AANHPI History Calendar

· Kahoʻolawe, Hawaii

Kahoʻolawe: George Helm and Kimo Mitchell Lost

resistance

Native Hawaiian activist-musician George Helm and Kimo Mitchell were lost at sea returning from Kahoʻolawe, where the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana was resisting US Navy bombing of the sacred island; their deaths galvanized the Hawaiian movement.

Communities
  • Native Hawaiian
Topics
  • sovereignty
  • land
Event type
  • death

Sources

  • mauinews.com mauinews.com/news/local-news/2017/03/40-years-after-mens-disappearance-at-sea-their-vision-for-kahoolawe-has-become-a-reality
  • kaainamomona.org kaainamomona.org/post/kimo-mitchell

Also on March 7

injustice

San Francisco Chinatown Plague Quarantine

After a plague death, San Francisco officials cordoned off about 12 blocks of Chinatown overnight, enforcing the quarantine only against Chinese residents while letting white residents pass-an early case of race-based public-health policy. (Shares Mar 7 with the Kahoʻolawe activists lost at sea.)