· Kahoʻolawe, Hawaii

US Halts the Bombing of Kahoʻolawe

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After nearly two decades of Native Hawaiian activism led by the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana, President George H.W. Bush ordered a halt to US Navy live-fire bombing of the sacred island of Kahoʻolawe; it was conveyed to the State of Hawaii in 1994.

Communities
  • Native Hawaiian
Topics
  • sovereignty
  • land

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