Before the Protect Kahoolawe Ohana was formed, there was Gail Kawaipuna Prejean and the Hawaiian Coalition of Native Claims, which designed and distributed this small poster following the first protest landing on Kahoolawe in January 1976.

It memorializes the “Kahoolawe Nine” who took part in that short-lived landing on the island.

I was able to locate my original copy of the poster yesterday after getting a request from a student at the University of California San Diego for a more legible copy than a version I had posted years ago. Luckily, my iPhone photo turned out to be quite legible.