Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 10, 1 October 2011 — PUBLIC NOTICE [ARTICLE]

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that five sets of unmarked, human skeletal remains were discovered by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i Ine. in the course of an archaeological inventory survey related to the proposed Hau'ula Community Park wastewater system reconstruction project, Hau'ula Ahupua'a, Ko'olauloa District, Island of O'ahu. The iwi kūpuna were found on public property located along Kamehameha Highway between Kukuna Road and Hau'ula Elementary School (TMK [1] 5-4-009:007). The landowner is the City & County of Honolulu. Contact: Don Yorimoto, Project Manager, City & County of Honolulu, Dept. of Design and Construction, 650 S. King St. ll,h 11, Hon., HI 96813. Tel. 808-768-8463. Background research indicates that during the Māhele, 35 kuleana (Land Commission Awards) were awarded within Hau'ula Ahupua'a. The current project's footprint is located within Land Commission Award 8313 awarded to Kamooiliili. Other native Hawaiians who resided in the vicinity of the project include Haehae, Kaia, Kealoha, Kahunahana, Kahanauimai-kai, Kamaka, Keawe, Keliiwaiwaiole, and Waiauia. Following HRS Chap. 6E-43, and HAR Chap. 13-300, the remains are believed to be most likely native Hawaiian and over 50 years old. The five sets of unmarked, human skeletal remains along with an associated precontact to historic-era cultural layer (former land surface) have been assigned SIHP #50-80-05-6913. The landowner would prefer to relocate the iwi kūpuna. However, the decision to preserve in plaee or relocate these remains shall be made by the O'ahu Island Burial Council in eonsultation with the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) and any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per HAR Chap. 13-300-33. A burial treatment plan is currently being prepared by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Ine., P.O. Box 1114, Kailua, HI 96724. Tel. 808-262-9972. Fax 808-262-4950. SHPD is requesting persons with any knowledge of the identity and/or history of these remains contact Phyllis Cayan at SHPD, Kakuhihewa Bldg., 601 Kamokila Blvd., Suite 555, Kapolei, HI, 96707, tel. 808-692-8015, or fax 808-692-8020, with information on the appropriate treatment of the remains. All interested parties should respond within thirty days of this notice and file descendancy elaim forms and/or provide information to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal or cultural descent from these specific burials or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the vicinity of this survey area. ■