[CPEO-MEF] Reclaiming Kaho'olawe (HI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Group plants flag on Kahoolawe

By Melissa Tanji and The Associated Press
Maui News (HI)
August 1, 2006

KAHOOLAWE – A Native Hawaiian sovereignty group rode two boats from 
Kihei to Kahoolawe on Monday, landed on the uninhabited island, set up a 
rock altar and planted a flag laying claim to the island.

The 18 members of the group calling itself the Reinstated Hawaiian 
Kingdom are challenging U.S. sovereignty over land that was part of the 
Kingdom of Hawaii until 1893 and later incorporated into the United 
States in 1898.

The group's prime minister, Henry Noa, speaking in Wailuku after the 
protesters were removed, stated his group's objective is to begin to 
reclaim lands "that lawfully belong to our Hawaiian nation."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=22009

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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