Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 7, 1 July 2009 — Page 15 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

KĀWALA AHUPUA'A Notice is hereby given that a graveyard was documented as part of an Archaeological Inventory Survey on a three-acre land parcel [TMK: (3) 9-5-021:035] behind the Ka'ū (Nā'ālehu) Roping and Riding Club in Nā'ālehu, Kāwala Ahupua'a, Ka'ū District, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i. The lands are associated with Land Commission Award 11028 to Samuel Peke (Samuel Beck). The land was later owned by Emily Taylor and Howard Kupahu before being sold to the Hutchinson Sugar Co. The graveyard was identified as State Site No. 50-10-74-26668 and is a known public graveyard presumed to contain traditional Native Hawaiian remains. The names of three individuals appear on headstones: Chasless Smith (deceased 1908), Ellen M. Kupahu, and Pohuehue Kaai (deceased 1921). Proper treatment and preservation shall occur in accordance with Chapter 6E and Hawai'i Revised Statutes Title 13. The burials will be preserved in plaee pending final decision by the Hawai'i Island Burial Council. Interested persons please respond within 30 days of this notice to discuss appropriate treatment of these remains. Individuals responding must be able to adequately demonstrate lineal and/or cultural connection to the burials on the above referenced parcel at Nā'ālehu, Hawai'i Island. Contact: Analu Josephides, Cultural Historian, DLNR-SHPD (808-327-4959) or Theresa Donham, Hawai'i Island Archaeologist, DLNR-SHPD, (808-933-7653), or 40 Po'okela Street, Hilo, HI 96720; Glenn Escott, Scientific Consultant Services Inc„ (808-959-5956), or P.O. Box 155, Kea'au, HI 96749.

Seeking Island Burial Council volunteer candidates Tlie Ofiice of Hawailan Affairs is seeking applicants for the island burial councils who are interested in having tlieir name submitted to tlie Office of tlie Governor for possible appointment to tiiis important position to help in the care, management and protection of umnarked ancestral Native Hawaiian burial sites tiirougliout tiie islands. If you are an interested member of tiie Hawaiian community and ean represent one of tiie following regions: • Kohala, Kona, Ka'u, Puna, Hilo, and Hamakua for tiie island of Hawai'i; • Lahaina, Wailuku, Makawao, and Hana for tiie island of Maui; • Lana'i; • West Moloka'i, Central Moloka'i, East Moloka'i and Kalawao for tiie island of Moloka'i; • Wai'anae, 'Ewa, Kona, Ko'olaupoko, Ko'olauloa and Waialua for tiie island of O'aliu; • Waimea, Koloa, Liliu'e, Kawailiau, Hanalei and Nā Pali for tiie island of Kaua'i; and (G) Ni'ihau Applicants must possess an imderstanding of Hawaiian cultnre, history, customs, practices, and in particular, beliefs and practices relating to tiie care and protection of Native Hawaiian burial sites and ancestral remains and burial goods; and are not simultaneously serving on another state board or commission. Please contact Apolei Bargamento of the ■ ■ a OHA Native Rights. Land anel Cultnre hale Ē /\ via email cit apoleib@oha.org or by calling \ I/ — \ (808) 5 94-1961. ūffice of Hawaiian Affaire 711 Kapi'olani Blvd. Suite 500 • Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813 • 808.594. 1835