Heroes of Hawaii

Senator Alice Kamokilaikawai Campbell was a notable force in Hawai‘i and the strongest Hawaiian opponent of statehood. In these difficult territorial years, Kamokila's actions continued to breathe life in the spirit of aloha ‘āina. Her statements against statehood would foretell Kanaka voices today seeking greater rights and autonomy for Kanaka Maoli who -- through historical injustices -- have been forced to live in the construct of the State of Hawai‘i and the United States.

Kamokila Campbell served as a territorial senator representing Maui County from 1942 – 1946, and became Democratic national committeewoman.

In January 1948, Campbell filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Hawaiʻi Statehood Commission's financing (Campbell v. Stainback et al.).[8] The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled unanimously in her favor saying that public funds could not be used for lobbying and publicity for statehood.

Her political career suffered because of her outspoken criticism of the powerful corporations of the Big Five. She unsuccessfully ran for reelection in 1948, 1954, and 1958. In February 1960 Campbell reported to the Hawaiʻi State Senate that Pele had appeared to her in a vision, and that the goddess had asked, "Now that we are at the crisis of our destiny are we to fall into oblivion?"; the remarks were entered into the official Hawaiʻi State Senate record.

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Abigail Kuaihelani Maipinepine Bright was born on August 22, 1858, on Lahaina, Maui.

After the 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Abigail Campbell and Emma Nāwahī, wife of Joseph Nāwahī, became leaders of the Hawaiian native movement for protesting the takeover, called Hui Hawaiʻi Aloha ʻĀina o Na Wahine (Hawaiian Women's Patriot League). She became the second president of the organization. The Hui Aloha Aina o Na Wahine was instrumental in gathering signatures for the anti-annexation petitions (also known as the the 1897 Kūʻē Petitions).

On October 30, 1877, she married Scotch-Irish American businessman James Campbell (1826–1900), who became one of the largest landowners in the islands.

Two years after James died in 1900, she married Samuel Parker of the Parker Ranch in Waimea, Hawaiʻi while her daughter, also named Abigail, married Prince David Kawananakoa.

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Emilie Kekāuluohi Widemann Macfarlane is a Native Hawaiian activist and civic organizer during the late 19th and early 20th centuries She is known for her charitable work and civic involvement in Honolulu, including women's suffrage, public health, education, and the preservation of Hawaii's historical legacy.

In 1893, shortly after the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Macfarlane was elected the first president of Hui Aloha ʻĀina for Women, an organization formed in opposition to the deposition of Queen Liliʻuokalani and efforts to annex the islands to the United States.

In 1895, she co-founded the Hawaiian Relief Society to assist the victims of a cholera epidemic in Honolulu. After Hawaii's annexation to the United States in 1898, Macfarlane led knitting circles for Hawaiian servicemen during World War I and supported her sister Wilhelmine Dowsett's campaign for women's suffrage in the Territory of Hawaii.

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Loyal Garner started releasing music in her early 30's, little did she realize how popular she would become. Her love of jazz, soul, and rhythm and blues would help her develop her style of music, a combination of Hawaiian and pop, appealing for those who wanted Hawaiiana but accessible for those who wanted a contemporary sound.

Her first hint of success was being a co-writer of "Chotto Matte Kudasai" in 1970, which became favored not only by translated Japanese residents throughout Hawai'i, but the Japanese throughout parts of the United States as well as in Japan. Popularity with her compositions lead her to being signed by Hula Records, where she would record and release her debut album, LADY OF LOVE, which immediately became one of her nicknames. She would have a surprise hit in 1981 with "Shave Ice", a soulful dance song that was a combination of Cheryl Lynn's "Got To Be Real" and Teena Marie's 'Square Biz". She appeared on a national Jim Nabors Christmas special and continued recording and performing, including becoming a part of Local Divas, a Hawaiian supergroup featuring Nohelani Cypriano, Melveen Leed, and Carole Kai.

During her career, she won two Na Hoku Hanohano awards for best female vocalist of the year. Additionally Garner won a posthumous Na Hoku Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.

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Richard Hiram Jensen is a native Hawaiian athletic song stylist whose "white hot soul" electrified audiences.
A graduate of Farrington High School, he first used the stage name Lance Curtis. He was a main showroom caliber draw who filled rooms at the Outrigger Waikiki, the Oceania Floating Restaurant, Hilton Hawaiian Dome, Reef Towers Polynesian Palace and the Hula Hut.

By 1968, this one-time opening act for the Rolling Stones had become an international performer, signing with Don Costa Productions and began performing at the El Quid in Mexico City. He often divided his career between the islands and Las Vegas, Nevada. Jensen earned the sobriquet "The Giant" because of his tall stature, but he had a talent to match that nickname. His vocal stylings came deep from his Hawaiian soul, as he danced around the stage. Some have compared seeing his physicality on stage to watching the seemingly effortless glide of a professional ice skater. In 1970, he was appearing at the Century Plaza in New York City, in his debut of that city. In 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973, he appeared at the Copacabana in New York, aptly being compared to James Brown, the superstar most analogous to Jensen's onstage style.

He branched out into acting with guest starring roles on popular television shows. In 1982, he appeared on The Mike Douglas Show when it was broadcast from Hawaii.
In his later years, Jensen became a evangelical Christian minister.

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Richardson was born in Honolulu and is the son of Wilfred Kelelani Kānekoa Alapaʻi Richardson and Amy Lan Kyau Wung.

Richardson was the Chief Clerk for the Senate of the Territory of Hawaii during the 1955 and 1957 terms. He chaired the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 1956 until 1962 and oversaw its transition from a territorial to a state party. Richardson attended the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions as a delegate representing Hawaii. In 1962, he successfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii as a Democrat. At the end of serving a single term, Governor John A. Burns nominated Richardson as the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii. The Senate confirmed him, and Richardson served as the Chief Justice from the end of 1966 until 1982.

After retiring from the Chief Justice position, the Hawaii State Supreme Court appointed Richardson as a trustee of the Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate, a position he held from 1983 until 1992.

Before his retirement from the bar, Richardson was honored with the naming of the state's only law school in his honor. The William S. Richardson School of Law was his crowning achievement, as he fought for its establishment for decades.

Wilfrid “Moe” Nalani Keale is a Niihau native. He primarily had roles in movies and TV series that took place in the islands, including many appearances on Hawaii Five-O, where he had a recurring part as Truck Kealoha in the show's final season. He also appeared as Officer O'Shaughnessy in the Hawaiian-based NBC sitcom, The Brian Keith Show.

He was a beachboy, musician and singer, part-time electrician, and radio deejay, as well as an actor. His first paid musical gig with his group the Four K's was at the Waikiki Tavern circa 1958, followed by the Tropical Club in Kailua-Kona. In 1964, he worked with the Puka Puka Otea Tahitian Show at Queen's Surf. He was recruited for a New York city gig when he was seen at a beach doing high dives off a simulated waterfall. His most noted role as Truck on Hawaii Five-O came as a result of his working as an electrician on the set.

Keale and Eddie K**ae struck up a musical partnership that led to Moe becoming part of the Sons of Hawaii in 1969, and he remained with the group until 1977. He then went on to make three solo albums South Sea Island Magic, Aloha Is A Part of Me, A Part of You, and Imagine. He was a deejay on KCCN in the 1980s.

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Charles Keonaonalaulani Llewellyn Davis (September 17, 1925 – October 31, 1991) was a Native Hawaiian opera singer and musician. He was a child prodigy, raised on a sugar cane plantation, and a direct descendant of John Papa ʻĪʻī, personal attendant to Lunalilo. Trained as an opera singer, he vocalized in both tenor and baritone ranges. He and actor James Shigeta briefly toured as a nightclub act. Versatile with a variety of vocal forms, and a multi-linguist, he sang the music of Cole Porter at the Hollywood Bowl, and presented a concert in honor of Kamehameha Day at Carnegie Hall. Davis performed with the Opera Company of Boston during a White House engagement, and was a nightclub performer in Hawaii. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts, and was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame.

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Mark Prever Robinson was a Hawaiian business magnate and politician. He was born to British immigrant John James Robinson and Rebecca Prever, a descendant of Hawaiian chiefess K**akana.

He partnered with Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, S. C. Allen, James Bicknell Castle, Robert Lewers and John H. Paty in 1889 to establish the Oahu Railway and Land Company. Robinson was the rail company's first treasurer, and one of its steady customers in shipping produce from his banana plantation to buyers. During the 1900 Bubonic Plague epidemic, much of Honolulu's Chinatown was destroyed by fires that were ignited by the Territory of Hawaii Board of Health in an attempt to eradicate the source of the plague. The immediate resulting damage claims overwhelmed the territorial government's ability to reimburse property owners. Pending funding from the United States government, Robinson was one of several business owners who advanced money to the territorial government for claims settlements.

Robinson was a member of the House of Nobles of the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Special Session of November 3, 1887 – May 28, 1888, Special Session of May 29 – September 11, 1888, and the 1892 Legislative Session of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Although a supporter of the monarchy, Robinson took exception with the Walter M. Gibson cabinet expenditures and schemes during the reign of King Kalākaua. He became a member of the Committee of Safety that drafted the Bayonet Constitution of 1887 which codified the legislature as the supreme authority over any actions by the monarchy.[6] During the reign of Queen Liliʻuokalani, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 8, 1892 to January 12, 1893 under the George Norton Wilcox cabinet which had political inclination toward the Reform Party. This cabinet was ousted by the legislature and he was replaced by the queen with Samuel Parker, shortly before the 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii on January 17.

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Malia Kawaiho’ouluoha’ao was born June, 1927 in Ho'okena, Kona and was raised by her grandparents, Manu and Malia K**a.

She would tell stories about how sometimes her kupuna would wake her up early in the morning and she would be going to do ho oponopono. So Aunty Malia did embrace her role of seeking out and sharing her knowledge.

She did what most kupuna would tell you, "just don't sit on your knowledge, share it with others." And Aunty became our community's resource for the traditional conflict resolution process of ho'oponopono. She brought Hawaiian culture to a level of reality; it wasn't something that was kind of esoteric.

It had relevance to how you treated people, how you treated your family, how you treated the land. Aunty worked with numerous keiki and ohana during her 30 years with the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center.
She saw so many of them become successful in what they were trying to achieve. If not for her and that support in the earlier times, maybe they would be on a different path. Aunty lived up to one of her constant sayings.

Aunty always says, "leave a legacy." Aunty touched many and she and her contributions will never be forgotten

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James Young Kānehoa was born August 7, 1797 at Kawaihae, Hawaii. His father was John Young who was the British advisor of Kamehameha I. Kānehoa was Young's second son by his first wife, the chiefess Namokuelua.

Kānehoa was entrusted with the official letters of introduction and served as translator. Kamehameha II, his queen and three other chiefs contracted the measles and died abroad. He survived and interpreted for High Chief Boki, the new leader of the royal party, when he met King George IV. Kānehoa accompanied the bodies of his king and queen back to Honolulu aboard HMS Blonde in 1825.

He served as a member of the House of Nobles during Kamehameha III's reign from 1845 to 1851. From 1846 he was a member of the first Board of Land Commissioners under Kamehameha III. Other members were William Richards, John Ricord, John Papa ʻĪʻī, and Zorobabela Kaʻauwai. Their duties were to settle or quiet land claims during the Great Mahele. He also was the governor of Maui 1842–1851when he had to deal with a smallpox epidemic.

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In the election of 1892, Sam Pua ran as candidate for the newly created National Liberal party, for a seat in the House of Representatives of the Legislature for the fifth Ward of Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. He defeated Independent candidate S. Paaluhi, National Reformer J. Kahoonei and Native Sons of Hawaii candidate William Charles Achi for this seat in the House of Representatives. The Liberal party advocated for a constitutional convention to draft a new constitution to replace the unpopular Bayonet Constitution. However, the party was divided between radicals and more conciliatory groups. His father David William Pua also served on the same legislature in the House of Nobles

Following the proroguing of the legislature and the unsuccessful attempts of the queen to promulgate a new constitution, the monarchy was overthrow on January 17, 1893. After a brief transition under the Provisional Government, the oligarchical Republic of Hawaii was established on July 4, 1894. During this period, the de facto government, which was composed largely of residents of American and European ancestry, sought to annex the islands to the United States against the wish of the Native Hawaiians who wanted to remain an independent nation and for the monarchy to continue. Pua and his father actively protest against the new de facto government. His father was a member of Hui Aloha ʻĀina (Hawaiian Patriotic League).

During the 1895 Counter-revolution in Hawaii, Pua helped transport weapons to the Royalists and commanded a squad of men during the fighting. The rebellion led by Robert William Wilcox was aimed at overthrowing the Republic and reinstating the queen. Pua was arrested on January 11 along with many other Royalists and during the trial, he was described as "the long-hair rebel" because his hair was kept uncut during his imprisonment. He was sentenced to five years in prison and to pay $5000 in fine, although President Sanford B. Dole would issue full pardons for all the rebels in 1896.

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