Sep 25, 2026 · 57 min · 12 segments
In this episode of *The Control Zone,* hosts Jessica Buxbaum and Kellie Kuenzle continue their conversation on the US occupation of Hawai'i, speaking with Dr. Uahikea Maile, an assistant professor in…
Uahikea MaileGuest
Jessica BuxbaumHost
Kellie KuenzleHost
And I think that the unresolved issues around Hawaiian sovereignty will only... continue to propagate additional struggles that the U.S. military has with Native Hawaiians, that the state has with coalitions of Native Hawaiians and environmentalists and settler allies, the fundamental kind of foundational struggles discontinuity is the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom, the dispossession of its lands, the displacement of native Hawaiians and non-native Hawaiians during the territorial and into the statehood period, the birth of militarism in the islands.
All of this can be read through a lens of colonialism and occupation, but also Hawaiian sovereignty.
And the attempts by people today to exercise, to perform, to articulate Hawaiian sovereignty are relevant.
And on the other hand, that our issues in Hawaii, politically, economically, legally, socially, all of these different kinds of issues, this constellation of issues that affect everyone, has a bearing on Hawaiian sovereignty.
In other words, we can think, struggle, and fight for a better way of life in Hawaii and elsewhere, and do so by considering the role that colonialism and military occupation play, and also the role that Hawaiian sovereignty plays in that as well.
And I think that the unresolved issues around Hawaiian sovereignty will only... continue to propagate additional struggles that the U.S. military has with Native Hawaiians, that the state has with coalitions of Native Hawaiians and environmentalists and settler allies, the fundamental kind of foundational struggles discontinuity is the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom, the dispossession of its lands, the displacement of native Hawaiians and non-native Hawaiians during the territorial and into the statehood period, the birth of militarism in the islands.
All of this can be read through a lens of colonialism and occupation, but also Hawaiian sovereignty.
And the attempts by people today to exercise, to perform, to articulate Hawaiian sovereignty are relevant.
And on the other hand, that our issues in Hawaii, politically, economically, legally, socially, all of these different kinds of issues, this constellation of issues that affect everyone, has a bearing on Hawaiian sovereignty.
In other words, we can think, struggle, and fight for a better way of life in Hawaii and elsewhere, and do so by considering the role that colonialism and military occupation play, and also the role that Hawaiian sovereignty plays in that as well.
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