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All of the examples I included here come from Eastern Polynesia, but you can find them throughout Oceania. Not everyone on the battlefield had the luxury of owning such protective armor, these were high status objects. Their manufacture involved religious specialists. In times of peace, kāʻei still held importance. They represented the social rank of their owner and owner’s lineage. And, there are accounts of them standing for something all on their own. In the backstory of Tupaia, one is stolen in the midst of civil war, and with it the right to rule. The Tupaia story helps us to understand why King Kalākaua arranged to get Līloa’s kāʻei (and other important aliʻi hulu manu) from late King Lunalilo’s ʻohana. Lunalilo was, in fact, a descendant of Līloa. #hawaiitiktok #kanakamaoli #hawaiianhistory #hawaiianculture #foryoupage

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Replying to @susansilbs The Bayonet Constitution did two things: 1) It drastically shifted power away from our monarchy, and 2) It neutralized the native vote in order to seize control of the elected government. It transferred political control to wealthy haoles by requiring either a minimum income or property ownership to vote. Scholars estimate that this alone disenfranchised 2/3 of Kānaka Maoli voters. The remainder were forced to swear allegiance to the new constitution, which worked to exclude anyone who disgreed with the changes and argued against the document’s legality. Furthermore, the constitution extended voting rights to EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NON-CITIZENS , while stripping them away from Japanese and Chinese citizens—who’d previously exercised them. Add to this, large numbers of illiterate Portuguese contract laborers being brought to the polls to vote according to the wishes of sugar plantation owners. Finally, elections took place with the foreign population well-armed, and militias hostile to the crown and the people. Even when voter participation was loosened after Annexation, we had no real way to claw back the power that was wrested away from us. We didn’t vote for this. 😒 #hawaiitiktok #kanakamaoli #hawaiianhistory #hawaiianculture #foryoupage