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hawaiian natives were probably one of the only ones to largely compromise with the euros, which I found a bit surprising since they honestly arent one of the brighter or more civilized races. picrel was adopted by king kamehaha I of hawaii as a way of showing his loyalty and friendship to both the nations of england and america; it is not in fact a colonial flag as alot of people believe today, it was specifically adopted by the hawaiian royalty to mimic the anglo flags and show a kind of comradery with them. kamehaha was very delicate in his diplomacy with the euros to never antagonize them but also never quite give them a foot in the door so they could fully colonize the islands, he kept them at an arms length so he could benefit from trade and acquiring weapons while avoiding the negative consequences of colonization. closest thing ive seen to realpolitik among the natives