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…got involved in Hawaiian activism
when he went to participate

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in the Hui Alaloa
through my youngest brother, Adolf,

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and then met Dr. Aluli
and Walter Ritte.

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He became active in that protest,
protesting to have the beach access,

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public road beach access.

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He got involved in that
and eventually got involved

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in the Kahoʻolawe movement.

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Dr. Aluli and Walter Ritte approached him
to get him involved.

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I think he hesitated for a while,
and I remember he mentioned to me that,

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"I hope those boys know
what they're doing," he said,

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"because they have to do their homework.

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They can't go out there
and just occupy the island and protest

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and not know why they're protesting."

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So he eventually got involved,
and this was the…

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He made this transition from the clean-cut,
All-American young man to the activist.

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He grew his hair long, he grew a beard
and he did his research.

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He was very concerned about the island
and he was going to focus

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to stop the bombing and he focused
on the research on the environment

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and the Endangered Species Act.

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He did that and something happened.

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Kahoʻolawe, something about that island,
that drew George to…

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Because the island was being bombed,
and he couldn't understand

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that the Navy was bombing this island,
and it was full of endangered species

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and culture and the island was, you know.

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So it was barren rock, but there was
so many historical sites on there.

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There was so much culture.

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There was so much mana,
there was spirit, and when he got involved,

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he started the motto...