Native folks should be proud to learn our language and culture.
But knowledge is often a function of privilege, class, or access.
Colonialism still disconnects many of us from our roots, and being under siege makes you no less Native.
So please approach your kin with care.
The Canadian astronomy community confirmed that they will not support TMT construction without consent from Native Hawaiians.
Well, there is no Kanaka Maoli consent for @TMTHawaii.
@AstroCanada & @LRP2020, you said it. We heard it. We’ll hold you to it.
#KuKiaiMauna#AoleTMT
No consent in 2014. No consent in 2015. No consent in 2019. No consent now. No consent EVER.
You said it. We heard it. Weʻll hold you to it.
Paʻi ka lima!
#ʻAʻoleTMT#KūKiaʻiMauna
If youʻre Kanaka Maoli & oppose the Thirty Meter Telescope at Maunakea, tell CANADA you donʻt consent to TMT in Hawaiʻi!!!
@AstroCanada says if we DONʻT CONSENT to @TMTHawaii that Canada will STOP supporting TMT construction at Maunakea.
#AoleTMT#KanakaTwitter#CASCA2021
"I've come to the conclusion that the TMT should not be built on Maunakea at this time because we don't have consent from the Hawaiian people, and I think we may never have that consent." —Terry Bridges @terry_tjb, Astronomy Professor, Okanagan College