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Hawai\u2019i\u2019s M\u0101kua Valley on O\u2019ahu\u2019s western shore is revered for more than just its scenic beauty: for some Native Hawaiians, M\u0101kua is the birthplace of all mankind. But for nearly 80 years, this sacred island enclave has been under a U.S. military occupation that has restricted the community\u2019s access to the land, desecrated its cultural sites, and destroyed sensitive ecological habitat with wildfires, bombs, and bullets.<\/p>\n

Now \u2014 after Earthjustice took the Army to court several times on behalf of community advocates starting in 1998 followed by nearly two decades of foot dragging by the military \u2014 the U.S. Army has finally announced it will formally end live-fire training in Makua Valley.<\/p>\n

The announcement is a landmark, hard-fought victory for M\u0101lama M\u0101kua, a Native Hawaiian-lead community advocacy organization that sued the Army 25 years ago to end its destructive…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Read the full article originally published at earthjustice.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hawai\u2019i\u2019s M\u0101kua Valley on O\u2019ahu\u2019s western shore is revered for more than just its scenic beauty: for some Native Hawaiians, M\u0101kua is the birthplace of all mankind. But for nearly 80 years, this sacred island enclave has been under a U.S. military occupation that has restricted the community\u2019s access to the land, desecrated its cultural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":251972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[374],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Landmark Victory for Peace in Hawai\u2019i\u2019s Sacred M\u0101kua Valley - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/earthjustice.org\/article\/a-landmark-victory-for-peace-in-hawaiis-sacred-makua-valley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Landmark Victory for Peace in Hawai\u2019i\u2019s Sacred M\u0101kua Valley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hawai\u2019i\u2019s M\u0101kua Valley on O\u2019ahu\u2019s western shore is revered for more than just its scenic beauty: for some Native Hawaiians, M\u0101kua is the birthplace of all mankind. 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