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This addition focuses on Lili’uokalani’s role as “Moi Wahne,” or for lack of correct translation, “former ruler.” With the part of her life, Lili’uokalani turned her focus to bettering the lives of native people by traveling to the United States several times from the time of her release until 1909 to advocate for anti-annexation and proper use of crown lands. Unfortunately, her attempts for anti-annexation were in vain when the Spanish-American war occurred and Hawai’i was seen as an opportune area to recruit more soldiers and Hawai’i was annexed August 12, 1898. Although, fights for the use of crown lands were not in vain, she was able to secure the lands belonging to crown for use as she saw fit, and used the lands to help the natives of