Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 3, 1 March 2008 — Punaluʻu Ahupuaʻa [ARTICLE]

Punaluʻu Ahupuaʻa

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that three sets of unniarked, hunian skeletal remains were discovered hy Cultural Surveys Hawai'i Ine. The find was made in the course of archaeological inventory survey excavations related to the proposed redevelopment of properties at coastal Punalu'u Ahupua'a, Ko'olauloa District, Island of O'ahu. The human remains were found in Punalu'u Beach lots 12, 19 & 21 |TMK (1) 5-3-001:12, 19 & 21] seawardof Kamehameha Highway insouthPunalu'u. The project proponent is Kamehameha Schools, contact: Mr. Kekuewa Kikiloi (808) 534-3952. Background research indicates that during the Māhele the lands (along with the rest of the ahupua'a) were claimed hy William Pitt Leleiōhoku. Four kuleana were awarded in the project area's vicinity : LCA 4358 to Kaumuali'i, LCA 4435 to Keopohaku, LCA 5884 to Keohoena and LCA 8435 to Kuheleloa. Following the procedures of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E-43, and Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300, the remains were determined to he over 50 years old. The State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) has assigned SIHP (State Inventory of Historic Properties) numhers 50-80-06-6938 (parcel 15), 50-80-06-6939 (parcel 19), and 50-80-06-6947 (parcel 12) to the hurial hnds. The SHPD has determined Native Hawaiian ethnicity. The project proponent would prefer to preserve in plaee the human remains; however, the decision to preserve in plaee or relocate these previously identified human remains shall he made hy the O'ahu Island Burial Council and SHPD in consultation with any identified lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. The remains' proper treatment shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38 or 13-300-39. SHPD is requesting persons having any knowledge of the identity or history of these human skeletal remains to immediately contact Ms. Linda Kaleo Paik, at SHPD, located at 555 Kākuhihewa Building, 601 Kamōkila Blvd., Kapolei, HI 96707 [Tel. (808) 692-8015; Fax (808) 692-8020] to present information regarding appropriate treatment of the unmarked human remains. All interested parties should respond within 30 days of this nohee and provide information to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from these specihc hurials or cultural descent from ancestors huried in the vicinity of this project.

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