For many in the Native Hawaiian community, the eruption of Mauna Loa carried a large cultural and political symbolism and a message to respect Indigenous communities and land.
said. However, authorities expect it to eventually reach Daniel K. Inouye Highway, which is less than four miles away, in roughly a week or more.
Many in the community have seen this as Pele’s warning to the armed forces, whose presence in the area has made the islands the most densely militarized state in the country, according to research published in Pacific Public Health. Similarly, ho’omanawanui said that there have been a variety of offenses, ranging from cultural to environmental consequences, caused by the military occupation. Most recently, 1,100 gallons of toxic fire-suppressing foam leaked from Red Hill fuel storage facility, operated by the U.S. Navy. The leak follows another major spill from the same facility last year that sickened families who relied on a nearby well for water.
“Tourism only works when we’re poor. And the people who work here and build the place are poorer than the people who play here,” Ing said.Ing said that Mauna Loa’s eruption, and its reaffirming timing, comes amid a reckoning between Native peoples and the institutions in power.
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