‘Place Them Back Upon The Soil’: Prince Kūhiō Threw A Lifeline To Hawaiians Who Wanted Homes

As a troubling economic recession deepened in Hawaiʻi in 1914, throwing hundreds out of work and amid looming food shortages, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, territorial delegate to the U.S. Congress, invited a large gathering to his home in Honolulu to look for ways to help the Hawaiian people. This fateful gathering, according to historian Davianna … Continue reading ‘Place Them Back Upon The Soil’: Prince Kūhiō Threw A Lifeline To Hawaiians Who Wanted Homes