Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the ‘āina on which Mānoa Journal resides as part of the larger territory recognized by Kānaka Maoli as their ancestral grandmother, Papahānaumoku.

We recognize that Her Majesty, Queen Lili‘uokalani, temporarily yielded the Hawaiian Kingdom and its territories under duress, and protested to the United States to avoid the bloodshed of her people. Let us further recognize that Hawai‘i remains an illegally occupied nation.

We express gratitude for generations of Kānaka Maoli and their knowledge systems that continue to shape Hawai‘i in sustainable ways and allow us to gather and create today. We seek to support the varied strategies that Kānaka Maoli are using to reclaim sovereignty over their ‘āina. We commit to working in solidarity with Kānaka Maoli by uplifting Indigenous voices of the Pacific. Mahalo nui loa.