Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 10, 1 October 2016 — KAʻOHE AHUPUAʻA [ARTICLE]

KAʻOHE AHUPUAʻA

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that human skeletal remains were identified in past archaeological investigations being researched by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, ine., in the course of an archaeological eondition assessment for the Wao Kele 'O Puna Forest Reserve Waiakahiula and Ka'ohe Ahupua'a, Puna District, Hawai'ilsland, TMKs: [3] 1-2-010:002 (9,012.0 ae.) & [3] 1-2-010:003 (16,843.691 ae.). Following the procedures of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) Section 6E-43, and Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300, these remains are considered previously identified. Based on the context of the finds, they are over 50 years old and most likely Native Hawaiian. Background research indicates Māhele Royal Patent # 8095 was issued to Mikahela Kekau'ōnohi in Waiakahiula Ahupua'a, as a part of LCA 1 1216:40. LCA 7713: 12 was granted to Victoria Kamāmalu, and LCA 8452:15 to A. Keohokālole (wahine). The project proponent is Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA): the contact person is Mr. Pua Ishibashi, Land Assets Manager, OHA, (808) 933-3106.

The decision to preserve in plaee or relocate these previously identified burials shall be made by the Hawai'i Island Burial Council and the SHPD in consultation with any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. Proper treatment shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38. Any knowledge of the identity or history of these burials immediately contact Mr. Herbert Poepoe, at 40 Po'okela Street, Hilo, Hawai'i, 96720, (808) 9337650 Herbert.Poepoe@hawaii. gov. All interested parties respond within (30) days of this notice and hle descendancy elaim forms with the SHPD and/or by providing information to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from this specific burial or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the in the same ahupua'a or district.

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