About the Author

Haunani-Kay Trask, activist, author, and poet, is professor of Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai'i.

Reviews

Like Hawaii's volcano Kilauea . . . Trask sets off explosions.-- "The New York Times"

Trask's analysis . . . provides a moral and political rationale for Hawaiian self-determination and sovereignty.-- "The Honolulu Advertiser"

Impassioned and provocative. . . . A welcome addition to the growing body of literature on indigenism.-- "Publishers Weekly"

One of the strongest and most influential texts of the sovereignty movement.-- "The Nation"

This book is not for the politically squeamish. It is a blueprint for sovereignty movements that aims at fueling the collective memory of a people.-- "Pacific Affairs"