kahoolawe

Music by: Jonathan Osorio
Spekaing: Haunani K. Trask
Edited by: Jamaica Osorio

In 1976, a group of individuals calling themselves the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (PKO) filed suit in federal court to stop the Navys use of Kahoʻolawe for military training, to require compliance with a number of new environmental laws and to ensure protection of cultural resources on the island. In 1977, the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii allowed the Navys use of the island to continue, but the Court directed the Navy to prepare an environmental impact statement and complete an inventory of historic sites on the island. On 9 March 1977, two PKO leaders, George Helm and Kimo Mitchell, were lost at sea during an attempt to occupy Kahoʻolawe in symbolic protest. In 1980, the Navy and the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana entered into a consent decree which allowed continued military training on the island, monthly access to the island for the PKO, surface clearance of part of the island, soil conservation, feral goat eradication and an archaeological survey.

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Education

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• george Helm
• Kimo Mitchell
• Jonathan Osorio
• Haunani K. Trask

[cappie564]

So Beautiful - Great Mana - Still Hawaiian Power

[moramc]

Love and miss you so very much...thank you

[MultiKioni]

Beautiful music~great video~wish I knew who these people are in this video~I am feeling such sadness from this~someday all will be restored~this is my prayer

[bj616]

Great vid. To bad the US have destroyed the island just like everything else the military has got their hands on. Nice to know the test bombings have stopped 19 years ago. I love Hawaii and I just got back two days ago. It's to bad the Islands weren't still ruled just by the Hawaiians.