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Rosalyn R. LaPier, Professor of HIstory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

RARE PHOTOS: Native americans decadeslong struggle for control over sacred lands is making progress | Rare Historical Photos

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 Images

Who should manage public land that is sacred to Native Americans?

That is the question that the United States government and some states hope recent policy changes will address by giving Indigenous people greater input into managing such land. Co-management, as the policy is called, might alleviate the friction that emerges when sacred landscapes are managed without Native American input.

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