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In 2008, two attempts were made by separate groups involved in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement to occupy ʻIolani Palace, the home of the last two monarchs of the Hawaiian Kingdom in downtown Honolulu in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
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1779
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1795–1874
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1810
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1839
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1943
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1849
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1874–1893
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1875
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1887
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1893
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1893
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1893–1894
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1895
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1898
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1900
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1920
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1924
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1932
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1941
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1941
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1943–1946
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1954
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1959
Kalama Valley protests
1971
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1978
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1999
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2008
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2013
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2018
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Hawaiian sovereignty movement
The inverted Hawaiian flag represents the Hawaiian Kingdom in distress and is the main symbol of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement.
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Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
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US federal recognition of Native Hawaiians
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Chiefdom
Kingdom
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State
Historical conflicts
Hawaiian rebellions (1887–1895)
Wilcox rebellion of 1889
Leper War on Kauaʻi
Black Week (Hawaii)
1895 Wilcox rebellion
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Hawaiian Renaissance
2008 occupation of Iolani Palace
125th anniversary of the overthrow
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Aloha ʻĀina Party
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Documents and ideas
Sovereignty Restoration Day
Blount Report
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Proposed 1893 Constitution
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Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
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^Spencer, Thomas P. (1895). Kaua Kuloko 1895. Honolulu: Papapai Mahu Press Publishing Company. OCLC 19662315.
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the lowering of the Flag of Hawaii and hoisting of the "Stars and Stripes" flag of the United States over the former royal IolaniPalace in its place...
afternoon of January 16, 1893. The deposed Queen was kept in ʻIolaniPalace under house arrest. The American sailors and Marines did not enter the Palace grounds...
construction and maintenance ofIolaniPalace. The constitution stipulated that the King was required to appoint a Minister of Finance to oversee government...
with Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī in 1876 inspired by Kamehameha I. He had the aged ʻIolaniPalace rebuilt starting in 1879 and finishing in 1882. Despite early efforts...
evidence was scanty, she was found guilty and imprisoned in a room in ʻIolaniPalace for several months. Wilcox and five others were tried for treason, and...
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near IolaniPalace, it served as the chamberlain's residence in Kamehameha V's reign and was the place where Kalakaua was inaugurated as King of Hawaii...
the provisional government from the steps of the Government building.... But for the lawless occupationof Honolulu under false pretexts by the United...
others are the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla, ʻIolaniPalace and Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau. In 2022, the State of Hawaii passed a legislative bill officially...
exist. Examples include: ʻIolaniPalace and Hānaiakamalama, the former homes of the Hawaiian monarchs in Honolulu; Hulihee Palace in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii;...
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organic act enacted by the United States Congress to establish the Territory of Hawaii and to provide a Constitution and government for the territory. The...
Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom took several forms. Following the overthrow of the monarchy on January 17, 1893, Hawaii's provisional...
arrest at IolaniPalace. Advised about supposed threats to non-combatant American lives and property by the Committee, Stevens summoned a company of U.S. Marines...
previous occasions when they were landed for the purpose of drill and practice. In passing the palace on their way to the point at which they were halted,...
sovereignty to the United States was held that day on the steps of the ʻIolaniPalace in Honolulu. The Hawaiian flag was lowered and the American flag...
each of their positions; the draft for a new constitution had begun. On January 14, 1893, the Queen met with her cabinet at ʻIolaniPalace. None of her...
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