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Kanaka Maoli and their allies are entering their fifth week of demonstrations to prevent construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii. They’re determined to stop further desecration of the sacred Mauna Kea. It’s the latest high profile effort to protect sacred places around the country. Others include the Blackfeet Tribe’s renewed defense of Badger Two Medicine in Montana against the reopening of oil and gas development plans. We’ll check in with some of the notable efforts to protect sacred places across Native America.
Guests:
Pua Case (Kanaka Maoli) – teacher, mother and one of many who is fighting for Hawaii
Klee Benally (Diné) – coordinator Protect The Peaks and works with Clean Up the Mines and Haul No
Fawn Douglas (Las Vegas Paiute) – artivist
Lauren King (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) – partner at Foster Pepper PLLC
Break 1 Music: Keep It Hopping Remix (feat. Cris Derksen) (song) Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie (artist) Keep It Hopping (Remix) [feat. Cris Derksen] (single)
Break 2 Music: Pangaea (song) Visionaries (artist) Pangaea (album)
