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hh~.# y~?f1-~y7w Fariast ~~aC~a ~ H l 91777 My Genealogical Background in Ka'u My family has been in Ka'u for numerous generations. My grandmother, Abigail Kanaka'ole Oliveira, age 90 still resides here. I can trace my geneabgy back 100 generations here in Hawaii's. While I moved away after high school personalty, some remnant of my family has remained here, and I continue to return here and regard Ka'u as my home. As the eklest granddaughter of Abigail Kananaka'ole Oliveira, I represent myself and many members of my (amity when I say that I oppose the changing of the environmental larrdscape of Ka'u, and Punalu'u in particular. Deveopment never leads to personal growth, preservation of resources or the long term well being of any community. The Doty deveopment that leads to a higher quality of life is a life that celebrates the past, present and future of all, especialty the past, present and future of those resources that we as kanaka maoli of Ka'u were entrusted with. The preservation of our way of life here in Ka'u. While granted, it is hard to remain in Ka'u and continue to support your tamity. Every time the state or others come into Ka'u to develop, this becomes the issue, jobs versus preservation of our resources. The problem is, Ka'u is not unique in this problem today. The d"rfference is, we have a choice now. In Puna, rich well known peopb like Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump came in and bought properly there, and now the property prices and rents are so high who can afford to live there? In Kuna, and Koala, development brought jobs, but the cost of living an housing also went up sky high, just like in Honolulu. Already, there are homes renting in Pahoa and Naalehu for $1200.00 a month, the prices of these homes will go up with development of this kind. Sure you will bring in jobs, but you will need two jobs just to afford the I'rfestyle you have now. At least now you can go hunt and fish still. What happens when the beaches are covered with tourists and tourists shops? Especialty after the ferry comes in. Our way of life here will change forever. And, I don't know about you, I kind of like the way I was raised here, I think my parents, uncles and aunts and grandparents gave me a beautiful gift. The gift of simplicity. Lasts preserve Ka'u for our k~iirjtr and their kdoleie. Help me do just that ~f¢iIC{ KeiKi My Research Background in Ka'u This is the second body of research that I have conducted within the Ka'0 district The first was completed in 1998 as a part of a Cultural Resource Management project under the direction of Peter Mills, Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii's at Hilo. Library research, personal interviews, map and aerial photography was obtained, and on-site reconnaissance was conducted in the ahupua'a of Punalu'u and Hilea. Results revealed the ways that the area has changed through time as a result of both natural and cultural modificatbns. Further, a location for future pollen and paleobotanical analysis was located. Finally, information obtained during this project was used to enhance an ongoing Hawaiian culturally based youth education program at Punalu'u beach park. My current research (began in 2002) entails the further development and expansion of the existing database that includes all past research within the district, its parameters, functional categories and descriptions. 1 plan to add all available geographic, environmental, resource and hazard data, inGuding photos and maps to a Geographic Information System (GIS) in order to provide a visual of the district as it changed Through time given these new parameters. This visual overlay will show the location of past research acrd what was found, as well as provide several areas for future research within inland areas (areas lacking past field data). Future research is structured into three addifional phases which incudes: (1) Infield documentation and Geographic Point System (GPS) collection of selected features from past archaeological work in order to generate and test data instruments used for comparisons. (2) Fiekf work and GIS point collection in three areas (inland windward environment, inland leeward environment, and multiple pollen core sites). (3) Synthesis of all data, anaysis, report generation, approval and publication of data. This project has five goals: (1) To collect all available information about the district from