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The Protect Kaho’olawe ‘Ohana was founded in 1976 to lead an islandswide grassroots aloha ʻāina movement of Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi residents with a focus on ending the U.S. Navy’s military abuse and use of Kaho’olawe and to heal the islands's natural and cultural resources.  In 1977, two ‘Ohana members, George Jarrett Helm and James Kimo Mitchell, disappeared in the ocean off of Kaho‘olawe during a peaceful occupation protesting the bombing. As a result of a civil suit, Aluli vs. Brown, military exercises ended in 1990 and the island was returned to the State of Hawaiʻi in 1994. The movement that grew around the island eventually expanded across the pae ʻāina, activating Native Hawaiian communities to embrace the kuleana of a cultural stewardship of Hawaiian lands. The ‘Ohana now works with the Kaho’olawe Island Reserve Commission through the Palapala ʻAelike Kahuʻāina (Stewardship Agreement) to access Kaho’olawe and serve as stewards of its natural and cultural resources. For more information, visit www.protectkahoolaweohana.org

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Administratively attached to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission (KIRC) was established by the Hawai‘i State Legislature in 1993 to manage the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve while it is held in trust for a future Native Hawaiian sovereign entity. Its mission is to implement the vision for Kaho‘olawe Island in which the kino (body) of Kaho‘olawe is restored and nā poʻe o Hawaiʻi (the people of Hawaiʻi) care for the land. The Commission has pledged to provide for the meaningful and safe use of Kaho‘olawe for the purpose of the traditional and cultural practices of the native Hawaiian people and to undertake the restoration of the island and its waters. The organization is managed by a seven-member Commission and a committed staff. For more information, call (808) 243.5020 or visit www.kahoolawe.hawaii.gov.