Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 10, 1 ʻOkakopa 2006 — NU KA ILINA BURIAL NOTICES [ARTICLE]

NU KA ILINA BURIAL NOTICES

Waihe'e & Waiehu Notice is hereby given that Maui Coastal Land Trust is in the process of preparing a burial preservation plan to address permanent preservation and protection of 20 known burial sites within the c. 277.45-acre Waihe'e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Preserve, located at TMK [2] 3-2-10: 1 & 2 in Waihe'e Ahupua'a; and 3-2-13: 10 in Waiehu Ahupua'a, Wailuku District, Maui. The parcel encompasses the former location of the Waihe'e Dairy, the 'ili of Kapoho and Kapokea, and a significant portion of the Waihe'e Sand Dune. The burial sites include: five known eemeteries containing marked and unmarked graves located along the crest of the Waihe'e Sand Dune (Sites 2404, 2437, 2450, 2470, 2800); three single unmarked graves and locations of naturally exposed human skeletal remains along the crest of the Waihe'e Sand Dune (Sites 2435, 2440, 2442); nine sites with unmarked burials or human skeletal remains discovered during archaeological investigations conducted in 1992 along the base

and lower slopes of the Waihe'e Sand Dune (Sites 2389, 2414, 2465, 2880-2885); and three sites located along the shoreline in Waiehu and Waihe'e (Sites 1189, 1796, and 2449). The unmarked burials are presumed to be Native Hawaiian, based on their location within the larger Waihe'e Sand Dune burial complex, and based on the context and associated materials found during archaeological investigations. Several of the marked graves are known to be Native Hawaiian. One historic cemetery with marked graves (Site 2404) is Japanese. Proper treatment of the burial sites shall occur in accordance with Chapter 6E, Section 43, regarding historic and unmarked Native Hawaiian burial sites, and burial sites over 50 years in age. The Burial Preservation Plan will also address the location of a reburial site for inadvertently discovered human remains that were exposed by waves at the three shoreline sites. The following Hawaiian cemeteries are present within the preservation planning area: Site 2437, approximately 35 graves, three marked (William

A. Maliikapu, Kuuleialoha Makalika Kahaleao, and Dan Kaialiilii). Site 2450, approximately 40 graves, three marked (Kalua Haole, Abbey Maria Kailihala, and William Maule). Unmarked graves at Site 2450 are associated with the Nakila, Kealoha Kahae, Kapoi, Lai, and Carvalho families. Site 2470, approximately 25 graves, one marked (James Morris). Site 2800, approximately 16 graves, two marked (Louise K. Baqui and Helen K. Akuna); unmarked graves may be associated with the Nuuhiwa family. The property is within Land Commission Award 7713, Apana 24 to Victoria Kamāmalu. Additional Land Commission Awards located within the property include 3275 to Kapaku, 3775 to Anakalea, 3886-B to Napela, 3962 to Napukeha, 4274 to Kuanea, 4284 to Kekumoku, 4284E to Kapuipui, 4296 to Kawainui, 4389 to Kahookola, 4405 to Kapaluwai, 4405N to Kaaukelehonua, 4432 to Kahikiula, 443 8-B to Kekaula, 5230 to Keawemahi, 5276 to Kaai, 5333 to Pea, 5327 to Pakaku, and 8365-B to

Kahokola. Descendants of families from the area or persons with information about families from the area are requested to participate in the preparation of the Burial Preservation Plan. Respondents recognized as lineal descendants must demonstrate a family connection by providing relevant information to the Department of Land and Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Division, pursuant to Hawai'i Administrative Rule §13-300-35. Cultural descendants are requested to provide a family connection to ancestors who onee lived in the ahupua'a. Please contact Hinano Rodrigues, Culture Historian, State Historic Preservation Division at 808-243-4640; Scott Fisher, Project Manager, Maui Coastal Land Trust at 808-244-5263; or Theresa K. Donham, Akahele Archaeology, at 808-891-1495 to present information regarding the above burial sites or to inquire about the procedures for recognition as lineal or cultural descendants. Please respond within 30 days.