Many influential people believed that all was known about Hawaiian history that needed to be known. That put a check mark beside the word Hawai'i. I can summarize funding by saying that if you believe in what you're doing, don't be ashamed to ask everyone for help. What endures is new thinking. Specifically, my testimonial is for producing the documentary in conjunction with the book and the exhibit of native petitions.
People take in things on different levels.
Repetition and variation matter. One media reinforces another. Since annexation was imposed on Hawaiians, the story was actually an American story. I get notes and e-mail from places in Iowa, Indiana, Georgia, Oregon, California and Arizona, telling me this premise has legs. Professional historians, teachers, curriculum writers and most importantly young students are working on a new understanding of America's role not only in Hawai'i but the Pacific.