Ho'olaha Lehulehu - Public Notices

By Ka Wai Ola Staff

NO KA ILINA • BURIAL NOTICE

Hamanamana ahupua'a

Notice is hereby given that Pacific Legacy, Inc. is in the process of preparing a Burial Treatment Plan for the University of Hawai'i Center-West Hawai'i. This plan addresses the permanent preservation and protection of at least five human burials within the 73-acre University of Hawai'i parcel located at TMK (3) 7-3-10:042 in the Hamanamana ahupua'a, North Kona District, Hawai'i Island. The five human burials were discovered in a lava tube during archaeological investigations in 1993. The burials are presumed to be Native Hawaiian, based on their location, context, and association with other materials found during the archaeological investigations. Proper treatment of the burials shall occur in accordance with Chapter 6E, Section 43 regarding unmarked Native Hawaiian burials and burials over 50 years in age. The entire ahupua'a of Hamanamana was awarded to Princess Ruth Ke'elikōlani (LCA 7716).

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 Treatment 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 once lived in the ahupua'a. Please contact Analu K. Josephides, Culture Historian, State Historic Preservation Division at 808-327-4959 or Paul L. Cleghorn, Pacific Legacy, at 808-263-4800 to present information regarding the above burials or to inquire about the procedures for recognition as lineal or cultural descendants. Please respond within 30 days.

Pūpūkea Ahupua'a

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that six unmarked burial sites containing a minimum of eight sets of human skeletal remains were discovered by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Inc. The finds were made in the course of an archaeological inventory survey associated with the planned Pūpūkea Road Rockfall Mitigation Project, Pūpūkea Ahupua'a, Ko'olauloa District, Island of O'ahu (TMKs [1] 5-9-018:030, 031, 032, 038, and the Pūpūkea Road right-of-way). The planned project involves rockfall mitigation work upslope of a portion of Pūpūkea Road, and is being funded by the City and County of Honolulu. No Land Commission Awards (LCA) are located within or in the vicinity of the project area. The project area is located within portions of former Land Grants 5196 to Leslie Cooper Clark and 5087 to A.A. Wilson.

The human remains were discovered within six burial caves along the coastal cliff area in the vicinity of Pūpūkea Road. The remains were determined to be over 50 years old and proper treatment shall occur in accordance with Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E-43 and Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300 regarding unmarked burial sites. An evaluation of ethnicity will be made by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD). However, based on observations of the burial site context, the burials are reasonably believed to be Native Hawaiian. The O'ahu Island Burial Council has jurisdiction over all requests to preserve or relocate previously identified Native Hawaiian Burial sites, in consultation with any identified lineal and/or cultural descendents, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. The proposed treatment of the burial sites is preservation in place. The remains' proper treatment shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38.

All persons having information about these burial sites or wishing to submit a descent claim are requested to immediately contact Ms. Kaleo Paik at SHPD, Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), located at 555 Kāuhihewa Building, 601 Kamōila Boulevard, Kapolei, Hawai'i 96707 [Tel. (808) 692-8026; Fax (808) 692-8020]. All interested parties should respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and provide information to SHPD/DLNR adequately demonstrating lineal descent from these specific burials or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua'a or district of this project.