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Grave Matters - A Visit With Kamuela Kala`i

Posted by Free Hawai`i on May 29, 2011 at 5:41am

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http://VoicesOfTruthTV.com -Imagine you received a call early one morning and the person on the other end of the phone told you your ancestors were being dug up from their graves.Drop everything and race down there? Thatʻs what Kamuela Kala`i did and not a moment too soon.She discovered bones of her relatives buried at Kawaiaha`o church were about to be removed to make way for a social hall, and no one in the church considered it wrong.Join us in our fascinating interview with Kamuela who literally braved arrest to protect her familyʻs remains in an issue thatʻs shaking the Hawaiian community to itʻs very core.

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Andrew May 29, 2011 at 10:51am

CORRECTION:

E kala mai Mokuaikaua church was built between 1820-1825. NOT 1820-1820 as displayed below.
Andrew May 29, 2011 at 10:46am

Aloha 'oukou e Hawai'i kena.

Mahalo for this fascinating video interview dialogue. The oldest Christian church in Hawai'i was actually King Kamehameha II's thatched residence.

Mokuaikaua church in Kailua-Kona was built between 1820-1820 but this original structure burned down back in 1835. (Holy smoke?).

In January of 1836 work commenced on rebuilding Mokuaikaua church which reopened in 1837.

Meanwhile in Honolulu work commenced to build Kawaiaha'o church in 1836.

Slightly off topic the Institute for Historical Research has just issued this on their website which if you scroll down has a Hawaiian slant:

http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v13/v13n4p4_Ries.html

-Onipa'a.