Protectors gathered at the Maunakea access road as construction access for the Thirty Meter Telescope was due to begin. The confrontation asserted the mountain's sacred significance and Native Hawaiian relationships to land. The struggle challenged who could authorize development and whose knowledge and responsibilities would govern a place under scientific and state management.
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Maunakea protectors challenged who could authorize development at a place they regarded as sacred.
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The mobilization asserted Native Hawaiian relationships and responsibilities to land in the dispute over telescope construction.