Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 4, 1 April 1987 — Two More OHA Grant Projects Completed [ARTICLE]

Two More OHA Grant Projects Completed

"The Cemetery Research Project" and "Malama Kaniakapupu" are two more community grant projects recently completed by the Culture Division of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Sponsored by the Hawaiian Historical Society and directed by Nanette Napoleon Pumell, the first project sought to inventory and identify Hawaiian graves and cemeteries on Oahu. Pumell, assisted by a team of volunteers, has been able to site the conditions of present day cemeteries, locate "forgotten" ones and has done an intensive documentation of where Hawaiians are buried, providing as mueh information about those interred as possible. Her information should help researchers in many different applications such as genealogy, history, population studies, etc. Copies of her report are available at the Hawaiian Historica! Society, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and OHA for reference use. The cemetery project's final report consists of a "Guide to Cemetery Research," "Directory of Names and Cemetery Sites" and two volumes on "Individual Cemetery Site Directory and other Tombstone Inscription Data." "Malama Kaniakapupu" was sponsored by Hawaii's Thousand Friends to deve!op a stabiiization and historic preservation plan for a site in Nuuanu Valley on Oahu used by King Kamehameha III as his summer residence. Utilizing the services of archaeologist Bert Davis, a comprehensive plan has been developed to ensure that the site whieh contains remnants of the building's walls is preserved. Although the property belongs to the State and has been placed on the State Historic Register, laek of maintenance has seen damage of overgrowth of trees to walls as well as deterioration due to nature. Davis' plans recommend careful clearance of the growth and an archaeological survey of the grounds with the final goal of restoring the building to its past glory. Community grants previously completed were Kai Oni Canoe Club and halau, koa eanoe youth program, Prince Lot Hula Festival IX and the "Enduring Pride" television shows.