Abstract:This article asks what might hold together the promises of a future open to indigenous organization and self-governance in postcolonial Hawai‘i. In what ways can past violence and lingering structural inequalities be integrated into contemporary politics and law? I argue that the grand projects of recognition and apology fail to resolve historical violence in forms acceptable to many native Hawaiians because of the constraints of the legal form in both alternatives, a legality that has served as a tool of colo… Show more
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