The Sakada Story | The Filipino-Hawaiian Connection
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Have you ever noticed that Hawaii is super Filipino? It’s the state’s largest ethnic group and if you’re especially observant, you might have picked up that Ilocanos in particular make up the most of Hawaii’s Filipino population.
There’s a story behind that, and it’s tied to the present day political dynamics of the state, solidarity with Black and Japanese American movements, and significant improvements in working conditions.
Zoom a little further out and you’ll see the story of two island nations- one a kingdom turned into a state by imperialism, the other a collection of tribes turned into a nation by the forces of colonialism. Two histories running perpendicularly to each other, in the Pacific.
Here’s the story!
Mahalo nui i keia wikio! Salamat! My great grandfather on the mother's side were part of the sakadas that went to Hawaii back in the 1930s. I am so fascinated with this history and the relationship between Hawai'i and the Philippines.
my father was also a SAKADA immigrant worker he arrived in Hawaii around 1930 according to him, I'm planning to visit Hawaii to do some research about his life back then, we lost all his pictures during the typhoon in the philippines, so hoping i'd be able to find one. ❤
3rd generation born and raised in Hawaii... my family came over on the sakada's
Filipinos and Polynesians share ancient ancestral roots. Therefore we are cousins.
The Austronesian Peoples!
Yes Southeast Asians like Filipinos, Indonesians, and etc share common ancestors with Polynesians. But Filipinos tend to act like they are the only ones. As a Samoan, and Polynesian is my brother/sister. Any Pacific Islander is a cousin. Any Austronesians in Southeast Asia like the Philippines, I consider second cousins.
@@chewy6487 Indonesians have a lot of AustroAsiatic depending on the ethnic group, Filipinos tend to be closer to pure Austronesian, with some groups being close to 100% like the Igorots. So Polynesians with a 60/40 70/30 mix Austronesian/Papuan actually have more Austronesian DNA than most Austronesian speaking peoples other than Taiwan and Philippines.
@@chewy6487 No we dont act like we are the "only ones" lol.
@@pierrefontechaIndigenous term is IgoLot. The Western coined term is Austronesian.
IGOROTS of Lusong"Luzon" BA'I "Philippines" are the genetic progenitor to ALL half billion IgoLots "Austronesian". Pinoys"Filipino" are the living ancestors to ALL half billion IgoLots "Austronesian".
Larena Gene Study 2021.
My grandpa came to Oahu to work in the fields and my grandmother is pure Kanaka Maoli from the island of Hawaii. My father and every ancestor before him on his mother's side were born in the Kingdom of Hawaii :)
Fairly good. One of the bigger reasons that the Philippine's leaned towards Independence is that they had Filipinos like you mentioned making the idea of identity as their own nation. I've heard of a couple of writers like you mentioned that fostered the ideal of identity/unity among the islander groups, which presented the idea of Filipino first, and territory of Philippines second. Whereas, in the islands, with Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Hawaiian and then European and American population. It was the Big 5 business, mostly from Missionary/Mercantile families dominating the Sugar, Pineapple and other businesses in the islands. The other ethnic groups were pushed to Americanize their lifestyle, language, heritage to a lesser degree, education for subsequent generations were to be educated Western/Americanized for advancement/social standing. The advent of the WWII, where the second-generation Japanese (NISEI) had a sizeable population by then, with the internment of the continental Japanese & Japanese Americans, forced the NISEI and government about loyalty, which they formed the 100th Battalion (originally the Hawaii Territorial Guard members) and the 442nd. Due to the recognition of the units being the highly decorated unit, the veterans after losing so many NISEI to death, wounds, they returned and got educated. They had already seen how Black Americans were treated as second class citizens, they had known about the union resistance and violence on their families in Hawaii, and had been in German & Japan, where rebuilding Japan brought in labor unions to deal with the establishing equity and organized labor to deal with corporate business alliance with the military. Returning veterans, unions allied themselves to political parties for local/national political seats and then Statehood for equity. The Philippine's choice of freedom was something that the Filipinos in the war of resistance against the Japanese were due independence, which was one of the arguments that Japan used about non-Asian colonial rule of Asia, which is why they wanted an Asian sphere of influence with Japan at the top.
Extremely interesting! Thank you for this!
My Ate Aivi lives in Hawaii forever,can speak Hawaii,Filipino and English!
I became curious about the Sakada because I found in my family tree that my 1st cousin 6th times removed was one of the first filipinos who migrated in San Joaquin, California back in 1940s as war drafts then transfered to hawaii in 1947 or 1950, I found my 5th cousin who currently lives in Oahu, Hawaii
Background music so loud
You got the history right on. You might’ve want to dig deeper a little bit more and have a vlog for each detailed account. I have some excellent references if you’re interested.
FYI, Philippe...When W is at beginning of the word, pronounce as "W"..e.g...Waikiki, Waialua, Waianae, Wahiawa. When in mid-word, "W" pronounced as "Vee"...e.g...Halawa, Alewa, Ewa, awiwi(Ah-vee-vee)=Quickly/Swiftly/Hurry
Never heard this until I saw your video.
I would appreciate if the focus wasn't on the integration of any single race while hawaiians are displaced and disregarded , it bewilders me that the USA that is responsible for the decline of native hawaiians keep sending ANY people here while our people are being kicked out of our beaches and parks. The american dream is the Hawaiian nightmare
my great Uncle is one of the Ilocano worker group that work in Hawaiian plantation and also fight in WW2 (possibly forced to fight by the Americans)
❤️❤️❤️🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭💙💙💙Hawaii
Great info, thank you, please continue.
I have lost history here, great video.
My grandfather said he was born there, 1918
My mother was Filipino, Grandfather argued with her that he and his father was deported because of pearl harbor bombing. Not sure on how true that is
You forgot about the Philippine American war
So much of our cultures have been taken away may god see its ppl and help them
sometimes its cool to take the music off
Grew up on Oahu. My by know Ilocano and English. Crazy right!
My grandfather from the Phillipines was hired by one of the sugar cane companies in the 1950s. We’ve found the ship manifesto he came over on and then later his wife, my grandma came over on a separate ship. I’ve always wondered how those companies exploited workers like my grandfather. One way I believe they were exploited was through the marijuana business but I’ve never found proof.
Under Japanese occupation they actually burned ALOT of records and history from the Philippine government. My grandparent's have no birth certificates or record of birth.
Awesome story
Agyamannak para sa explanation of the Sakadas..... Aloha!
MAHARLIKA KINGDOM 🇵🇭 Hawaii was part of Maharlika and and all of micronesia
Lol who told you that?!?
I think many Filipinos migrate to Hawaii because of the better opportunities and benefits that the US is providing since Hawaii is the 50th state of the USA 🇺🇸
Yeah that's true , it starts from an unskilled Filipino sugarcane farmers who migrated and started making a family for a better life and now their grandchildren become professional in Hawaii
@@dawnearly just curious, in terms of politics, do Filipinos in Hawaii support the Hawaiian independence movement? Some native Hawaiians (kanaka maoli) want independence from USA since the annexation was illegal.
Sucks most of them just get sent to poor neighborhoods
I randomly stumbled upon this after looking for a musubi recipe. This got me teary-eyed. 😢 Damn! We were fuckin' slaves.
Yes you were slaves because the plantation owners were white and racist. I’m half visayan-Hawaiian- white but I identify with Hawaiian. I’m able to embrace both my Hawaiian and Filipino bloodline and culture with foodI really like dinuguan, balatong, chicharone and of course adobo and sweets. I fight chickens, I’ve traveled to Manila and Cebu as I have some influential friends there.
Im truly blessed to have these two cultures and I have divorced my white side. My father was a Filipino Scout and transitioned into the American Army. I love my Filipino side bc innately I see the aloha spirit in the Filipino people of affection for other. Filipinos in Hawaii are changing as they intermarry.
To make musubi all you need is a mold for the rice which can be brought anywhere, nori, fried spam and teriyaki soy sauce if like. It’s easy to figure it out.
Aloha and a hui hou 🌺
well done
Pinoys"Filipino" are the living ancestors of ALL Austronesians. IGOROTS of Lusong"Luzon" BA'I "Philippines" are the genetic progenitor to ALL half billion Austronesians of East/S.E.A and Pacific Islanders. We are the original East asian/S.E.Asian/Pacific Islander. LARENA GENE STUDY 2021. Hawaiians are Austronesian but they average genetically more Aboriginal admixture and less IgoLot(Indigenous term)blood or in western coined term "Austronesian". Samoans are more IgoLot"Austronesian" and less Aboriginal admixture. Indonesians, Malaysians are the same as Pinoys"Filipino" but different tribes.
A LOT OF RACISM TOWARD THE FILIPINOS OF HAWAII. THERES IS NO CONNECTION, FILIPINOS WERE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY THE CONTRACTORS WHO BROUGHT THEM HERE FOR HARD LABOR.
Austronesians migrated from Taiwan out onto the Pacific. The weak Austronesians stayed in the Philippines while only the strong could continue onto Polynesia. Before European contact, Polynesians experienced extreme isolation! They did not sail back and forth between Asia and Polynesia!
Wowww.....now you're gonna call us weak lol
@@markbaker330it only makes sense 😂 generally Filipinos are known to be small people. And generally Polynesians are known to be big people. So that was my theory 😂
@@chewy6487 hahahahaha.....keep laughing, not all Filipinos are small though...hahahaha...
whey they may be small, but they come in numbers in response of unnatural factors such as mass migration of east asians mostly chinese and other foreigners, genocidal activity of the spanish, japanese and americans, climate change and many more. Filipino tribes can understand each other despite their diverse language that are still retaining the alignment compare to their polynesian cousins whom are isolated to each other, acting like naked apes wearing grass skirts, lives in kubo (nipa hut), cannot carve huge slabs of bato and worshipping volcanoes.
The stereotype types all native Hawaiians know about Filipinos are plainly hilarious and not that good lol
My dad said tht royal sugar cane took much of our ppls land for almost nothing
Making plantations across the islands