Home and Homelands Exhibition: Loss

The July 1944 Battle of Saipan, between American and Japanese forces, had devastating effects for the surviving Indigenous civilians. These Chamorro women lost their homes in a war not of their making. When the bombardment began, they carried only what they valued most: their children and a cross. T

“Mālama kō aloha (keep your love)" were Chiefess Manono's dying words in the 1819 Battle of Kuamo'o. Her words were a plea to both sides to keep their love for one another despite the obstacles that had come to Hawaiʻi, including the abolition of the traditional kapu system. Manono fought on the sid