Sakadas

For the ancient Greek musician, see Sakadas of Argos.
"Sakada" redirects here. For the 1976 film, see Sakada (film). For the 2005 album, see Sakada (Midnight album).
Display area containing the NHCP historical marker for the Filipino Sakadas and a sculpture representing them.

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.[1]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2010-10-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) A Century of Challenge and Change: The Filipino American Story, Unit 3 - Brown America