Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 37, Number 2, 1 February 2020 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The Center for Oral History (COH), part of UH Mānoa's Department of Ethnic Studies, has initiated the Kaho'olawe Aloha 'Āina Movement Oral History Project, whieh will collect and document the experiences of the people involved in the movement between 1976 and 1994; the individuals who were instrumental in stopping the bombing and military use of Kaho'olawe. Dr. Davianna Pōmaika'i McGregor, UH Professor of Ethnic Studies, is conducting the interviews assisted by Kamuela Werner, a graduate student in anthropology. Ultimately, McGregor hopes to interview about 100 people for the Project and has already completed a number of interviews, starting with founding Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana (PKO) member Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli. Inkial funding for the Project is provided by the Hawai'inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge through the Native Hawaiian Education Program No'eau Grant, a federal grant from the US Department of Education. Due to the scope of the Project, and the need for extensive neighbor island travel, the COH will seek additional funding. Mo'olelo from those who were part of the movement will inform and further preserve a pivotal moment in Native Hawaiian poliīi-

eal, cultural and spiritual history. Interviews will be transcribed and broadly disseminated through UH Mānoa's ScholarSpace, the Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission website and other platforms. "These filmed interviews will be a resource for anyone doing research about Kanaloa Kaho'olawe and the Aloha 'Āina movement," said Dr. McGregor. The movement began more than 40 years ago when the newly formed PKO filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in 1976 (Aluli et. al. V. Brown) in an effort to prevent the US Navy's bombing activities on Kaho'olawe. The Project will likely to take two to three years to complete. ■