‘We have to fight brain to brain’: The stakes for Hawaiʻi’s history, language preservation

On Jan. 17, 1893, the Hawaiian Kingdom was overthrown in a move that disregarded the rights and sovereignty of Native Hawaiians. Kumu Puakea Nogelmeier, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi translator and preservationist, has spent decades uncovering and translating Hawaiian language sources that document the period.