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Mauna Kea - Kuahiwi ku hao i ka Malie : a report on archival and historical documentary research : Ahupuaa of Humuula, Kaohe, districts of Hilo and Hamakua, Island of Hawaii

Author:
Maly, Kepa, Lopez, Lehua, Kumu Pono Associates,, Native Lands Institute (Hawaii),
Title:
Mauna Kea - Kuahiwi ku hao i ka Malie : a report on archival and historical documentary research : Ahupuaa of Humuula, Kaohe, districts of Hilo and Hamakua, Island of Hawaii
Year:
1997
Pages:
vii, 65 p.
Subject:
Archaeological surveying Mauna Kea Mauna Kea antiquities Mauna Kea bibliography
Summary:
At the request of Ms. Lehua Lopez, President, Native Lands Institute: Research and Policy Analysis (NLI), Kepa Maly (Kumu Pono Associates), conducted archival-historical documentary research and prepared this study reporting on Native Hawaiian traditions, history, culture, practices, and beliefs; and post contact history for the summit and mountain slopes of Mauna Kea, on the Island of Hawaii. The primary research cited in this study was conducted between August 1996 to March 1997, and its meant to help readers gain further understanding of, and appreciation for, the cultural values and history of Mauna Kea. In preparing the study, a wide range of archival and historic literature (both in Hawaiian and English) was reviewed. Newly translated native Hawaiian accounts, as well as narratives from early historic surveys and expeditions through the lands around Mauna Kea, and to the summit of the mountain were compiled and presented in this report. As a result, readers are given access to richly detailed historical narratives documenting that: 1) Mauna Kea is the focal point of numerous traditional and historical Hawaiian practices and narratives recorded by both Native Hawaiians and foreign visitors: and 2) Mauna Kea is the home of many traditional Hawaiian sites, including, but not limited to, heiau and other ceremonial sites, temporary residences, burials, trails, koi (adze) quarry complexes, and other cultural-natural resources that are of both traditional and contemporary importance to the Hawaiian people.
Collection:
Monographs