Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 7, 1 July 2011 — PUBLIC NOTICE [ARTICLE]

PUBLIC NOTICE

Keahuolu Ahupua'a All persons having infonnation conceming unmarked burials present within a 272 acre parcel located in the Ahupua'a of Keahuolu, North Kona District, Island of Hawaii (TMK: 3-7-4-21:020) are hereby requested to contact Analu K. Josephides, Cultural Historian, State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), (808) 327-4959, PO Box 2972, KailuaKona, HI 96745 or Alan Haun, Haun & Associates, (808) 325-2402, 731168 Kahuna A'o Rd, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. Treatment of the burials will occur in accordance with HRS, Chapter 6E. The applicant, Forest City Hawaii Kona, LLC (5137 Nimitz Road, Bldg. 4, Honolulu HI 96818, [808] 839-8771) proposes to preserve the burials in plaee in accordance with a plan prepared in consultation with any identified descendents and with the approval of the Hawaii Island Burial Council. All interested parties should respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and provide infonnation to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from the Native Hawaiian remains, or eultural descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua'a in whieh the Native Hawaiian remains are buried. Background research indicates that Keahuolu Ahupua'a was claimed by Ane Keohokalole during the Mahele awarded under Land Commission Award (LCA) 8452:12. The land subsequently was transferred to her heir Lili'uokalani. No kuleana (maka'āinana LCAs) are present in the project area. Other family names associated with Keahuolu include Naholowaa, Kanewaiwaiole, Oahu, Kaneakua, Kanae, Nika, Makapo, Eleele, Ma'a and Kamanawa Elua.