Sublime

Hawaiians' authenticity as an autochthonous people was and is often tied to their relationship to land and ocean.

Called “natural-born musicians,” Hawaiians were considered critical to military success.19

As ambassadors of aloha, Hawaiian women have been susceptible to the eroticization of their bodies and the insistent commodification of their aloha.

generic, though gendered, Native.

Hawaiian women thus bore the responsibility of reproducing national knowledge

Oma taumano Marathon

I focus on this film because it is typical of the military's sustained interest in hula, but exceptional in its professional production value.