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di <br /> PO *5—X Ea3O5 K----Ia, HI 96743 A Nqn-Prof'et Orga.-.izatian EfM 46-22075 3 9 <br /> January 23,2026 <br /> Edith Kanaka`ole Foundation VIA EMAIL: ekfnedithkanakaolefoundatiou.org <br /> 1500 Kalaniana`ole Street <br /> Hilo,HI 96720-4914 <br /> Trust for Public Land VIA EMAIL: kamuela.kaapana@tpi.org <br /> 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1512 <br /> Honolulu,Hawaii 96913 <br /> Re: Support for the protection and purchase of Ka`alaiki Kula, <br /> Ka`alaiki,Ka`u,Hawaii Island <br /> To Whom it May Concern: <br /> The Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club strongly supports the Ka`u community,Edith <br /> Kanaka`ole Foundation, and Trust for Public Land's efforts to purchase and protect Ka`alaiki <br /> Kula(approximately 1,600 acres)in Ka`al5lki,Ka`d,Hawaii Island. <br /> Ka`alaiki Kula runs between Highway 11 on the makai side and Ka`alaiki Road on the <br /> mauka side.Protecting the kula lands would ensure the entire ahupua`a is preserved, allowing <br /> this area to serve as a cultural educational site demonstrating the importance of ahupua`a land <br /> management practices as well as protecting significant cultural and archaeological sites including <br /> a railroad trestle and`Imakakaloa Heiau, one of two intact hula heiau in the Hawaiian Islands. <br /> Edith Kanaka`ole Foundation is a Hawaiian cultural-based non-profit 501(c)(3) <br /> organization established in 1990 to maintain and perpetuate the teachings,beliefs,practices, <br /> philosophies,and traditions of the late Luka and Edith Kanaka`ole. EKF's mission is to elevate <br /> Hawaiian intelligence through cultural education founded on the teachings and traditional <br /> practices of Edith and Luka Katlaka`ole. EKF possesses a high level of Hawaiian cultural <br /> knowledge and skills relating to land and resource practices as well as cultural site restoration, <br /> protocol,and ritual. <br />