Noelani Ahia, a Kanaka Maoli activist, describes the community's reaction to the destruction of Indigenous cultural documents, art and artifacts. “In the blink of an eye, it was burned to the ground, and all of those things were lost,” says Ahia. She also describes mutual aid efforts now underway and notes, “The people on the ground know what the community needs.”
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https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/11/noelani_ahia_maui_wildfires