Colonization heavily impacted gender roles within our nation. Before colonization of Hawaiʻi, men and women were nearly equals. The only real differences were when it came to eating. How men and women, each weren’t allowed to eat certain foods or eat together. Though besides that women were able to have the same occupations as men, battle in wars, be aliʻi, and many other things. After colonization though, our people were forced to assimilate to these Western masculine dominated ideals. I think it hurts our modern efforts to achieve gender equality, because the adoption of the colonizer beliefs set our people very far back. I think imperialism caused many Native Hawaiians to lose their cultural roots when it comes to our culture and language. Throughout the history of imperialism and colonialism in Hawaiʻi, we see how our people were often discouraged from taking part in cultural activities. For example, the ban on hula or expression of our religion, or the ban on ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. Those acts of discouragement still have ill-effects on our people til this day, which is quite sad. I hope one day that all Kānaka Maoli will be able to freely express themselves and indulge in cultural practices without feeling discouraged. Akana, H. (n.d.). FL Summer 20 (3) - Exploration, Exchange, Expansion, Enlightenment & Colonization - Google Slides.webm. Retrieved April 15, 2021, from https://drive.google.com/file/d/10a0GNZzoGN4TreZC_WyVQR6O2d4sVvKw/view “Brave Chick of the Week: Queen Liliuokalani.” Brave Chick, 13 Aug. 2017, bravechick.com/blog/brave-chick-of-the-week-queen-liliuokalani/.
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Slater Aiwohi-Seno
Hello! My name is Slater, I am from Kāneʻohe. I am a sophomore at Kamehameha Schools. Archives
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