Ho'olaha Lehulehu - Public Notices

By Ka Wai Ola Staff

NO KA ILINA • BURIAL NOTICE

Kawaiaha'o Church and Cemetery

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been made with the State of Hawai'i Department of Health for the disinterment of unidentified human graves without claims of lineal descent interred at the Kawaiaha'o Church and Cemetery located at 957 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Hawai'i, TMK: 2-10-32-017:0000 in Honolulu Ahupua'a, Kawaiaha'o, Kona District, O'ahu. All interested person are hereby requested to contact Lani Ma'a Lapilio at (808) 596-8166 no later than 30 days from the date of this notice.

Kawaiaha'o Church, through its Board of Trustees, is planning to erect a Multi-Purpose Center (MPC) on the present site of the administrative office building and the social hall, known as Likeke Hall, and install necessary underground utilities. In 1940 during the construction of Likeke Hall, an effort was made to relocate burials discovered in this area, also known as Section B of the Cemetery. There are 20 burial lots (Lots 15 –34) in Section B and the lot numbers are registered in the names of: Mary Adams, Kinipeki, Mrs. Holstein, David Kanuha, Heu, J. Moanauli, Kekuahanai, Waiwaiole, G. Wessel, Mauliawa, Kamaka, Kuhiaopio, Wm. Buckle, Pilali, J. Kapena, Kapi'olani Estate and Widow of S. Metcalf.

The following list of names are individuals whose relocation from Section B of the Kawaiaha'o Church Cemetery was already accomplished in 1940 as necessitated by the construction of the administrative offices and Likeke Hall: Alexander Auld Jr., Alexander Auld Sr., Edith Auld, James Auld, Samuel Auld, Mr. Caesar, Mrs. Kaanaana Caesar, Abigail K. Drew, Elizabeth Duarte, Baby (Wise) Glosstein, Ella Lois Hayselden, Bernice Kanani Holstein, Herman Holstein, Mrs. Rebecca Holstein, Mrs. Annie Kanakanui, Kawelo Kanakanui, Alfred Kanuha, Mary Kamaka Kapahu, Noah Kauhane, Priscilla Kauhane, S. Kinipeti, Awa Koulukou, Nancy Lahapa, Baby Lowell, Hannah Maughn, Mrs. E.R. Mauliawa, E.K. Moanauli, J. Moanauli, J.W. Moanauli, K. Moanauli, S.M. Moanauli, Elizabeth Moss, Naope, George Norton, Angeline Palea, Louisa Pohano, Julia Punohu, Kalua (Baby) Purdy, Kalua Purdy, William (Baby) Purdy, George Shaw, Kaluahinui Purdy Shaw, Lahela Shaw, Toma, Anna Wessel, Nancy Wirt, John Wise Jr., John Wise Sr., and Lois Wise. In addition to these known individuals, there were other unidentified individuals that were removed from Kawaiaha'o and some were relocated to other cemeteries.

Frank Pestana | Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Kawaiaha'o Church

Kāwala Ahupua'a

Notice is hereby given that a graveyard was documented as part of an Archaeological Inventory Survey on a three-acre land parcel [TMK: (3) 9-5-021:035] behind the Ka'ū (Nā'ālehu) Roping and Riding Club in Nā'ālehu, Kāwala Ahupua'a, Ka'ū District, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i. The lands are associated with Land Commission Award 11028 to Samuel Peke (Samuel Beck). The land was later owned by Emily Taylor and Howard Kupahu before being sold to the Hutchinson Sugar Co.

The graveyard was identified as State Site No. 50-10-74-26668 and is a known public graveyard presumed to contain traditional Native Hawaiian remains. The names of three individuals appear on headstones: Chasless Smith (deceased 1908), Ellen M. Kupahu, and Pohuehue Kaai (deceased 1921). Proper treatment and preservation shall occur in accordance with Chapter 6E and Hawai'i Revised Statutes Title 13. The burials will be preserved in place pending final decision by the Hawai'i Island Burial Council.

Interested persons please respond within 30 days of this notice to discuss appropriate treatment of these remains. Individuals responding must be able to adequately demonstrate lineal and/or cultural connection to the burials on the above referenced parcel at Nā'ālehu, Hawai'i Island. Contact: Analu Josephides, Cultural Historian, DLNR-SHPD (808-327-4959) or Theresa Donham, Hawai'i Island Archaeologist, DLNR-SHPD, (808-933-7653), or 40 Po'okela Street, Hilo, HI 96720; Glenn Escott, Scientific Consultant Services Inc., (808-959-5956), or P.O. Box 155, Kea'au, HI 96749.

Maku'u Ahupua'a

Notice is hereby given that human remains were documented during Archaeological Inventory Survey of a property located in Maku'u Ahupua'a, Puna District, Island of Hawai'i, Hawai'i [TMK: (3)1-5-010:032]. The parcel is a portion of former Grant No. 1013, issued to D.W. Maiau in 1852.

Three of the unmarked burial sites are presumed to date to the Historic Period and one site is presumed to contain Traditional Native Hawaiian remains. Proper treatment shall occur in accordance with Chapter 6E, Revised Statutes, Section 43.5 regarding unmarked grave sites. The final disposition of the burials shall be made by the State Historic Preservation Division–Burial Sites Program in consultation with the Hawai'i Island Burial Council.

Interested persons please respond within 30 days of his notice to discuss appropriate treatment of these remains. Individuals responding must be able to adequately demonstrate lineal and/or cultural connection to the burials on the above referenced parcel in Maku'u, Puna, Hawai'i. Contact: Theresa Donham, DLNR–SHPD/ (808) 933-7653/ 40 Po'okela Street, Hilo, HI 96720; Holly McEldowney, DLNR–Division of State Parks/ (808) 587-0287/ 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 310, Honolulu, HI 96813; Michael Dega, Scientific Consultant Services Inc./ (808) 597-1182/ 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Ste. 975, Honolulu, HI 96813; and/or Robert Spear, Scientific Consultant Services Inc., 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Ste. 975, Honolulu, HI 96813/ (808) 597-1182).

Lālāmilo Ahupua'a

Notice is hereby given that there are iwi kupuna (human skeletal remains) in unmarked graves documented at TMK: 6-6-001:10, 54, 77; and 6-6-004:12 through 17, in the ahupua'a of Lālāmilo, South Kohala, Island of Hawai'i. The remains are on approximately 250 acres situated south of Kawaihae Road, north of Waikoloa Stream, and west of the transfer station road. A total of 18 iwi kupuna are documented from nine archaeological features. The applicant for this project is the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Attn: Land Development Division, 1099 Alakea St., Suite 2000, Honolulu, HI 96813, (808) 586-3800.

Historical documents indicate that the following family names are associated with the land in the project area described above: W. Pekele, J.A. Palea, J.W. Pa, Mahikulani Lindsey, James F. Lindsey (please note that a previous Public Notice for this property incorrectly spelled these names as "Lindsay"), and Norah and Wilmot Vredenburg.

These iwi kupuna are assumed to be Native Hawaiian individuals, and proper treatment shall occur in accordance with Chapter 6E, Revised Statutes, Section 43.5, regarding unmarked grave sites. The proposed treatment is to keep all known iwi kupuna in place.

Interested persons please respond within 30 days of this notice to Theresa Donham, DLNR–SHPD/ (808) 933-7653/ 40 Po'okela Street, Hilo, HI 96720; Holly McEldowney, DLNR–Division of State Parks/ (808) 587-0287/ 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 310, Honolulu, HI 96813; Michael Dega, Scientific Consultant Services Inc./ (808) 597-1182/ 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Ste. 975, Honolulu, HI 96813; and/or Robert Spear, Scientific Consultant Services Inc., 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Ste. 975, Honolulu, HI 96813/ (808) 597-1182.

The state's burial sites regulations require that individuals responding must be able to adequately demonstrate lineal and/or cultural connection to the burial(s) on the above referenced parcel in the appropriate ahupua'a and district.