Bishop Museum reaffirmed during its recent Welo Ka Hae Hawaiʻi – Celebrating Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea event its proud partnership with Protect Kaho‘olawe ʻOhana.
Hawai‘i’s museum of natural and cultural history further announced a series of events in honor of Protect Kaho‘olawe ʻOhana’s 50th anniversary and a recommitment to the Aloha ‘Āina Movement.
In an act of bold defiance against U.S. military might, George Helm, Emmett Aluli, Kimo Aluli, Kawaipuna Prejean, Walter Ritte, Ian Lind, Ellen Miles, Steve Morse and Karla Villalba made landfall Jan. 4, 1976, on a ravaged Kahoʻolawe.
They were determined to draw national attention to the illegal role the United States played in the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and protest U.S. military control and destruction of Hawaiian national lands…