1971: Native Hawai‘i movement protests eminent domain
Native Hawaiian residents of Kalama Valley on the east side of O‘ahu resist eviction to protest the condemnation of their land for residential and commercial development. The protest launches the Native Hawai‘i movement, modeled on the U.S. civil rights movement. It seeks Native Hawaiian recognition, lands, and rights.
Ed Michael, an executive who carried out orders to evict Native Hawaiian residents of Kalama Valley and raze their homes, declared: “In today’s modern world, the Hawaiian lifestyle should be illegal.”
- Theme
- Land and Water, Native Rights
- Region
- Hawai‘i
Newsletter about the Kalama Valley struggle
Courtesy University of Hawaii at Manoa Archives and Manuscripts Library
A garden in Kalama Valley
Courtesy Ed Greevy
Individuals protesting the removal of Native Hawaiians from the Kalama Valley
Courtesy Ed Greevy
Native Hawaiian resident of Kalama Valley resisting eviction
Courtesy Ed Greevy