The role of the University of Hawai'i concerns Pisciotta. She sees it serving as a front group for government and corporate interests, "The university creates an illusion of doing education and research, but they are acting on behalf of the government, military, and corporations. They pay only $1 a year to use Mauna Kea. They take the lease from the state and sub-lease to the observatory. They avoid federal environmental impact studies, since they are a state agency. The university is making out like a bandit."
"Mauna Kea: The Temple, Protecting the Sacred Resource" is a thick report recently produced by two indigenous groups - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou and the Royal Order of Kamehameha I. This report includes an explanation of why Mauna Kea is sacred, a statement of the basic problem as a "violation of public trust," copies of letters, newspaper articles, and many appendices with various documents. It concludes, "We propose the creation of a separate authority to restore public involvement in the protection of our sacred resources." This extensive and thorough report may soon be available to the public through Pisciotta's email address below.
Peek made a plea to astronomers in the prestigious "Sky and Telescope" magazine, "They need to accept, graciously, that their observatory complex is finally complete, that being allowed to operate twenty of the world's finest telescopes under the cleanest, darkest skies on the planet is a more than ample gift from the people of Hawaii." Others take a more radical approach and seek to dismantle the current telescopes.
"Mauna Kea: The Temple, Protecting the Sacred Resource" is a thick report recently produced by two indigenous groups - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou and the Royal Order of Kamehameha I. This report includes an explanation of why Mauna Kea is sacred, a statement of the basic problem as a "violation of public trust," copies of letters, newspaper articles, and many appendices with various documents. It concludes, "We propose the creation of a separate authority to restore public involvement in the protection of our sacred resources." This extensive and thorough report may soon be available to the public through Pisciotta's email address below.
Peek made a plea to astronomers in the prestigious "Sky and Telescope" magazine, "They need to accept, graciously, that their observatory complex is finally complete, that being allowed to operate twenty of the world's finest telescopes under the cleanest, darkest skies on the planet is a more than ample gift from the people of Hawaii." Others take a more radical approach and seek to dismantle the current telescopes.