Sadly today was our last lecture, with Ku'uipo Losch
talking about Hawaiian Sovereignty. This topic was very
interesting. She gave three different perspectives of
Hawaiian sovereignty and nationalism. The first perspective
was about the international laws and revealed illegal things
happening in Hawaii in the late 50s. She explained the only
way to resolve this problem, would be to give Hawaii its
independence . I was surprised and shocked that would ever
happen because most people are uneducated with this topic.
Another perspective that she explained was how Hawaii was
said to be a colonized nation and therefore should have been
de-colonized post World War II. I thought that this was
interesting fact and never knew that Hawaii was ever a
colony.

This lecture was very interesting and I learned new facts that I did not know before.
After the lecture, we went on a field trip to the Polynesian
Culture Center. I found it to very fun. It reminded me of a
Hawaiian Disney world, due to the carnival like feeling. I
enjoyed the activities at the Center. My favorite one was
the throwing of the spears. Finally, the show after dinner
was amazing. I thought they were very talented how
they could play with fire as if it was water. Overall I had
a fun day. I am sad that tomorrow I will be leaving. It
feels that just a day ago I came here. I am not ready for
the cold.
Mahalo
Carly