“Haunani-Kay Trask is one of the most visible Hawaiian activists of her generation.”
—Honolulu Magazine Interview, November, 2002

“Radical firebrand, feminist author, and native daughter of royal blood, Trask—along with her sister, Mililani—has emerged as one of the leaders of a growing native sovereignty movement.”
—San Francisco Examiner Magazine Interview, June 29, 1993

“It helps the cause that Professor Trask is a dynamic speaker: alive, intense, animated and vibrant. Not one to mince words, she’s equally emphatic about the people she loves and those she regards less fondly. None of this is news. What’s news is that it’s enunciated so clearly, so briskly, so assuredly and with such conviction!”
—Maui Press Interview, October 4–11, 1991

“Haunani-Kay Trask is angry. Angry at what she feels has happened to Hawaiians historically, and what is happening to Hawai‘i today.”
—Honolulu Magazine Interview, June 1984

Politics Meets Poetry: Words are the source of strength in Haunani-Kay Trask's outspoken sovereignty activism as well as her poetic verse
—Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October, 2003

We're not worthy,
—AsianWeek.com, by Neela Banerjee, August, 2002

Trask Sisters Founded the Sovereignty Movement
—Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October, by Leihinahina Sullivan and Healani Sonoda, 2000