06-30-2015, 04:12 AM
Kahookahi Kanuha, who is among a new generation of native Hawaiian activists, said the summit road was cleared of all rocks and ahus by late Friday afternoon after UH allowed some protesters to clean it up. He believes there’s no intention among those protecting the mountain to repeat what transpired.
"That is not our intention and we consider the safety of our own people, of those in opposition to us, as well as those who have no stance on this issue,” he said. “We consider the safety of all of these things, all of these people, the utmost priority."
For me one of the main characteristics of the Hawaiian Sovereignty movement is how fractured it is. Who is Kahookahi Kanuha? What percentage of Native Hawaiians does he represent? Obviously not all of them since if reports of the re-building of walls and other overt attempts to deny access are true, what he says above is meaningless. He didn't mean for it to happen but it did. He says it won't happen in the future but it is happening. More noise.
"That is not our intention and we consider the safety of our own people, of those in opposition to us, as well as those who have no stance on this issue,” he said. “We consider the safety of all of these things, all of these people, the utmost priority."
For me one of the main characteristics of the Hawaiian Sovereignty movement is how fractured it is. Who is Kahookahi Kanuha? What percentage of Native Hawaiians does he represent? Obviously not all of them since if reports of the re-building of walls and other overt attempts to deny access are true, what he says above is meaningless. He didn't mean for it to happen but it did. He says it won't happen in the future but it is happening. More noise.