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Native Hawaiian sacred sites have been damaged in the Lahaina wildfires – but, as an Indigenous scholar writes, their stories will live on

  • Written by Rosalyn R. LaPier, Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Native Hawaiian sacred sites have been damaged in the Lahaina wildfires – but, as an Indigenous scholar writes, their stories will live onA view of the devastation in Lahaina, Hawaii, following the wildfires in August 2023.AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Native Hawaiians are devastated by the recent wildfires that swept through Lahaina, Maui, killing dozens of residents and destroying hundreds of homes, buildings, Christian churches and Buddhist temples.

It is not just the historic buildings and...

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