Sovereignty & Independence
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Below, find a few examples of subject headings that may relate to your research topic. You can copy and paste into the "Browse by Subject" option available in the menu bar at the top of LibCat. (Replace Place with a broad place description, e.g., Hawaiʻi, Oceania, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, etc.)
- People — Ethnic identity.
- People — Government relations.
- People — Politics and government.
- People — Land tenure.
- Indigenous peoples — Ethnic identity.
- Indigenous peoples — Legal status, laws, etc.
- Sovereignty.
- Nationalism] — Place
- Self-determination, National Place
- National liberation movements — Pacific Area.
- Pacific Area--Foreign relations — United States.
- Autonomy and independence movements.
- Place — History — Autonomy and independence movements
- _Place — _ Cultural policy.
- Biculturalism Place
- International law.
- Imperialism — History — 20th century.
- United States — Relations — Place
Samples of Audiovisual Materials
- Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation by Puhipau and Joan Lander
- Publication Date: 1993
- Lance Larsen vs The Hawaiian Kingdom, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, Netherlands. by Lance Larsen
- Call Number:
MULTIMEDIA DZ7 - Publication Date: 2003
- Hawaiian Kingdom Law: A Presentation by David Keanu Sai
- Call Number:
DVD DZ76 - Publication Date: 1998
- Nation Within: The Annexation of Hawaiʻi by the United States by Tom Coffman (Producer), Joy Chong-Stannard (Director)
- Call Number:
VIDEOTAPE DZ192 - Publication Date: 1998
- Hawaiian Self-determination: Sovereignty
- Publication Date: 2014
- Kuʻe: Na Leo Kuʻokoʻa
- Publication Date: 2013
- A Call for Hawaiian Sovereignty: Na Kane o Ka Malo
- Publication Date: 2012
- Sovereignty Hawaiʻi
- Call Number:
VIDEOTAPE DZ161 - Publication Date: 1994
- Private Property vs. Native Hawaiian Rights.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Mililani Trask
- Publication Date: 2014
- Interpretations of Hawaiian History
- Publication Date: 2014
- Hawaiian Sovereignty and Self Determination
- Publication Date: 2013
- Seminar on Hawaiian Sovereignty
- Publication Date: 1988
- Fighting for Sovereignty by Floyd K. Takeuchi and Kelli Abe Trifonovitch
- Publication Date: 1994
Samples of Books in Print
Sovereignty Matters: Locations of Contestation and Possibility in Indigenous Struggles for Self-determination by Joanne Barker (Editor, Translator)
Call Number: E59.P73 S68 2005
Publication Date: 2006
Indigenous Rights in the Age of the UN Declaration by Elvira Pulitano (Editor)
Call Number: Coming soon!
Publication Date: 2012
Niue 1774-1974: 200 years of Contact and Change by Margaret Pointer
Call Number: DU430.N5 P65 2015
Publication Date: 2015
"Kingdom of Tonga and the Fight Against Feudalism in the Pacific Islands" in Oceania: Neocolonialism, Nukes & Bones by Andre Vltchek; Noam Chomsky; Steven Ratuva
Call Number: GE160.O3 V58 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Beyond Biculturalism: The Politics of an Indigenous Minority by Dominic O'Sullivan
Call Number: DU423.P63 O78 2007
Publication Date: 2007
Te Mana, Te Kawanatanga=The Politics of Māori Self-determination by M. H. Durie
Call Number: DU423.P63 D87 1998
Publication Date: 1998
The Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Movement: After Moruroa by Roy C. Smith
Call Number: DU780 .S555 1997
Publication Date: 1997
Embattled Island: Palau's Struggle for Independence by Arnold H. Leibowitz
Call Number: DU780 .L45 1996
Publication Date: 1996
Ua Mau Ke Ea Sovereignty Endures: An Overview of the Political and Legal History of the Hawaiian Islands by Davis Keanu Sai
Call Number: DU625 .S375 2011
Publication Date: 2011
A Nation Rising: Hawaiian Movements for Life, Land, and Sovereignty by Noelani Goodyear-Kaopua (Editor); Ikaika Hussey (Editor); Erin Kahunawaikaala Wright (Editor)
Call Number: DU624.65 .N358 2014
Publication Date: 2014
From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaiʻi by Haunani-Kay Trask
Call Number: DU627.8 .T73 1999
Publication Date: 1999
Samples of eBooks
White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty by Moreton-Robinson Aileen; Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Publication Date: 2015
The Kanak Awakening: The Rise of Nationalism in New Caledonia by David Chappell
Call Number: DU720.75 .C47 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Available in print and online
The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Māori and Pākeha from Tasman to Today by Vincent O'Malley (Editor); Wally Penetito (Editor); Bruce Stirling (Editor)
Call Number: KUQ354 .T74 2010
Publication Date: 2011
Available in print and online
We Fought the Navy and Won, Guam's Quest for Democracy: A Personal Memoir by Doloris Coulter Cogan
Call Number: E183.8.G86 C64 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Available in print and online
Indigenous Peoples: Self-determination, Knowledge, Indigeneity by Henry Minde (Editor)
Publication Date: 2008
Jean-Marie Tjibaou, Kanak Witness to the World: An Intellectual Biography by Eric Waddell; University of Hawaii at Manoa, Center for Pacific Islands Studies Staff (Contribution by); Pacific Islands Development Program (East-West Center) Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: DU720.T55 W33 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Available in print and online