This photograph of Liliʻuokalani was tied to Hawaiʻi’s international relations, representing the monarchy’s sovereign right to rule for local and global audiences.
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The images in the Huexotzinco Codex help us to learn more about tribute, conquest and the conditions of colonialism, Native agency, Nahua writing systems, Indigenous knowledge, the importance of images, early Christianity in the Americas, and legal disputes.
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