negotiation,” said Kumu Hina Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Council for Native ...

Hawaiian flags, signs and red Mauna Kea clothing decorated ... “I don’t speak the language but I support the culture.” Native Hawaiian demonstrators began blocking the road to the summit ...

By 1896, English had become the official language of the islands, and under the new flag, control of Hawaiian government slipped out of native hands. The established haole (non-native ...