Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 7, 1 July 1988 — Renamed Kaʻena Site Put Back on Register [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Renamed Kaʻena Site Put Back on Register

The Ka'ena Fishing Camp on O'ahu or Site No. 1183 is onee more on the Hawai'i Register of Historic Places following action last June 9 by the Hawai'i Historic Places Review Board. The site was originally on the Register in 1971 but removed by the board in 1980 when it was informed by the Attorney General that prior to 1978 they had made procedural errors when placing sites on the Hawai'i Register. The site consists of the archaeological remains of a prehistoric Hawaiian fishing eamp in the large dune at Ka'ena Point where the Coast Guard light is located. The site's integrity has been severely damaged by the wheels of dune vehicles. Human bones were recovered by state parks archaeologists on one occasion while investigating damages.

The current nomination includes new information, including additional sites not listed on the original site form. The site's name has also been changed to Ka'ena Complex. Additional sites include White Rock, known to Hawaiians as Leina-a-ka'uhane, a ko'a (fishing shrine) located by Office of Hawaiian Affairs Cultural Specialist Earl (Buddy) Neller; Pohaku-O-Kaua'i; and a possible heiau site on the talus above Leina-a-ka'uhane whieh is described as one of the places from whieh ghosts leaped into the netherworld. Ka'ena, a relative of Pele who eame with her from Kahiki and decided to stay, means red hot.

A partially eroded sand dune at the renamed Ka'ena Complex.