George Helm

George Helm

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George Helm

About George Helm

George Jarrett Helm Jr. (March 23, 1950 - disappeared March 7, 1977) was a Native Hawaiian activist and musician from Kalama, Molokai, Hawaii. He graduated from St. Louis High School on Oahu in 1968. While at St. Louis, he studied under Hawaiian cultural experts John Keola Lake and Kahauanu Lake. In 1975, he joined the Hui Aloha ʻĀina organization on Molokai, and participated in the formation of the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana organization to end the U.S. Navy's bombing of the island. In 1976, he and nine activists occupied the island. On March 7, 1977, he left for Kahoʻolawe and his whereabouts are unknown.

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