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KANUHA: Yes. <br />P. OLSON: Okay. And this heiau complex are in the ahupua‘a of the subject property, right? <br />KANUHA: Forty acres of it. <br />P. OLSON: And your family gathers limu near the shore, right? <br />KANUHA: Yes, we do. <br />P. OLSON: Okay. And near the property, right? <br />KANUHA: Yes. <br />P. OLSON: And your family has been there for hundreds of years even before 1892, right? <br />KANUHA: Yup. <br />P. OLSON: And you served the Kamoa Point and the <br />KANUHA: Yes. <br />P. OLSON: And your family has done for a hundred years even prior to 1892, right? <br />KANUHA: Yup. <br />P. OLSON: What are iwi? <br />KANUHA: Iwis are grave sites. <br />P. OLSON: Okay. And what is their significance in the Hawaiian culture? <br />KANUHA: What’s the significance? <br />P. OLSON: Are they important? <br />KANUHA:Very important. I think iwis are, that’s where we bury our, we bury our, we are the <br />caretakers of all our bodies. Our spirits still hang around. And we bury them, we let them sit there, <br />but our spirit’s still in the area. I think, you know, you might get wrong with iwis, but I don’t want <br />to cause I’m going to some trips now, so -. <br />P. OLSON: As a native Hawaiian and as a Kanuha, you want to preserve, do you want to preserve <br />and ensure the sanctity of the iwi in your ‘ohana? <br />KANUHA: Definitely. <br />P. OLSON: Now, as a lineal descendant of this area, you want to protect iwi in that area, right? <br />KANUHA: Yup. <br />24 <br />EXHIBIT D <br /> <br />