Facing the Spears of Change : : The Life and Legacy of John Papa `Ī`ī / / Marie Alohalani Brown.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Brown, Marie Alohalani,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Indigenous Pacifics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 22 b&w illustrations

Facing the Spears of Change takes a close look at the extraordinary life of John Papa `Ī`ī. Over the years, `Ī`ī faced many personal and political changes and challenges in rapid succession, which he skillfully parried or seized, then used to fend off other attacks. He began serving in the household of Kamehameha I as an attendant in 1810, at the age of ten, and became highly familiar with the inner workings of the royal household. His early service took place in a time when ali`i nui (the highest-ranking Hawaiians) were considered divine and surrounded with strict kapu (sacred prohibitions); breaking a kapu pertaining to an ali`i meant death for the transgressor. He went on to become an influential statesman, privy to the shifting modes of governance adopted by the Hawaiian kingdom. `Ī`ī's intelligence and his good standing with those he served resulted in a great degree of influence within the Hawaiian government, with his fellow Hawaiians, and with the missionaries residing in the Hawaiian Islands. As a privileged spectator and key participant, his published accounts of ali`i and his insights into early nineteenth-century Hawaiian cultural-religious practices are unsurpassed.In this groundbreaking work, Marie Alohalani Brown offers an elegantly written and compelling portrait of an important historical figure in nineteenth-century Hawai`i. Brown's extensive archival research using Hawaiian and English language primary sources from the 1800s allows access to information which would be otherwise unknown but to a very small circle of researchers.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- He 'Ōlelo Wehewehe: An Explanation for Readers -- Timeline -- Ho'olauna: Introduction -- 1. Puka a Mohala ka Pua-The Child Appears and Blossoms: 'Ī'ī's Life from 1800 to 1824 -- 2. He Huliau, He Au Hou-A Time of Change, A New Era: 'Ī'ī's Life from 1825 to 1839 -- 3. Pua ka Loea Kālaiaupuni-A Statesman Emerges: 'Ī'ī's Life from 1840 to 1854 -- 4. Kau mai ka Mōlehulehu-Twilight Descends: 'Ī'ī's Life from 1855 to 1868 -- 5. Ka Pale 'ana i nā Ihe Hope Loa-Parrying the Last Spears -- Epilogue: He Kānaenae no Ioane Kaneiakama Papa 'Ī'ī-Words in Praise of John Kaneiakama Papa 'Ī'ī -- Appendix: John Papa 'Ī'ī's Newspaper Contributions -- Notes -- Works Consulted -- Index