article_snippet.sent: Hawaiians holds former kingdom lands in trust for the Hawaiian people, who see the site as sacred. '
article_snippet.sent: The land is in a  remote and sheltered position, nestled in the crater of a dormant volcano.
article_snippet.sent: The university leases sacred land at Mauna Kea from the state and then subleases The university to The projectThirty Meter Telescope .
article_snippet.sent: Apo said that Hawaii leases sacred land for $1 a year and The university gives it to the observatory for $1 a year.
article_snippet.sent: However, Hawaiian Affairs trustee said that the observatories generate millions of dollars in revenue by selling viewing time and that 'monetary value of Mauna Kea viewing time is astronomical'.
highlights_snippet.sent: Manua Kea mountain was burial ground for Native Hawaiians and is sacred .
  