Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 11, 1 November 2000 — Unmarked Burial Site Notice [ARTICLE]

Unmarked Burial Site Notice

NOTICE IS HEREB Y GIVEN that Garcia and Associates (GANDA), archaeological consultant for the State of Hawai'i, the Natural Energy of Hawai'i Authority, an attached agency of the Department of Business, Eeonomie Development & Tourism, on its Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai'i, Uwajima Fisheries expansion project, has discovered an unmarked burial site containing human skeletal remains on its lands at Keahole Point, ahupua'a of Kalaoa 5 in the district of North Kona, Island of Hawai'i. The remains were determined to be Hawaiian, and proper treatment shall occur in accordance with Chapter 6E, Hawai'i Revised Statues, Section 43.5, regarding unmarked burial sites. The decision whether to preserve in plaee or disinter and relocate the human remains shall be made by the Hawai'i Island Burial Couneil. The Hawai'i Island Burial Council is requesting that descendants of Palakiko and Keanaaina and/or Hawaiian who onee lived in the above-referenced area of the ahupua'a of Kalaoa"5 to immediately contact: Mr. Kalā'au Wahilani, historic sites preservation speciahst, 601 Kamokila Blvd., 555 Kākuhihewa Bldg., Kapolei, HI 96707. Phone 808-587-1 101, fax 808-692-8020. ■