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[Barretts Mail]

In the news today but not on Wiktionary, the OED, Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com <http://dictionary.com/> or the UD. 

It seems to come from the past participle of the Spanish verb “sacar,” to take out: https://www.tagaloglang.com/sakada/, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sacar#Spanish. 

1. Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakadas

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Sakadas (Spanish: sacadas; Kinaray-a: manga sakada; Ilocano: dagiti sakada; Hiligaynon: mga sakada; roughly "imported ones") is a term for migrant workers in and from the Philippines, doing manual agricultural labor. Within the Philippines, sakadas work in provinces other than their own. In the 20th century, Filipino men were imported by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association to Hawaii as "skilled laborers" from 1906 to 1946 mainly from the Ilocos region of the Philippines.
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2. The Theologies of Asian Americans and Pacific Peoples
Roy Sano
1976
https://tinyurl.com/5bdzc2u7

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The Ilocanos were the last but the largest saada group to come to Hawaii. 
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3. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NEWS RELEASE: ‘Sakada Day’ to honor Hawai’i’s Filipino heritage
22 May 2015
Wayback Machine link: https://tinyurl.com/mvvutemf

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In events at the Capitol before an overflow crowd, Governor Ige held signing ceremony for HB604, which establishes December 20 of each year as ‘Sakada Day’ in Hawaii.  The bill recognizes the Filipino community’s contribution to the history, economy, culture and heritage of Hawaii. 
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4. On Sakada Day, a recognition of first Filipino immigrants to Hawaii who paved way for others
Annalisa Burgos
20 Dec 2022
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/12/21/sakada-day-honors-contributions-sacrifices-first-filipino-immigrants-hawaii/

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Sakada is a Filipino term for farm laborer and is used to refer to the plantation workers brought to Hawaii by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association from 1906 to 1946.
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5. Filipinos in Lahaina say they’ve been overlooked in wildfire response 
Sakshi Venkatraman and Kimmy Yam
7 Sep 2023
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/filipinos-maui-hawaii-wildfires-rcna102375

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Seeking low-cost laborers to work their sugar cane plantations, the corporations would recruit men, known as sakadas, from the Philippines to bring to Hawaii in the early 1900s. 
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I found nothing earlier in Google Books, but surely there must be earlier references to be found. Probably a newspaper search will bear fruit. 

Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
Formerly of Seattle, WA 

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