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A few days ago a friend sent me an old pic of a trip I took to Kaho‘olawe with a group of friends, building a water catchment system. The island is famous for being 1 of 2 major Hawaiian islands that are not open to the public. The first being Ni‘ihau, which is privately owned and Kaho‘olawe, which was owned by the US military until 1995. The military used Kaho‘olawe as a bombing range for decades (don't get me started about this) so its a dangerous place, with unexploded ordinance everywhere. One of my closest friends was on that trip. He was going through a lot at the time. Too personal to share, since its his story to tell, not mine. But I remember sitting with him next to that structure talking about how happy he was in that moment, how proud he was to do the work as a Native Hawaiian. He passed away not too long after this. Looking at this it took me back to that moment on that hill, next to him. The structure we built was going to bring water, life to the land. I remember he was happy.
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@chicbangs.eth
wow, what a story. it’s infuriating what the us military has down to the Hawaiian islands (amongst other places) “his story to tell” speaks so highly of your character
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Thank you so much. That is incredibly kind of you. When I was a kid, they would tell us that the island was useless, which is why they were using it as a firing range. But the first time I went there, I was shocked how big and incredibly beautiful the island was. But also, how many cultural artifacts there were. There were currents that were visible from the mountaintop where you could see how ancient Wayfinders would train all of the navigators of their time. There was even a stone chair that had been chiseled into the side of the mountain. Plus a giant hollow stone they would drum to call people to the site. We were told that they used to target that exact chair and signaling stone, but the Jets and missiles always missed it. You can see massive craters all around it where they tried.
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@chicbangs.eth
wowow Those are incredible cultural artifacts! I don’t even want to imagine that level of disconnection from humanity to think about destroying it. Is the island protected now or still “owned” by the us military?
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