Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Crews in west Maui are doing the devastating work of sifting through the ashes of incinerated homes and beloved landmarks as the death toll from the deadliest US wildfire in more than 100 years is still rising.
Ahahui Haku Moʻolelo (Hawaiian Journalists Association) and the Hawaiʻi chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association express our condolences and thoughts for the lives lost and homes destroyed by this wildfire. We urge journalists to exercise sensitivity and due diligence when framing their stories on the devastating Lāhainā wildfire.
Lost to the flames in Lahaina were a 200-year-old church and a Hawaiian language school, both community mainstays for Native Hawaiians.
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For centuries, Lahaina has been a significant economic, political and cultural center for Native Hawaiian communities.
The town was once Hawaii’s royal capital, and there were fears that some of its oldest buildings had been destroyed by the wildfires.