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citizens continue to hold vigil. Not only on the mountain, but also <br /> around the world. Volumes of expert testimony from leaders and <br /> international scholars, tenured professors, across the globe have <br /> also weighed in on this issue. Ignoring communications from <br /> entities as far reaching as the United Nations has specifically <br /> weighed in on the Mauna Kea issue and I have a copy of that letter <br /> for you. I'll leave it. But quoting United Nations, their statement <br /> was that they urged the Federal Government as well as the State <br /> Government of Hawai`i to honor their obligations on human rights <br /> and in particular, indigenous people's rights to practice their <br /> culture in religious traditions which preclude their preservation of <br /> Mauna Kea. Moreover, take into account the rights of indigenous <br /> people to be represented appropriately. United Nations urges the <br /> media and the State of Hawaii to communicate responsibly and to <br /> avoid biased reports that demonize indigenous people and <br /> represent them as a hindrance to science and progress. And thus <br /> encourage hatred and discrimination and I think this issue with <br /> Mauna Kea has really brought that to the forefront. It's been in all <br /> of the struggles that I've been in, it's been absolutely vicious, in <br /> terms of how the Hawaiian people have been, not only represented, <br /> but treated. So your actions and the way that you decide to go on <br /> this, are really going to either add to that or defuse it. And I'm <br /> really hoping that this continued disenfranchisement of the kanaka <br /> from systems of justice in our own homeland can be brought or <br /> brained in through your actions here today. I also want to remind <br /> you that being disenfranchised is a feature of institutionalized <br /> racism that has again identified itself. I feel without knowing more <br /> about what you're doing but possibly could be happening in this <br /> body by your neglecting to do your due diligence. By scrutinizing <br /> the behavior of Governor Ige and Mayor Kim, not only with not in <br /> enforcing the law as you see it by removing us from the access <br /> road. But by all the other things that have happened in the course <br /> of these last six months. I think the administrations of Governor <br /> Ige and also Mayor Kim have resulted in some criminal actions <br /> that fall under your Section 3-83 of County Code for fair treatment. <br /> I want to just want to go over that. There's not even really a <br /> decision on the disposition of the access road yet. And if you're <br /> not clear about that, the access road right now, which was <br /> Hawaiian homelands and there's a lot of, in my opinion, crazy <br /> ideas that have been concocted by the State. That the pavement <br /> belongs to the Department of Transportation but the land belongs <br /> to Hawaiians and so therefore, it's still the inventory of Hawaiian <br /> Homes but it's under the jurisdiction of the Department of <br /> Transportation. To me, that's just stuff that's been concocted <br /> lately. And if you don't know that the disposition of the access <br /> road is being litigated at this point. So that's not settled. There <br /> 9 <br />