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other development that’s going to go up on Ali‘i Drive, because we need to save this place for our kamalii and for our future. Mahalo. HOUSEL: Thank you. M. ROY: Aloha mai kakou. My name is Mikahala Roy. My address is P. O. Box 596, Kailua- Kona. And Mr. Rapoza did not give his address, so you might want to ask for his address. Aloha kakou. I’m a descendant of the ancestors of Kaluaokalani, resident of Kona, and Kahu of Ahu‘ena Heiau at Kamakahonu. Kamakahonu is the capital of the united Hawaiian Islands, and this year hui commemorate the bicentennial of the unification under Kamehameha the Great. My testimony today is in opposition to the SMA application of Dr. Foulk to build a 16-unit rd condo in Hlualoa 3. African writer, Ngugi Wa Thiongo said “colonization makes you feel that your past is one wasteland and it makes you want to distance yourself from that wasteland.” Colonization is the cause of the voiceless condition of Kanaka. Colonization is the malady that accounts for the interruption of a way of life, nohona, for Kanaka Maoli, first people of Hawai‘i. Colonization is to blame when western planning models applied on the continental U.S. are applied to Pacific Islands and to Pacific Islanders. Such is the case with the KCDP formulated by planners from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. For ancestors of Kanaka Maoli living upon this coast over the past 2,000 years, there were no conflicting philosophies in their lives such as we, their descendants, have today. They accepted everything that had to do with that which was sacred for them, and things became sacred because their parents before them, and theirs before them, practiced the same ceremonies and rituals and recited the same invocations or pule. I’m about to bring attention to the lore of Kanaka Maoli that spans more than 2,000 years. It is impossible for America to fathom, let alone understand, the quantity of the following data or its importance to the Kanaka Maoli. America is 232 years old this year. America is unfamiliar with the likes of oral traditions and the spirituality of Kanaka Maoli. The U.S. occupation began here in 1893. They regarded the traditions of Kanaka Maoli as curiosities. Today, our traditions are seen as commodities to be marketed for tourism. One of the interesting facts about Kona is the existence of more than 150 ahupua‘a along the lands north to south. This is due to the high productivity of the land and high populations of Kanaka Maoli. This is what the Reverend William Ellis found on his examination of our lands in 1823. While writings by famous historians, both Hawaiian and non, are void of mention of a lost city of Kaluaokalani. Ellis’ account clearly calls attention to his visit to “Kanuaokalani,” the second heaven. Likewise, Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian historians are silent on Hale O Pi‘ilani Heiau, qualified by Dr. Sinoto of the Bishop Museum as the largest Heiau not only in Hawai‘i but in the whole Pacific. Members of the Hawai‘i Historic Places Review Board in 2003 understood my testimony that written documentation by Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian scholars, such as Fornander, Kepelino, for Kaluaokalani are non-existent. And that’s perhaps due to sacred nature 17 EXHIBIT C