Native Americans' decadeslong struggle for control over sacred lands is making progress
- Written by Rosalyn R. LaPier, Professor of HIstory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano in Hawaii, with an observatory visible on its summit. Native Hawaiians consider the mountain sacred and object to construction on it.Chris Condon/PGA TOUR via Getty ImagesWho should manage public land that is sacred to Native Americans?
That is the question that the United States government and some states hope recent...




