Noenoe Silva

Noenoe Silva
BornOctober 19, 1954
O'ahu, Hawai'i
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Academic work
Main interestsKanaka Maoli history, Hawaiian language texts, Kanaka Maoli theory
Notable worksAloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism
Websitehttps://politicalscience.manoa.hawaii.edu/noenoe-silva/

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. 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 Colonialism, an examination of Hawaiian language accounts of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.[7]

In 2006, Silva received a Katrin H. Lamon Fellowship from the School for Advanced Research to continue her research along similar lines through building a database of Hawaiian authors.[8]

Silva also contributed to A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language, an updated reprint of the first Hawaiian-English dictionary prepared by Lorrin Andrews in 1865, which was published by Island Heritage in 2003.[9]

Awards

Aloha Betrayed received the Kenneth W. Baldridge Prize from Brigham Young University–Hawaii.[10]

Bibliography

  • The 1897 Petitions Protesting Annexation (1998) (as editor)
  • Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism (2004)
  • The Power of the Steel-Tipped Pen: Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History (2017)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Silva, Noenoe 1954- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  2. ^ "College of Social Sciences Profile: Noenoe Silva". University of Hawaii at Manoa: College of Social Sciences. 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  3. ^ "Noenoe K. Silva: Works". JSTOR. 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  4. ^ Silva, Noenoe (Spring 2006). "Response". The Contemporary Pacific. 18: 167–171. doi:10.1353/cp.2005.0104.
  5. ^ Literally translated as "full--blooded Hawaiian""Kanaka Maoli". ulukau.org. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  6. ^ Kluepfel, Brian (May 20, 2005). "Noenoe Silva Reveals a Buried Hawai'i". AsianWeek. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  7. ^ Coffield, Kris (2011). "Aloha Betrayed: Review". World History Connected. 8 (3). Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  8. ^ "Noenoe K. Silva: Katrin H. Lamon Resident Scholar". School for Advanced Research. 2006. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  9. ^ Hawkins, Emily (December 2003). "A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language (review)". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (2): 528–530. doi:10.1353/ol.2003.0022.
  10. ^ Staff report (October 24, 2011). "Aloha Betrayed explores Kuʻe petition". Malamalama. Retrieved 2014-07-18.