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FROM FRX N0. Rpr. 20 2004 01:44PM P4 ~I i~~ Ci~v!1 III ~Iri ~L i_~ t.1 iii I : I,~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 r~ ; ~ I iiulana Huli H~onua Funndution hvr the ScurcA u% lS'isrlum ~ ,.'a,,.i; .LGin-Prv%tt ,iUl-(..1 (h'~unvoufiuu Piarlllrn8 Cuiiirviittcc ivvciiiiJeCS ffaaar' Cauaty Cow,cil County of Hawaii 2,5 Aupuni St. Hilo, HI 9b?20 April 20, ion~ ltz: 8i1Is t1o. 198 and 1~ t.adic5 sC~u 3zntietnen: Kulana Htzii Harua, Fourda`~a : of the Search far Fh'isdom is a SO1-C3 non-profit community organization base in nona. Forty parcertt of our work is in the ire far the urders~-i ;iry; and respect o` Hawaiian sacred sites, forty' percent is in education of HaWaiisn Ianguagv; history and heritage, and :.:may perrxnt lip in the pmrtotioa cf Hawaiian archives upon the Land. Our bottrd of direr,ton is Icd by David Kalte32mauna Itoy, Jr.,lCahu of.yltu'era ::.;au at Kart-ahonu, fist capitdl sfte under the rule of Kamehanlcha the Gnat. On behalf of cur v<~anizztion, I gave tesiimotry• at the public hearing herd in :Cons against bills 198 urui 19 s. T`ucac `viiis 2r6 btfors you today and we ttgaiu speak otri agtiuwi ii~¢ir pasrgc. Yulana Huii I£onua is engagad today in :tansy actions in protection of the lands of history atcng the largesi ,t,..~iul management area in all the islands today. This is Kona; s.^ai of goveroments of uwrvy Sn era iri history, Lands tl'iat "keep" the sacred personages oft ;c :..L.;cfs, lands ya,-Gcu;arly impor~3t in the trtfiag of the ;Cory of th chiefs especially King KameiS~idlla the Grcai. QaiT v: ~T21::La110n i'o an ayy..118d1t in the Asa of Doctor Coffee Cvn7'ya .y's appliCaticn for a special pei?~fvii alla~ving consvercial activity its agricultural lands. t~'z bzcame involved :s'hen this land developer destrnyted (without retribution) aspects of Kamclsameha the C:s~t's personal .:»a'ai;dry lard ta.v ~.rd:.n) so imporiartt to history. a'e conNnd that site Statc end Laiin~ have yei iv protect sufficizntly the bistor,~ and culture inherent iti our lands. Agriculw:al lands are si~,.if:.;,rt ~ us for t~,e abutsdancc of history• Kona lands have to Ceti- i~uniicwa is i ;z nrzme of this rstnin.'ai thai ue8arl in Ke'opu and extendeu through nzariY ;aauhou. This garden was perhaps the inspiration of the naming of a. Su21Ct3iaa: ai ;ha'ena Hci&ss; ~'se HalY i'vana IVlal]1na'ai (ThC-Hotsc-Tir"vICW-ThC- Gardeli). ~ihe lands in~~6ivcu iu li1ESC aA17iiCailOnS ale a part of these hi$tariti iatid3. 1~laS the scaiavr wuntV SCen t~ it that the lands are tYdlCd Wide the raspz. ~ and meaning they" deserve lest they be I.;,,t in the obl:via : of an:,thr,. culture's neighborhood? Comm. No. 3 (80b) 3'.7-0123 ~ Fax (HO8) 327-9791 Ref. To; r- P.p. Aox X96 Iiailua•Iioaa, HI 96745-OS9G Ref. Dare