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RICHARD TEANIO JR <br /> 1/24/26 <br /> VIA EMAIL: LIKEKETEANIO(a)-ICLOUD.COM <br /> Richard Teanio Jr <br /> Kalamau Representative <br /> 465 Desha Ave <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> VIA EMAIL: kamuela.kaapana@tpl.org <br /> Trust for Public Land <br /> 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1512 <br /> Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 <br /> Re: Support for the protection and purchase of Ka`alaiki Kula, Ka`alaiki, Ka`u, Hawaii Island <br /> To Whom it May Concern: <br /> On behalf of the Kalamau `ohana, we strongly support the Ka`u community, Edith Kanaka`ole <br /> Foundation, and Trust for Public Land's effort to purchase and protect Ka`alaiki Kula <br /> (approximately 1,600 acres) in Ka`alaiki, Ka`u, Hawaii Island. <br /> Ka`alaiki Kula runs between highway 11 on the makai side and Ka`alaiki Road on the mauka <br /> side. Protecting the kula lands would ensure the entire ahupua`a is preserved, allowing this <br /> 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 <br /> including a railroad trestle and `Imakakaloa Heiau, one of two intact hula heiau in the Hawaiian <br /> Islands. <br /> Edith Kanaka`ole Foundation is a Hawaiian cultural-based non-profit 501(c)(3) organization <br /> established in 1990 to maintain and perpetuate the teachings, beliefs, practices, philosophies, <br /> and traditions of the late Luka and Edith Kanaka`ole. EKF's mission is to elevate Hawaiian <br /> intelligence through cultural education founded on the teachings and traditional practices of <br /> Edith and Luka Kanaka`ole. EKF possess a high level of Hawaiian cultural knowledge and skills <br /> relating to land and resource practices as well as cultural site restoration, protocol, and ritual. <br /> Me ka mahalo nui, <br /> _R� - <br /> Richard Teanio r, <br /> Kalamau Representative <br /> Sugg.26-05 <br />