NO M\u0100KOU KA MANA:
\nLIBERATING THE NATION<\/h1>\n
By Kamanamaikalani Beamer<\/p>\n
No M\u0101kou ka Mana<\/em>\u00a0asserts that the founders of the Hawaiian Kingdom exercised their own agency and were not just acted upon by foreign powers. The ruling ali\u2018i selectively appropriated tools and ideas from the West\u2014including laws, religion, educational models, protocols, weapons, printing and map-making technologies, seafaring vessels, clothing, names, and international alliances. The result? A hybrid system based on an enduring tradition of Hawaiian governance intended to preserve, strengthen, and maintain the l\u0101hui. Using rare primary documents and “\u2018\u014ciwi optics,” Kamanamaikalani Beamer offers a new point of reference for understanding the motivations, methods and accomplishments of Hawai\u2018i\u2019s great leaders.<\/p>\n Winner<\/strong><\/em> Winner<\/strong><\/em> Kamanamaikalani Beamer, PhD<\/b>, is an associate professor at the Center for Hawaiian Studies in the Hui \u2018\u0100ina Momona Program at the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa with a joint appointment in the Richardson School of Law and the Hawai\u2018inui\u0101kea School of Hawaiian Knowledge. Previous to this role Dr. Beamer was the president and chief executive officer of The Kohala Center. Beamer\u2019s research on governance, land tenure, and Hawaiian resource management, as well as his prior work as the director of \u2018\u0100ina-Based Education at Kamehameha Schools, prepared him for his continuing service as a director of Stanford University\u2019s First Nations Futures Institute, a resource management development program for indigenous leaders developed by Stanford, Kamehameha Schools, and Te R\u016bnanga o Ng\u0101i Tahu in New Zealand<\/a><\/p>\n Beamer has revitalized and maintained lo\u2018i kalo (taro ponds), providing him and his children opportunities to m\u0101lama \u2018\u0101ina, deepen connections with cultural traditions, and derive leadership lessons from the land. In 2013 he was nominated and confirmed to a four-year appointment on Hawai\u2018i\u2019s Commission of Water Resource Management and was reconfirmed in 2017 for an additional four-year term.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\n2015 Samuel M. Kamakau Award for Hawai\u2018i Book of the Year<\/p>\n
\n2015 Ka Palapala Po\u2018okela Award of Excellence in Hawaiian Language, Culture, and History<\/p>\n<\/div>![](\"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/kpub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/07\/SoftCover_NoMakou-REPRINT-673x1024.jpg\" "\\"SoftCover_NoMakou-REPRINT\\"")
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