Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 6, 1 Iune 2012 — Hāmākua District [ARTICLE]

Hāmākua District

All persons having information concerning, or cultural ties to, unmarked burials present within the following ahupua'a : Kūka'iau, Koholālele and Ka'ohe, Hāmākua District, Island of Hawai'i (TMK 4-2-08:21, 4-2-08:08, 4-2-08:13, 4-1-06:07 and 4-4-015:01) are hereby requested to contact David S. DeLuz, Jr., (808) 895-4284, 811 Kanoelehua Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720 and/or Kawika Farm, Cultural Specialist, Burial Site Program, State of Hawai'i Preservation Division, (808) 243-1285, DLNR Maui Office, 130 Mahalani Street, Wailuku, HI 96793. Prominent geographical features within these properties include Pu'u O Kiha (Pu'u Kihe), (Pu'u) 'Iolehaehae, (Pu'u) Kanakaleonui, (Pu'u) Ka'ali'ali, Pu'u Kea, Pu'u 'Ula'ula, Keahuonāiwi, a "burying plaee of Hāmākua people in olden times" (Testimony of Kauahipaula: Boundary Commission, 1881), and Keonenui, "the hlaek sand burying plaee of the old native of [Hāmākua]" (Notes of Survey of Kūka'iau, 1880). This notice was initially published in the December 2010 issue of Ka Wai Ola, and in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, West Hawaii Today and Hilo Tribune-Herald on November 28 and December 1 and 2, 2010. While some cultural descendants of the unmarked burials have been identified, the search for descendants is ongoing as part of a Burial Treatment Plan currently being prepared. Treatment of the burials will occur

in accordance with HRS, Chapter 6E. Parties interested in elaiming descendancy should respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and provide information to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from the Native Hawaiian remains, or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua'a or district (Hāmākua) in whieh the Native Hawaiian remains are buried. Some of the family names associated with these respective ahupua 'a, as identified through historical background research, include the following Land Commission Awardees, Land Grantees, and kama'āina testifiers to the Boundary Commission (Kūka'iau, 1881): Koolau (LCA 3705-B), Kailakanoa (LCA M.A. 26-B), Pumanamana (LCA 10601), Nuumalolo (LCA 10546), Moano (LCA 10174), Kaikuaana (LCA 8298), Puahewa (LCA 9843), Kaaiawaawa (LCA 9844), Kookooku (LCA 8297), Pehu (LCA 5931), Waianae (LCA 10422), J. A. Simmons (LG 760), Kauahi, Kauahipaula, Kahookaamoku, Nainoa, and Kahue.

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