Hawaii Renaissance protests
Hawaii’s Thirty Meter Telescope the government
is all for, but the Native Hawaiians do not want the
TMT to be built because the construction can and
will desecrate the sacred Mauna Kea. Mauna Kea
is home to special ceremonial practices and sacred ceremonies. I went to Hawaii and
got an incredible experience. Hawaii is all about preserving the land and keeping the
indigenous land untouched, so when the Native Hawaiians find out that the indigenous
mountain is getting slapped a big huge observatory right at the highest peak. There’s
going to be angry people.
At a press conference July 16, 2018,
the leader of the protests Kaho’ Okani
Kanuha stated to the government “we are
against the destruction of our Mauna”, this is
when the Native Hawaiian blocked all the roads and the protests began.
Following the day after an emergency proclamation was signed by governer Joe
closing multiple sections of the road leading to the construction After the press
conference,
protests began on the roads leading up to the top of Mauna. Police arrested
33 Elder Native Hawaiians because they were blocking the entrance to the TMT
construction which was stated illegal by the police. All of them were released almost
immediately. I felt like that was very wrong of the police to arrest the elders because
they were not disturbing the peace harming anyone they were just simply blocking the
road which is not illegal.
The government wants the telescope on the Mauna Kea because it is the
highest peak in Hawaii. This high peak would let them see deeper into space and let
them to see into the beginning of the universe. The TMT will have a dozen times the
resolution as the Hubble space observatory. Planning the Tmt started in 2009 and was
issued a permit in 2011. A groundbreaking was halted when the protests began in
2014. The protests consist of a tent city built right in the middle of the road blocking all
of the construction. There even have been a few celebrities joining the protests to show
their support. I feel like celebrities play a big part in the protests because they play a
big part and getting the information around and they have a lot of followers that will
follow in their footsteps giving more support for Hawaii’s.
In November Supreme Court of Hawaii
approved the TMT construction and ignored
the Native Hawaiians. This made Protest fight
harder and blocked the entire road so that no
construction can get through. The protesters
have been sleeping, eating protesting and staying on that road until they get what they
want. They have been doing since October 7, 2014. You can clearly tell how important
Mauna Kea is to them because it has been 5 years. These people will never give up clearly
and I support that this shows that they really do not want this telescope to be built on
their lands.
There is a plan B for the telescope to be built in the Spanish Archipelago. The
Spain minister and officials fully support the telescope being built on this land but they
still want it to be built in Hawaii. I don’t like how they are still trying for Hawaii when they
have another option with a place that actually wants to support the TMT being built. The
only words they had is that they would prefer it to be in Hawaii, “the site that it is being
built on (Mauna Kea)is an excellent place for astronomy.” officials say. A number of
governments around the world support the telescope around the world. The U.S, Canada,
India, China and Japan all support the government.
While the governments around the world
support the telescope there are numbers of
people around the world that support the
protesters to save the Mauna kea. In Las
vegas, Nevada former native residents posed
under a sign to show their support for the protesters in Hawaii. Also other protesters
chant and hold a sign in New York times Square. I love that Hawaii is getting all the
support and love they need so that they can stop the desecration on Mauna Kea and
Native Hawaiians are not scared to show their true feeling and speak out there and
protect the special land.
Canada had an incident where protests happened last year in January. The protests
were about the pipeline being built on the Wet’suwet’ en territory. This compares to the
Hawaii protests because the indigenous in Canada did not want the pipeline to destroy
their natural land with a pipeline going through it. There were protests all around
Canada to stop the pipeline from being built right in the middle of the indigenous
territory.
I got to experience Hawaii and when I first stepped off the plane it was one most
beautiful places in the world because I learned that Hawaiians try and keep their islands
the most natural as possible.they do this by removing certain animals that will wreck
the indigenous plants or land or even birds. A lot of the lands are indigenous so they
are told be untouched just like provincial parks in Canada Mauna Kea is an indigenous
mountain that is very special to the Native Hawaiians. There is so much work in
protecting the land that all of it would be thrown away if they slapped a big telescope
right in the middle the tallest peak of one of the prettiest mountains in the world.
While I was Adventuring out in Hawaii I got to see the protesters themselves and got
excited because they have tents everywhere in American flags there are food bases
everywhere and signs everywhere that say “do not touch my Mauna Kea. I was very
proud and I will always stand with the Native Hawaiians. I personally think that they
should just give up at this point because it has been five years and these Hawians are
not giving up their lands for the telescope.
Finally, to end this blog I support the Native Hawaiians for them to save Mauna Kea
and keep the naturalness of the island. I hope that they succeed as they are very
powerful leaders right now. That is now the end of my blog post.
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