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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
imageA 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.

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