"The older histories haven’t gone away and students are free to read them whenever they want."

LOL.  Silly man!  Students do not go to seek out the traditional histories, and the professors neither require them nor even mention them except as objects of ridicule.  I'll say it again:  UH students are being brainwashed with a single viewpoint; there are no debates between professors who hold conflicting views because there ARE no professors at UH who hold conflicting views.  You mention Kame`eleihiwa, Osorio, Arista, and Kikiloi; now mention anyone who presents a conflicting view.  Nada.

I taught a pro bono non-credit short course on Hawaiian sovereignty at UH Center for Lifelong Learning in 2002, and a bunch of goons from Center For Hawaiian Studies threatened violence and tried to shut it down before it could begin.  Honolulu Advertiser ran a news report and editorial bemoaning lack of academic freedom at UH.  Dobelle  made personal attacks.  See details at
http://tinyurl.com/3rlyk