Hawaii's highest peak is caught in a spiritual tug of war between astronomers and Native Hawaiians

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Both indigenous activists and scientists believe the volcano holds answers to the mysteries of the universe but do not agree on how it should be used.

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03, The US has no better sight in any of the 50

00:33 states than Malacare.

00:34 Ironically, that's the most sacred space.

00:43 That's Kukahaula.

00:45 That's where Poliahu lives.

00:58 A bunch of us started to get situated to stand in the road.

01:08 Not to stop astronomers, but to stop bulldozers.

01:27 I don't think any of those agencies

01:29 are interested in advancing the field if it isn't welcome

01:36 within the local community, though.

01:38 It doesn't have to be a conflict.

01:39 It's not science versus culture, because our culture is science.

01:49 It doesn't have to be a conflict if they just opened up

01:53 their minds and their hearts.

01:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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