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The Kūʻē Petitions, also known as the Anti-Annexation Petitions, are a collection of signatures of Hawaiian women, men, and children who opposed the Annexation of Hawaiʻi to the United States of America. The signatures were collected island by island by three Hui: the Hui Aloha Aina for Women, the Hui Aloha Aina for Men, and the Hui Kalaiaina. These three groups went island by island holding mass town meetings about annexation and obtaining signatures from those who opposed annexation. 

Today, the term Kūʻē refers to these petitions and is a phrase of rebellion against the annexation and illegal occupation of the kingdom of Hawai'i.