The Queen and I: A Story of Dispossessions and Reconnections in Hawai'i

In this exposé Sydney L. Iaukea ties personal memories to newly procured political information about Hawaìi’s crucial Territorial era. Spurred by questions surrounding intergenerational property disputes in her immediate family, she delves into Hawaìi’s historical archives. There she discovers the central role played by her great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawaìi—in particular, Curtis P. Iaukea’s trusted position with the Hawaiian Kingd...