Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 9, 1 September 2016 — MĀNOA AHUPUAʻA [ARTICLE]

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MĀNOA AHUPUAʻA

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that human skeletal remains were identihed by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Ine. during the course of an archaeological inventory survey related to the First Hawaiian BankMānoa Branch project, Mānoa Ahupua'a, Honolulu (Kona) District, O'ahu, TMKs: [1] 2-9-022:025 and [1] 2-9-013:036. Following the procedures of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E-43 and Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300, these remains are considered previously identihed. Based on the context of the hnds, they are over 50 years old and most likely Native Hawaiian. The project area is in the Kolowalu and Pāmoa area of Mānoa. Background research indicates that a portion of the current project area overlaps with Land Commission Award (LCA) 11306, 'Āpana 2, awarded to Kalama. Other LCAs in the vicinity of the project area include LCA 1 1306, 'Āpana 1, also to Kalama; LCA 1926, 'Āpana 1 and 2 to Nanauki; and LCA 1918, 'Āpana 1 and 2 to Kamahiai. The landowner is First Hawai-

ian Bank; the contact person for the project proponent is Danielle Yafuso, P.O. Box 3200, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96847 [TEL (808) 593-5422]. The project proponent has proposed preservation in plaee for these remains; however, the decision to preserve in plaee or relocate these previously identihed human remains shall be made by the O'ahu Island Burial Council in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) and any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. Appropriate treatment shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38. All persons having any knowledge of the identity or history of these human remains are requested to immediately contact Ms. Regina Hilo at 601 Kamokila Boulevard, Room555, Kapolei, Hawai'i 96707 [TEL (808) 692-8015, FAX (808) 692-8020]. All interested parties shall respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and hle descendancy elaim forms and/or provide information to the SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from these designated burials or eultural descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua'a or district.