Native America Calling

Thursday, May 7, 2015 — Mauna Kea: Science vs. The Gods  

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In Hawaii, science is clashing with culture. Scientists from around the world have planned a $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope that scientists claim could help answer questions about how the universe began. Its proposed location? Mauna Kea: a sacred place known to Native Hawaiians as “the realm of the gods.” While the stars and their secrets have always held value for Native Hawaiians, protestors currently occupying Mauna Kea say desecrating the dormant volcano to build the world’s most advanced telescope would destroy a doorway to their culture. Can a balance be struck? What chance do protestors have against the international conglomerate working to build the observatory? And what chance does Western science have against  Native religion?

Guests:

Mike Bolte – member of the T-M-T International Observatory board of directors

Ka’iu Kimura (Native Hawaiian) – executive director of Imiloa Astronomy Center

Kahookahi Kanuha (Native Hawaiian) – Aloha Aina

Break Music: Ua Ao Hawai_i (song) Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Public Charter School Students (artist) Mana Maoli Volume IV – This Is Maoli Music (album)

Friday, November 14, 2014 – What’s In Our Genes?

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Epigenetics is the study of how our genes change over time due to the environment. It may explain why we inherit good and bad traits and memories from our ancestors. Have Native Americans inherited bad memories from their ancestors who survived starvation, abuse and illnesses? Did the genes of our great-great-great grandmother change to adapt to survive through the Trail of Tears or The Long Walk and then were passed on to our parents and us? Guests include Dr. James Jarvis (Mohawk).

Guests:

Dr. James Jarvis (Mohawk) – professor of clinical pediatrics at the State University of New York at Buffalo

Rick Smith – doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin

 

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