Sabrina K. Suluai-mahuka

He is looking to extract minerals off the Pacific floor.

Peering at the turquoise blue waters near her home on Tutula Island in American Samoa, Sabrina Suluai Mahuka often thinks of her seafaring ancestors.

The Samoan people have relied on the ocean for centuries for their cultural identity, livelihoods, and food.

Now, Suluai Mahuka and thousands of others fear the Trump administration's push to extract minerals from the ocean floor could threaten the Samoan way of life.