The womxn and nonbinary folx of Hawai’i are protecting this sacred space against police forces and governmental influences — By Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua and Yvonne Mahelona On July 17, 2019, hundreds stood and watched in tortured silence as police arrested three dozen kūpuna (elders), who refused to allow construction vehicles up to the sacred summit of Maunakea. Maunakea is the tallest mountain in the Hawaiian Islands and an ancestor to…