legal action
Mālama Mākua attorney David Henkin of Earthjustice speaks to the media outside Mākua after Mālama Mākua and the U.S. army reached a settlement in 2001. Photo by Craig T. Kojima, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
standing for mākua in u.S. federal court
Mālama Mākua advisory Ileana Haunani Ruelas earned a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2013. She researched and wrote in-depth of about Mālama Mākua suing the U.S. army in U.S. federal court and the surrounding media narrative for her Masterʻs thesis. Ileanaʻs thesis can be read by clicking the image below.
