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Sovereign Ground: Cannabis, Land, and the Kingdom of Hawaii

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From RN Collins, selected work

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Research cited

  1. Public Law 103-150, 107 Stat. 1510 (November 23, 1993), the Apology Resolution govinfo.gov
  2. U.S. Department of Justice, Policy Statement Regarding Marijuana Issues in Indian Country (October 8, 2014), and Attorney General memorandum of January 4, 2018 justice.gov

Other sources

  1. Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Waimanalo land lease offers possible solution for Waianae homeless camp (February 18, 2018) staradvertiser.com
  2. Honolulu Magazine, Whatever Happened to Bumpy Kanahele? (November 1, 2007) honolulumagazine.com
  3. Nation of Hawaii, On this day in 1987, Hawaiians occupy empty Makapuu houses nationofhawaii.org
  4. Federal Register, 91 FR 22714 (April 28, 2026), rescheduling of FDA-approved and state-licensed medical marijuana to Schedule III federalregister.gov

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
ʻIolani Palace in Honolulu, the royal palace of the Kingdom of Hawaii, seen from the front across its grounds with the Hawaii flag flyingPhoto: Bernard SpraggPhoto record
Slide 2
Illustrative photo: a rocky tide pool and sand at the shore of Makapuu Beach Park on OahuPhoto: Robert LinsdellPhoto record
Slide 3
Illustrative photo: Washington Place in Honolulu, the historic governor's residencePhoto: Frank SchulenburgPhoto record
Slide 4
Makapuu Point Lighthouse on OahuPhoto: Ewen RobertsPhoto record
Slide 5
Makapuu Beach and Waimanalo Bay seen from the highway overlook on OahuPhoto: Don Ramey LoganPhoto record
Slide 6
Illustrative photo: the Koolau ridge of Oahu above the forested Maunawili valley, next to Waimanalo, as a landscapePhoto: California CowPhoto record
Slide 7
A historical photograph from the 1893 period in Honolulu, the overthrow that Public Law 103-150 apologizes forPhoto: Unknown, c. 1893Photo record
Slide 8
A halftone print of the American flag being raised before a crowd at ʻIolani Palace on August 12, 1898, the annexation ceremony, cropped to remove the printed captionPhoto: Jose de Olivares, 1898, croppedPhoto record
Slide 9
Illustrative photo: the Hawaii state flag flying against a blue sky, which uses the same design as the Kingdom's flagPhoto: Gage SkidmorePhoto record
Slide 10
The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C., headquarters of the department that issued the Wilkinson Memorandum in October 2014Photo: APKPhoto record
Slide 11
The Mokulua Islands off Waimanalo Bay on Oahu's windward coast, a view of the bay below the foothills where the 1994 lease land liesPhoto: Robert LinsdellPhoto record
Slide 12a
Illustrative photo: an aerial view of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., where Congress passed the 1993 Apology Resolution; the photograph does not show the resolution or its signingPhoto: Carol M. HighsmithPhoto record
Slide 12b
Illustrative photo: the Koolau cliffs of Oahu as a landscape onlyPhoto: LukasPhoto record
Slide 13
Illustrative photo: the Kanaina Building, the old Hawaii State Archives in Honolulu, where records are keptPhoto: Steven PavlovPhoto record

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