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Community Protests Massive Telescope Atop a Sacred Mountain

Season 13 Episode 4 | 2m 17s

On July 20, 2019, Hawai'i Governor Ige announced the approved construction of an 18-story telescore. In response, hundreds of Native Hawaiians and protectors of Mauna Kea began protest atop the sacred mountain.

Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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Indigenous women around the Pacific seek support in their birth choices.
Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists stand to protect their sacred Mauna Kea.
Two sisters, Kapulei Flores and Hāwane Rios, share a responsibility to protect Mauna Kea.
New theater production by Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne reclaims and celebrates māhū people.
Kumu Patrick Makuakāne designed his show to be inclusive in dance, song, and costume.
What does it mean to be māhū? Kumu Patrick Makuakāne shares why it's the name of his show.
Ānuenue is the name of a palila bird who has been killed; but his story doesn't end there.
Kalā and others begin the palila annual survey point counts on Mauna Kea.
A Hawaiian finch sues the State of Hawai‘i to prevent its imminent extinction.
Poema teachers her children to protect the ocean and land.
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