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Noenoe Silva
American historian
Noenoe K. Silva (born October 19, 1954)[1] is a Hawaiian author and scholar. A professor of political science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa,[2] her work has appeared in Biography, American Studies,[3] and The Contemporary Pacific.[4]
Life
Silva was born on Oʻahu and is of Kanaka Maoli[5] descent.
Noenoe k silva biography
She returned to Hawaii in 1985 after growing up in California. In 1991, she earned a bachelor's in Hawaiian language. In 1993, she completed a Master's degree in Library and Information Studies, and in 1999 earned a PhD in political science.
Work
While still a doctoral candidate, Silva was instrumental in rediscovering the Kūʻē Petitions, which had been presented to the United States government in 1897 in an attempt to halt American annexation of Hawaii.[6] The petitions formed part of the basis for her book Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonial