"We cannot be vengeful. We need to find pono [righteous] solutions. We need to find good things for astronomers. Cooperation is, I think, really the true part of our human nature, not competition. I think we have to go back to cooperation to survive the future." -Kealoha Pisciotta, president of Mauna Kea Anaina Hou
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By AUDREY McAVOYFebruary 3, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this July 14, 2019, file photo, the sun sets behind telescopes at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. House Democratic leaders announced plans Tuesday to develop a new management structure for Hawaii s tallest mountain, where protesters in past years have blocked the construction of a large telescope on the peak some Native Hawaiians consider sacred. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
FILE - In this July 14, 2019, file photo, the sun sets behind telescopes at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. House Democratic leaders announced plans Tuesday to develop a new management structure for Hawaii s tallest mountain, where protesters in past years have blocked the construction of a large telescope on the peak some Native Hawaiians consider sacred. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)