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1976 Poster: Stop the Bombing, Makua Valley

Another oldie.

This poster by Hawaiian artist Rocky Jensen was made in 1976 to protest the Army’s destruction of Makua Valley. It was distributed by Gail Kawaipuna Prejean, then director of the Hawaiian Coalition of Native Claims, not long after the January 1976 protest against the bombing of Kahoolawe, which was organized to coincide with the American bicentennial. It promoted a rally at Makua, which took place on February 26, 1976.

Makua Poster

Thirty-five years later, and the Army’s use of Makua remains a festering and unresolved issue.