Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 18, Number 2, 1 Pepeluali 2001 — Burial site notice [ARTICLE]

Burial site notice

N0TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Cedric Hustace, trustee of the Catherine M. Hustace Revocable Trust, applicant landowner, has filed with the Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources of the State of Hawai'i, a burial treatment plan requesting approval by the Hawai'i Island Burial Council for relocation of a previously identified Native Hawaiian burial site on land described as Lot 13, Block 2, Waimea Homesteads, Waimea, South Kohala, Island and State of Hawai'i, being a portion of Land Patent (Grant) No. 5972 to Mabel R. Beckley and bearing Tax Map Key No. (Por.) Third Division 6-5-04-29, to a near adjacent public cemetery site within the district owned by the state and maintained by the County of Hawai'i bearing Third Division Tax Map Key No. 6-5-04-07. The skeletal remains subject to relocation consist of partial remains of one person only, presumed to be Native Hawaiian, bearing no identification and without accompanying burial goods, artifacts or other property. Inquiry of any person with knowledge, possibly affiliated with the remains, has been unsuccessful. The burial treatment plan filed by applicant states that the burial site to be relocated is not within an area having a concentration of skeletal remains, is not a pre-contact or historic period site associated with important individuals and events, and is not within a historic property area as defined by Section 6E-2, HRS. Further, should the land owned by applicant be sold, subdivided or developed, the skeletal remains could be subjected to possible harm, whereas the relocation site provides adequate protection and easy public access. The current site having previously been identified as Native Hawaiians, the determination of whether such site should be preserved or relocated is vested in the Hawai'i Island Burial Council under Section 43.5 of Chapter 6E, HRS. All interested individuals or families, including descendants of the patentee possibly associated with.the burial site or property where the burial site is located, having a position with regard to burial site treatment, shall respond within 30 days from the publication of this notice to the applicant, care of his attorney, Frank W. Hustace Jr., at 1210 'Auahi St., Ste. 121, Honolulu, HI 96814, telephone 808-593-8040, and to Kana'i Kapeliela, cultural historian at 808-692-8037, and Kalā'au Wahilani, historic preservation specialist, both of the Historic Preservation Division, Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai'i, at 555 Kākuhihewa Bldg, 601 Kamokila Blvd., Kapolei, HI 96707, state their position and provide information to the department adequately demonstrating descent from the Native Hawaiian remains, or descent from ancestors buried in the same district where the Native Hawaiian skeletal remains on Lot 13 above described are buried. ■ *