aloha ohana and friends,I pray all is well with you and your ohana.Our KAHEA is for all and every na kanaka maoli andkanaka maoli allies, and especially those of you whoare concerned and care about the protection of thebones and burials of our ancestors o Naue.
This is not a political thing, altho' it couldbe...but no, this is a cultural thing and issue and wehope for it to be a culturally-based andspiritually- led event.
Leave all your hewa (negativity) at home.
I KU MAU MAU! NAUE IS CALLING! PLEASE ANSWER OURKAHEA!TOMORROW MORNING, THE TED BURKHART'S CONSTRUCTIONCOMPANY SAID THEY WILL BE AT NAUE TO BEGINCONSTRUCTION OF JOSEPH BRESCIA'S HOUSE.
THE HOUSE DESIGN SHOWS THAT AT LEAST SEVEN OF THE 30 OR BURIALSWILL BE UNDER THE HOUSE.
THE REST WILL REMAIN WHERE THEY ARE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HOUSE.
THIS AREA WHERE HE IS BUILDING IS CLEARLY A GRAVEYARDBECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATION OF BURIALS ALL IN ONEAREA.
THE NA IWI ARE DATED BACK TO THE 13TH CENTURY AND ALOT OF THEM WERE IDENTIFIED AS WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
THE GRAVES WERE DESECRATED AND BROKEN UP BY THE BACK HOEWHEN THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS HIRED BY THE DEVELOPER HAD TODO A BURIAL TREATMENT PLAN.
NANCY MCMAHON, KAUAI ARCHAEOLOGIST KNEW ABOUT THE VIOLATION AND IS DOINGNOTHING TO STOP THEM.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS THE RIGHT TO BUILD SINCE HE HAS A PERMIT, AND THATHE CAN BUILD ON TOP OF THE BONES IF HE WANTS TO.
THAT RULE MUST BE CHANGED.
WE MUST NOT ALLOW THESE FOREIGNERS TO KEEP ON STEALINGOUR LANDS AND TRY TO DIMINISH OUR CULTURAL LAWS BYIGNORING THEM, THEY ARE KE AKUA'S LAWS, AND THE LAWSOF OUR NA TUPUNA.
NAUE IS A FAMOUS PLACE KNOWN FOR THE GROVES OF HALA TREES THERE.
NAUE IS A SPIRITUAL PLACE WHERE WE CAN EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICESPIRITUALITY.
WE HAVE BEEN CAMPING THERE AND EXPERIENCING SUCH THINGS FOR THE LAST NINE WEEKS.
THIS WAHI KUPUNA MUST NOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US! WEWILL KU..E TO STOP THIS MADNESS OF CULTURAL GENOCIDE!EVEN IF WE HAVE TO GET ARRESTED! WE SAY KU..E! KU..E!KU..E! WE WILL RESIST!HELE MAI OUKOU IF YOU WANT TO KOKUA AND KAKO..O!WE KAHEA TO THE STATE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION DEPT.
, WE KAHEA TO THE DEPT.
OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, WE KAHEA TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS! WE KAHEATO ALL THE BURIAL COUNCILS ON ALL THE ISLANDS.
WE KAHEA TO THE COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THE PLANNINGCOMMISSIONERS! WHERE ARE YOU? WHY AREN'T YOU HERE TOPROTECT OUR NA IWI KUPUNA?E HELE MAI KAKOU! WEAR YOUR KIHEI AND CULTURAL ATTIRE(NA KANAKA MAOLI ONLY).
MEET AT NAUE ANYTIME FROM 7:00 AM JUNE 3, 2008 AND ON.
WE NEED TO FORM RESISTER GROUPS FOR THE FIRST WAVE AND THE SECOND WAVE.
PLEASE PASS THE WORD TO ALL OUR PEOPLE! MAHALO A NUI!KE AKUA PU!PuaNani Rogers, networking wale noPuanani RogersHo..okipa Network - KauaiKapaa, Hi 96746Ko Hawaii Pae ..AinaThink Kanaka maoli......Think Ahupua..a
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THIS IS JUST LIKE HAVING OHA IN CHARGE OF OUR CEDED LANDZ ,THE
POWER COMES FROM USA, FOR USA ! " NOT FOR KANAKA MAOLI'Z
THIS PUPPET GOVERNMENT IS OUT TO FINISH THE GENOCIDE OF OUR CULTURE & RACE !
FUCK YOU USA !!!
DLNR newly appointed State Historic Preservation
Division Administrator PUA AIU & Archaeology Branch
Chief & Kauai Archaelogist Nancy McMahon.
http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/hpd/hpphone.htm
From Hawaii Land Use Law blog April 2008
http://hilanduse.blogspot.com/2008/04/long-awaited-state-historic.html
Chairperson Laura Thielen of the Department of Land
and Natural Resources announced the appointment of Dr.
Puaalaokalani Aiu who will serve as administrator of
the SHPD, and Nancy McMahon as archaeology and
historic preservation manager.
According to the DLNR Press Release, Dr. Aiu
previously worked as a senior analyst in the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs where she developed community
networks, worked with the Native Hawaiian Preservation
council, the Island Burial Councils, and supervised
reviews on multiple high level projects.
McMahon worked as an archaeologist with the Historic
Preservation Division for 20 years and served as
acting administrator for the division since December
2007. She served on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Historic Preservation Task Force, was the humanities
scholar for the Hawai‘i Committee on the Humanities,
and the Historic Preservation Quality Control Manager
for the Kaho‘olawe Cleanup Project. McMahon obtained
her bachelor’s and master’s degrees and completed
coursework for a doctorate at the University of
Hawai‘i.
SHPD is responsible for implementing the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, HRS Chapter 6E, and
other laws pertaining to Historic Preservation in
Hawaii.
Is State Archaeologist Nancy McMahon company still
operating?
State Archaeologist Nancy McMahonʻs company.
http://kauaihummersafari.com/
" Turn the clock back a thousand years on our Hummer
expedition into Kauai’s ancient rain forests. You will
see historical sites [ahem]; experience the
unforgettable feel of a rain forest, view spectacular
waterfalls and secluded pools. See the lush tropical
jungles the way ancient Hawaiians did."
Jan 2008 Hale Mawae mentions Nancy McMahon again in an
article he
wrote for islandbreath
www.islandbreath.org
http://homepage.mac.com/juanwilson/islandbreath/2008Year/14-hawaiia...
hereʻs an excerpt:
" The archaeologist they are using yet again is, Nancy
McMahon, who has been caught up in a law suit
regarding her work with the State Historic Provision
Division and the Burial Council."
Nancy McMahon who was running a website advertising a
4x4 tour of ancient cultural sites as a side business,
charging passengers of her excursion $150. On the
website it says "Turn the clock back a thousand years
on our Hummer expedition into Kauai's ancient rain
forests. You will see historical sites; xperience the
unforgettable feel of a rain forest, view spectacular
waterfalls and secluded pools. See the lush tropical
jungles the way ancient Hawaiians did."
(http://kauaihummersafari.com/)
Some of these sites she gives tours on can only be
accessed with use of 4x4 Hummer, off road vehicle.
Her business venture was exposed through a series of
online blogs that began criticizing her work with the
burial council and SHPD. Other allegations arose with
other defendants including state workers, which the
plaintiff says had pushed through reports to speed
developments in getting past through the burial
council and into the planning commission.
I wonder if the planning commission is aware of Nancy
McMahon being implicated in this case as a defendant,
and if they have contacted any off island burial
council's where there are other archaeologists who can
take up the work in this Wainiha case.
It seems with Nancy and SHPD caught up in this suit
that someone at the planning department might see her
interest in any cases regarding SHPD and the burial
council as a conflict of interest being a defendant in
a current case regarding her moral work ethic as a
state archaeologist.
The burial council does not have notes of their public
meetings posted online since October 2007, a clear
representation that posting their minutes to keep
their public informed have not been a top priority in
this case of the Wainiha residential lot.
They have obviously worked speedily in resolving the
issue to let the planning commission ok the project.
I’d like to know where the minutes from November and
December are with this decision to OK the project and
move forward.
The meeting's minutes read from Oct. 4th 2007
concerning Wainiha residential lot:
Informational update and presentation by Scientific
Consultant Services regarding the burial treatment
plan. Council discussion and recommendation on the
measures proposed in the burial treatment plan.
Council determination to preserve in place or relocate
the previously identified Native Hawaiian burials
located on this residential lot.
Where is the public access to the Scientific
Consultant Services findings and their idea for a
burial treatment plan in their minutes? Where are the
lineal and cultural descendants that should be having
the say before any SCS findings make a final decision
regarding what be done with the kupuna iwi and the
respective site in Wainiha? And who's really showing
concern about such a huge burial site in Wainiha?
Concerned not only for the kupuna iwi at rest, but
more so the process that should be in place to help
protect those iwi at all cost from being disturbed.
And let’s not forget Waipouli and use it as an example
for how the process and concern those kupuna should
have had.
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Question: what role has Archaeologist McMahon played
in the Burial treatment plan for the Naue property?
tk
Aloha aina kakou,
we still need support PLEASE sPREAD THE WORD !
over 30 na iwi ' "Graves" are in danger ,Media is a big Plus but we need more people calling to make it
in the NEWS .
Just got of the phone with Mr. Ted Burkhart, the owner
of the construction company. He told me that there
will be NO CONSTRUCTION TODAY!!!!!
Aloha mai kakou,
To all that have been following our story.....please
make a kahea to all family and friends on Kauai to go
to Naue KEIA MANAWA!
We need our ohana and friends to stand with us. We
will not back down to save our na iwi.
Read the Garden Island on the internet-
www.kauaiworld.com
and listen to the radio at www.kkcr.org.
We need bodies...our enemies lied to us...we were told
by the police that no construction will happen until
the land issue is resolved, then he came back
yesterday after everyone was gone and yanked off the
gates.
Auntie Nani
If anyone wants to call - my cell phone is (808)
652-1249. I want to feel all your folkses mana being
streamed to all us at Naue. I have Soli, Imaka, Tane
and Andre's coming already. Mahaaaaaaalo nui!
Auntie Nani
Puanani Rogers
Ho`okipa Network - Kauai
Kapaa, Hi 96746
Kingdom of Hawaii
Think Kanaka maoli......Think Ahupua`a
Nani
KAUAI News
June 4, 2008 - 11:41 A.M.
Home approved, bones remain
by Nathan Eagle - THE GARDEN ISLAND
http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2008/06/04/news/news02.txt
HA‘ENA — As the dawn sun sent rays through stormy clouds yesterday morning on the North Shore, some 40 Kaua‘i residents of diverse backgrounds rallied on a sandy Ha‘ena beach to pray for Hawaiian ancestors buried at a nearby home site.
Landowner Joseph Brescia and Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis have plodded for several years down a winding road of government agencies to build adjacent beachfront homes on their Wainiha properties.
The pursuit has involved multiple court rulings, county Planning Commission denials and approvals, Kaua‘i Burial Council decisions and numerous house redesigns.
The route is now free of any legal barrier, but community resistance has risen.
Construction on Brescia’s narrow lot was rumored to start at 7 a.m. yesterday and residents showed up prepared to protest.
“This is beyond Hawaiian,” Anahola resident Mickey Sussman said. “This is the ultimate desecration. Human beings bury their remains. It’s what distinguishes us.”
For many who gathered at the site, it was about respect.
“Who would want to build their house on a known graveyard?” Gina Mears said.
Tamara Leonard, of Hanalei, agreed.
“As settlers of the island, it is our duty to practice and have respect for the host culture,” she said.
Wooden stakes labeled with numbers marked some 30 graves, or iwi, that archaeologists discovered last year during excavation.
Several concerned residents, who have camped at the beach fronting the property for at least the past several weeks, have erected small torches next to each stake and placed ti leaves on the property.
The community members strolled through the ancient cemetery yesterday morning. They stooped to pay their respects, paused to wipe away tears and hugged friends who have persisted in the once rural neighborhood despite its transformation over the years into mostly vacation rentals and luxury homes.
“I can’t stop crying,” said Linda Derohan, who has lived in Wainiha for 40 years. “I don’t even have the words for it. Whether you’re Hawaiian or not, if your heart is there, your heart is there.”
Brescia’s contractor, Ted Burkhardt, showed up some time after 9 a.m. but left with his crew without performing any work at the site.
Lady Ipo came with an assistant soon after his arrival to conduct a blessing for the house, but left after a reportedly emotional conversation with some of the residents who were protesting.
The Kaua‘i Police Department arrived later in the morning, but left without making any arrests.
Kaua‘i Police Chief Darryl Perry said his officers responded to a complaint concerning possible trespassing by Ka‘iulani Edens-Huff, who has laid claim to the land by royal patent.
She has been one of the residents leading the charge in “defending the sacred site from desecration.”
There was a demonstration by a number of individuals in support of Huff. The officers arrived at the scene and “abated the situation,” Perry said.
The chief said his officers are in the process of determining who rightfully owns the property before deciding on a course of action.
“Everything was kept very mellow and respectful and pono,” said Eastside resident Andrea Brower, who took part in the early morning prayers and Hawaiian chants.
The protesting group dispersed around 11:15 a.m., according to resident Katy Rose.
Brescia, a California-based contractor who also lives on the North Shore, hung up on The Garden Island after being asked on the phone Monday to offer his side of the story.
Walton Hong, his attorney, has said his client has been trying to build a house on the land he legally owns since 2001 but has been delayed by environmentalists’ “stall tactics.”
The county Planning Commission on Dec. 11, 2007 approved with certain conditions Brescia’s application for a single-family residence on Wainiha Subdivision Lot 6.
He has told the commission multiple times that he will “do the right thing.”
The burial council, whose authority is limited to deciding whether the burials should remain in place or be moved to another location, voted on April 3 that the graves should stay where they are.
Burial councilwoman Barbara Say said at the council’s Feb. 7 meeting that Brescia should just cut his losses and return the parcel to the state and the Hawaiians.
Local attorney Harold Bronstein, who won two related state Supreme Court cases representing Hanalei resident Caren Diamond and the North Shore ‘Ohana nonprofit, has challenged Brescia’s proposed home for several years on legal grounds.
The landowner in 2002 had requested an amendment or variance from the county to build within 31 feet of the shoreline. County law required a 40-foot minimum setback with an option to appeal up to 20 feet.
After the commission denied his application on June 10, 2003, and his subsequent request for reconsideration, Brescia appealed to the 5th Circuit Court.
He won there in a March 4, 2005, decision partly because he claimed he could not make reasonable use of his property if the setback was imposed.
When the county let that decision stand, Diamond and the North Shore ‘Ohana picked it up with Bronstein and carried it to the state Supreme Court, where it was overturned two years later.
But in the meantime, the commission gave Brescia the go-ahead to build his house. Construction stopped soon thereafter when excavation uncovered human remains.
A March 20, 1991, letter to then-county Planning Director Peter Nakamura from state Historic Preservation Division Administrator Don Hibbard details concerns then over the Wainiha subdivision.
“We believe that an archaeological inventory survey would be needed on these properties and quite possibly mitigation work would be needed prior to any construction in the area,” Hibbard says. “Otherwise, any construction clearly could have an ‘adverse effect’ on significant historic sites and burials.”
Historic burials are often discovered in the state, particularly in sandy areas.
Hong said last month that Brescia is “trying to do everything he can to be respectful.”
A shoreline setback case that local environmentalists eventually won in 2005 at the state Supreme Court, along with other reasons, have forced Brescia to move the proposed house site farther from the coast four times and redesign it 15 times, Scientific Consulting Services senior archaeologist Michael Dega told the burial council in February.
• Nathan Eagle, staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 224) or neagle@kauaipubco.com
Ku ahu for Naue Ancestors
30 or more burials of our family on 10,000 sq ft.