Air Date 3/4/2023
Today, we tell a story of colonialism, dispossession and cultural renaissance as a lens through which to understand alienation, a primary condition of modernity
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: The annexation of Hawaii
The dark history of the overthrow of Hawaii - TED-Ed - Air Date 2-17-22
U.S. Apology Bill to Hawaiian People - EarthWorldSolutions - Air Date 11-02-12
Ch. 2: Scottish clearances and economic displacement
The Highland Clearances of Scotland - Pilgrim Kat - Air Date 1-22-23
Why Can’t Hawaiians Afford To Live In Hawaii? - AJ+ - Air Date 1-20-22
Ch. 3: White people, Indians and Highlanders
White People, Indians, and Highlanders: Tribal People and Colonial Encounters in Scotland and America (Affiliate link)
Ch. 4: Cultural and linguistic erasure
The Banning of the Hawaiian Language - Noʻeau Woo-O'Brien - Air Date 12-07-19
Aloha Aina - Indigenous Life in Hawaii - Captain Potter - Air Date 11-26-21
Two Worlds - weRnative - Air Date 11-22-19
Ch. 5: Red Power, the American Indian Movement and the Siege of Wounded Knee
What is the Red Power Movement? - Fusion - Air Date 6-2-17
Wounded Knee siege - Witness History - Air Date 2-27-23
Ojibwe Author David Treuer on Retelling the History of “Indian Life Rather Than Indian Death” - Democracy Now! - Air Date 2-22-19
Ch. 6: Cultural renaissance of Hokulea
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder - OiwiTV - Air Date 4-14-17
Ch. 7: Cultural renaissance of GalGael
Birdman of Pollok/Curaidh na Coille - BBC - Air Date 12-28-19
The Highland Clearances of Scotland - Pilgrim Kat - Air Date 1-22-23
The Fight To Take Back Hawaii - Foreign Correspondent - Air Date 5-11-22
Hawaiian Language Ban - Barry Shell - Air Date 5-17-08
Ch. 8: re-Indigenization in Scotland
Alastair McIntosh - The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - Air Date 1-3-23
Ch. 9: Connecting with Aina in Hawaii
Aloha Aina - Indigenous Life in Hawaii - Captain Potter - Air Date 11-26-21
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 10: Final comments on the single story of the values that drove colonialism and continue to shape our world
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Description: The words “exist & resist & indigenize & decolonize” on top of each other in white, lowercase letters on a black background.
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