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George Helm

Native Hawaiian activist and musician (1950 – 1977)

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George Jarrett Helm Jr. was a Native Hawaiian activist and musician from Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi. He graduated from St. Louis High School on Oahu in 1968, where he studied under Hawaiian cultural experts John Keola Lake and Kahauanu Lake. In 1975, he joined the Hui Aloha ʻĀina organization on Molokai and helped form the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana to end the United States Navy's bombing of the island. In 1976, he participated in an occupation of Kahoʻolawe. On March 7, 1977, he disappeared while attempting to leave the island.

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