Pete Kaululaʻau Gustave Thompson (1949–March 2, 2015) was an activist and professor in the Ethnic Studies department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[1][2] He is best known for his work in the Waiāhole-Waikāne struggle and the protests against the construction of the Interstate H-3.
Early life and education
editThompson was born in Honolulu in 1949. He graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 1967.[2]
Career
editAs a professor, Thompson helped to write the first curriculum about Native Hawaiians to be taught at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He also did most of his activism while working as a professor, including acting as a founding member of the Kokua Kalama Committee, and acting as chairman of "For People, Land and Sea, Stop TH-3", a community opposing development of the Interstate H-3. He was well-known as a Marxist, and a community organizer with the Waiāhole-Waikāne Community Association.[3][4] Thompson's interest and support of land rights extended into the greater Pacific, with his attendance at events like the conference in 1974/1975 for a Nuclear Free Pacific.[5]
After working as a professor he became an investment broker at Smith Barney, ranking 51st in the United States in 2008. He also served as a board member for the Hawaii People’s Fund and the Hawaii Institute of Public Affairs.[1]
Thompson died on March 2, 2015.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Kubota, Gary T. (March 28, 2015). "PETE THOMPSON / 1949-2015 Obituary". Star Advertiser. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ a b Trask, Haunani-Kay (1987). "Birth of the Modern Hawaiian Movement: Kalama Valley, Oʻahu". The Hawaiian Journal of History. 21: 126–153 – via eVols.
- ^ Modavi, Neghin (June 1996). "Mediation of Environmental Conflicts in Hawaii: Win-Win or Co-optation?". Sociological Perspectives. 39 (2): 301–316. doi:10.2307/1389314. ISSN 0731-1214. JSTOR 1389314. S2CID 147226254.
- ^ A nation rising : Hawaiian movements for life, land, and sovereignty. Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, Ikaika Hussey, Erin Kahunawaikaʻala Wright. Durham. 2014. ISBN 978-0-8223-7655-2. OCLC 872995683.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Aoude, Ibrahim G. (1999-04-01). The Ethnic Studies Story: Politics and Social Movements in Hawaii - Essays in Honor of Marion Kelly. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2244-6.