Kahoolawe Protest of 1976

An introduction and general information about the Kahoolawe protest of 1976 and the nine protesters who successfully landed on the island.

Story of Kahoolawe Protests by Those Who Were There

Ten small boats assembled at Maalaea Harbor on Maui Island preparing to cross the Alalakeiki Channel to occupy Kahoolawe Island, which was restricted to U.S. military use only at the time.

A group of activists planned a January 6 1976 landing on Kahoolawe as a protest. Many of them were intercepted by the U.S. military but nine of them successfully landed on the island.

Those who landed were
- George Helm (1950-1977)
- Walter Ritte (Born: 1945)
- Ellen Miles | Photo |
- Emmett Aluli
- Gail Kawaipuna Prejean
- Ian Lind | 1965 Photos by Ian Lind
- Karla Villalba
- Kimo Aluli
- Stephen K. Morse

(did George Helm and Kimo Mitchell die in this effort?)

Kahoolawe Nine 30 Years Later
Article published in the Maui News on April 4, 2006 summarizing the events of january 4, 1976 and announcing that the "Kahoolawe Nine" woudl be honored at a Kahoolawe photo exhibit at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1976 protest and Native Hawaiian re-occupation of Kahoolawe Island.

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