Police Arrest at Kahoʻolawe’s Kūheʻeia Bay – 22.03.015.IMG_OIWI.DODOfficerTakesInfoVillalbaAndMiles_1976.IanLind

The police arrested seven of the nine. Pictured are Kupuna Ellen Miles (left), Karla Villabalba (middle), and Kimo Aluli (back). The final two members of the group, Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli and Walter Ritte, hid and remained on the island for two more days.

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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.

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