Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 5, 1 Mei 2011 — BURIAL NOTICE [ARTICLE]

BURIAL NOTICE

Honokohau lst ahupua'a NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that one historic property (SIHP 50-10-37-22415) containing one burial was discovered by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Ine. in the course of an archaeological inventory survey related to the Queen Ka'ahunianu Highway Widening Phase 2 Project within the alwpua'a of Honokōhau lst, District of North Kona, Island of Hawai'i. The burial site consists of a drystacked basalt stone platfonn located near the makai edge of the boundary of the proposed highway widening right-of-way immediately adjacent to the mauka boundary of the KalokoHonokōhau Nahonal Historic Park. The burial site is located within TMK (3) 7-4-008:999. Given the physical characteristics of the stone platfonn within whieh the human skeletal remains are located, the burial site most likely dates from prehistoric, also known as pre-Contact, times and contains an individual of Native

Hawaiian ethnicity. The project proponent is the Hawai'i Department of Transportation (HDOT) [contact: Mr. Henry Kennedy (808) 345-2708, Henry.Kennedy@ hawaii.gov or Mr. Robert Taira (808) 345-2103]. Background research indicates the alwpua'a of Honokōhau lst was awarded in its entirety at the time of the Māhele to ali 'i Miriam Kekau 'onohi at LCA 11216:36, Royal Patent 7587. Following theprocedures of Hawai 'i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E43, and Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300, the burial is beheved to be over 50 years old. The project proponent would prefer to preserve the burial in plaee; however, the decision to preserve in plaee or relocate this previously identified burial shall be made by the Hawai'i Island Burial Council and the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) in consultation with any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. Proper treatment of the burial

shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38 or 13-300-39. SHPD is requesting persons having any knowledge of the identity or history of this burial to inunediately contact Mr. Analu Iosephides at SHPD, located atP.O. Box 2972, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96745 [TEL: (808) 327-4959 / FAX (808) 933-7655], to provide information regarding appropriate treatment of the unmarked burial. All interested parties should respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and file descendancy elaim fonns and/or provide information to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from this specific burial or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the vicinity of the survey area. ■

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