Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 8, 1 August 1991 — Island Burial Council members appointed [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Island Burial Council members appointed

by Gail Chun

Newly appointed members of the Island Burial Councils were sworn in at a ceremony last month with the oath of office given by Judge Thomas Kaulukukui, Jr. The 55 appointees, selected by Gov. John Waihe'e with recommendations made by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Hawaiian organizations, and the community, are divided into five island burial councils, representing Moloka'i, O'ahu, Kaua'i and Ni'ihau, Maui and Lana'i, and Hawai'i. The councils were created through an act passed in the 1990 legislative session. Hawaiian burial sites and remains, according to the act, are "especially vulnerable" and need to be "assured dignity and freedom from unnecessary disturbance." According to the act, eaeh eouneil is designed so that members ean decide whether to preserve or relocate already identified burial sites, and to help the DLNR to identify and inventory unmarked burial sites. Their duties also include recommending proper management, treatment and protection of Hawaiian burial sites to the DLNR, and maintaining a list of Hawaiian groups they ean notify when remains are discovered. The councils, ranging from eight to 14 in membership, deal specifically with native Hawaiian burials that are more than 50 years old. Terms of office vary from one to four years. Carmen "Boots" Panui, a member of the island burial eouneil of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau, said she is excited and proud to be a member. "I like taking care of the kupuna and putting them back," she says. "It's really neat that we're able to do this." V — ^

The burial councils will meet onee a month and the meetings are open to the public. Hawai'i Henry "Papa" A. Auwae Kia Fronda Rose Akana Fujimori Pearl Ulu Garmon Winifred Pele Hanoa Edward L.H. Kanahele Robert P. Keliihoomalu, Sr. Herman P. Kunewa, Jr. Melia Lane-Hamasaki Arthur P. Lerma Peter H. L'Orange Ruby P. McDonald Eli K. Nahulu Marlenajon Stafford Kaua'i/Ni'ihau Ilei Beniamina William H. Campbell Wilma H. Holi Helen N. Kaneakua Gertrude Kapahulehua LaFrance Kapaka-Arboleda

Attwood Makanani Carmen L. "Boots" Panui David W. Pratt Karen A. Taketa Maui/Lana'i Richard H. Cameron Dana N. Hall Loretta P. Hera Garner H. Ivey, Jr. Samuel Kalalau, III Charles P. Keau Leslie A. Kuloloio Charles K. Maxwell, Sr. James M. Murray, Jr. Aimoku E.G.K. Pali Moloka'i Matthew K. Adolpho, Jr. William M. Akutagawa, Jr. Henry K. Ayau Pearl Aliee Hodgins Lani Kapuni Colette Machado Henry Nalaielua Eliza Kauila Reyes O'ahu ,hmp<: I Auiai ,Ir

Phyllis "Coochie" Cayan Healani C Doane Charles A. Ehrhorn Miles H. Hazama Lillian P. Kruse Lydia Namahana Maioho Lurline Naone-Salvador Kunani Nihipali Gary O. Omori Nanette Napoleon Pumell Vera L. Rose Theola Silva

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