Joseph Nawahi (1842–1896) also known as Joseph Kahoʻoluhi Nāwahī and as Joseph Kahoʻoluhi Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu was a native Hawaiian legislator, lawyer, newspaper publisher, and painter.
Joseph Nāwahī was born in the Puna district in 1842. As a young man, he studied with Christian missionaries at the Hilo Boarding School. He later became a member of the Hawaiian legislature, serving for 20 years (1872–1892), and was a member of the cabinet of Quee...
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Joseph Nawahi (1842–1896) also known as Joseph Kahoʻoluhi Nāwahī and as Joseph Kahoʻoluhi Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu was a native Hawaiian legislator, lawyer, newspaper publisher, and painter.
Joseph Nāwahī was born in the Puna district in 1842. As a young man, he studied with Christian missionaries at the Hilo Boarding School. He later became a member of the Hawaiian legislature, serving for 20 years (1872–1892), and was a member of the cabinet of Queen Liliʻuokalani, serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1892. He was one of the electors who made Lunalilo king. He was also the President of the Hawaiian Patriotic League and opposed the 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Nāwahī operated Ke Aloha Aina, a Hawaiian language newspaper. In December of 1894,a search warrant was served on his Kapālama home looking for "sundry arms and annunition." Although nothing was found, Nāwahī was arrested for treason and bail was set at 10,000 dollars. He spent nearly three months in jail until...
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