Kue Petitions: A Mau Loa Aku No

• Publisher: Kaiao Press (First printing 2020)
• Language: English
• Hardcover, 652 pages
• ISBN: 978-1-7334067-0-3
  Quarter clothbound
  Dimensions: 9 in x 12 in

In 1897–98, the Hui Hawaii Aloha Aina mounted a massive political drive, collecting more than 21,000 signatures for the Palapala Hoopii Kue Hoohuiaina, a petition against the annexation of the Kingdom of Hawaii by the United States. Submitted to the U.S. Congress, the Kue Petitions (as they are now commonly known) were successful in defeating the treaty of annexation. They fell into obscurity before re-entering the consciousness of the lahui in 1998, when scholar Noenoe K. Silva found them at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Today, the Kue Petitions are as important to the lahui as when they were originally signed. Kue Petitions: A Mau Loa Aku No features all of the petitions in brilliant full-color; compelling essays by Kanaka Maoli authors Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoole Osorio, Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, Nalani Minton, and Noenoe K. Silva; and a location-based index to help readers look up their ancestors.