Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 9, 1 May 2009 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

PŪPŪKEA AHUPUA'A NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that six unmarked burial sites containing a minimum of eight sets of human skeletal remains were discovered by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Ine. The finds were made in the course of an archaeological inventory survey associated with the planned Pūpūkea Road Rockfall Mitigation Project, Pūpūkea Ahupua'a, Ko'olauloa District, Island of O'ahu (TMKs [1] 5-9-018:030, 031, 032, 038, and the Pūpūkea Road right-of-way). The planned project involves rockfall mitigation work upslope of a portion of Pūpūkea Road, and is being funded by the City and County of Honolulu. No Land Commission Awards (LCA) are located within or in the vicinity of the project area. The project area is located within portions of fonner Land Grants 5196 to Leslie Cooper Clark and 5087 to A.A. Wilson. The human remains were discovered within six burial caves along the coastal cliff area in the vicinity of Pūpūkea Road. The remains were determined to be over 50 years old and proper treatment shall occur in accordance with Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E-43 and Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300 regarding unmarked burial sites. An evaluation of ethnicity will be made by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD). However, based on observations of the burial site context, the burials are reasonably believed to be Native Hawaiian. The O'ahu Island Burial Council has jurisdiction over all requests to preserve or relocate previously identified Native Hawaiian Burial sites, in consultation with any identified lineal and/or cultural descendents, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. The proposed treatment of the burial sites is preservation in plaee. The remains' proper treatment shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38. All persons having infonnation about these burial sites or wishing to submit a descent elaim are requested to inunediately contact Ms. Kaleo Paik at SHPD, Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), located at 555 Kāuhihewa Building, 601 Kamōila Boulevard, Kapolei, Hawai'i 96707 [Tel. (808) 692-8026; Fax (808) 692-8020]. All interested parties should respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and provide information to SHPD/DLNR adequately demonstrating lineal descent from these specific burials or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua'a or district of this project.