OCTOBER 19, 1954

HAWAIIAN HISTORIAN/AUTHOR NOENOE K. SILVA BORN

Noenoe, born on Oʻahu of Kanaka Maoli descent, grew up in California but returned to Hawaiʻi in 1985. At University of Hawaii, Mānoa (UHM), she earned her bachelor’s degree (Hawaiian language, 1991), master’s degree (Library & Information Studies, 1993), and doctorate (political science, 1999). Silva joined the UHM faculty of political science in 2001. She has published: Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism and The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen; and Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History. Awards include: Kenneth W. Baldridge Prize, Brigham Young University–Hawaii (for Aloha Betrayed); and Katrin H. Lamon Fellowship, UH School for Advanced Research (2006). Silva was instrumental in rediscovering the Kūʻē Petitions presented to the U.S. in 1897 in order to halt American annexation of Hawaii. Noenoe also contributed to A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language, an updated reprint of the Lorrin Andrews’ first Hawaiian-English dictionary prepared in 1865.

Sources:
Noenoe Silva - Department of Political Science, UH Mānoa.  Retrieved 12/7/2023, Noenoe Silva - Department of Political Science, UH Mānoa (hawaii.edu)
Noenoe K. Silva | Indigenous Politics Program (UHIP), UH Mānoa.  Retrieved 12/7/2023, Noenoe K. Silva | Indigenous Politics Program (UHIP), UH Mānoa (hawaii.edu)
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Photo: Jeff Kubina, 8/15/1995. Permissive use.