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

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.

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