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" As Ellie notes that the Hiles ponds were artificially excavated, perhaps it was
their construction that caused the Hawaiians to resent their chief.
There is a fishpond today in the land of Ka'elaiki, next to Hiles (see Fig.
10). Springs there empty into a tidal inlet that extends inland for over 500 ft
(Fig. il). It is-said that there is a large red stone, the ku-ula or fish god, in
the middle of the pond. Today much of the pond is filled with rushes ('aka'akai) ;
' the west end was once planted in taro [Emory 1970:8] .
When the Hawaiian government began selling land about 1850, the Privy
Council refused to permit any fishponds attached to government lands to be
sold. They were all reserved for the government [Privy Council minutea,Nov.
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20, 1850, Hawaii State Archives]. Letters from A. G. Thurston, Interior De-
partment of the Hawaiian Kingdom, to D. B. Lyman stated clearly the govern-
'a ment's position on selling fishponds and "landing places" (harbors)
The applications enclosed in yours of Jan. 12, arrived...
i"" [and] were all granted, exclusive of fishponds, of which, we
are informed there is quite a number at Ninole, and the lands
s on the seaboard. They are unquestionably of a much greater
value than 254 or 504 per acre, and we were quite surprised
that surveys should have been made including them without
anything being said about them. They are not to be sold, at
' present... [Inter. Dept., Feb. 10, 1853, Hawaii State
Archives].
No fishponds are to be sold, neither any landing places
~ [Inter. Dept. , Feb. 23, 1852, Hawaii State Archives] .
But the government did, by 1851, lease at auction some of the fishponds
located on its land, for periods oP one to five years (Inter. Dept., Land File,
Sept. 12, 1851, Hawaii State Archives] . As late as 1935, government tax maps
still identified Nf nole pond ae a government fishpond• • (Fig. 12) .
In 1852, a letter written by H. M. Lyman, a land surveyor for kuieana
claimants, had this to say about the fishponds at Ninole: 1f1 J
The only lot that I have surveyed in Kau containing fish-
ponds is Holoua's in Ninole, which has one pond (but no
fish) near the Southern corner as you will see by referring ~
' to the survey. There is also a slime pool misnamed a "pond" t~~
below the road, but it contains no fish except the hogs of ti
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result of the road having been washed away during the tsunami of 1868 v o: °r
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HONORING KEOLALANI HANOA,
WARRIOR GUARDIAN SPIRIT FOR KA'U
On March 13, 2006, J. KEOLALANI HANOA went m sit with her kdpuna to guide future generations in her work towards what is pono (fitting proper)
for the preservation and protection of the 'diva and [he 'oiwi (native people).
Bo[n and raised in Ka'u on the island of Hawaii, Keola was a kumu (teacher) to nd kamali'i (the children) and [o people from around the world, sharing
[he importance of protecting and restoring the land, culture, and traditional lifestyle of Ka'u. From their simple Hawaiian-sTyle home at Punalu'u Black Sand
Beach, Keola and her husband Earl Louis worked tirelessly [o protect the sacred sites of Punalu'u, and the habitat for the endangered hawksbill sea turtle. Through
her work, Keola continued the legacy of her grandparents Kalanikauleleiawi and Fermin Bangay, who were dedicated [o protecting Punalu'u forever.
Keola, known for her warrior spirit and love fox the mans (power) of nature, co-founded Punalu u Preservation in the late 1980's with her mother, Kupuna
Pele Hanoa, to advocate for [he preservation and protection of native and endangered species, estuaries, ancient fishponds, and historic properties of Ka'q and the
indigenous people of Hawai i. With the support of her fanrilg extended family, and the community, they stopped a proposed development and the des[mction of
Ptmalu u Beach.
In 1990 Keola created the Kukulu Kumuhana'o Ka'u Learning Center at Punalu'u. For over sixteen yeazs the Learning Center has provided cultural and
enduonmen[a] educational programs to all schools and all ages, immersing Students in traditional Hawaiian teaching and methodology "Hands on Experiencing."
Through a successful collaboration with the Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation, Queen Liliuokalani Children's Cen[eq and the Halauola Native Hawaiian Learning
Center a[ Hawaii Cornenunity College in Hilo, Keola facilitated culturally based environmental programs utilizing the surrounding environment as "living
classrooms" where native endangered species and their habitats become educational tools.
In 1998, Punalu u Preservation, under the leadership of Keola, partnered with Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center and the Department of Urban
Regional Planning a[ the University of Hawaii at Manoa, to compile acommunity-based management plan and reference document entltled "Hd'ili'ili Ka 'Ike o Ka
Ikaika" ("Gathering the Strength of Knowledge"), designed [o improve [he lives of Ka'u youth and native Hawaiian families. Under the leadership of Keola as
President, Punalu'u Preservation expanded to become Ka'u Preservation in 2004, in order to better protect all the sacred lands and cultural heritage of Ka'u.
Today, Ka'u Preservation is once again working [o protect Punalu'u Black Sand Beach, which is again under threat by a major development.
Keola had along-term vision for protecting resources like Punalu'u. She imagined Punalu a as a living classroom [hat can become an "Eco-Campus" for
students and educators from azound the world. She believed Kau could become a model For sustainable Earth-friendly development for the rest of the world, and
dedicated her life to the preservation of the entire eighty mites of coastline of Ka'u -the longest undeveloped shoreline in Hawaii.
The Senate of the Legislature of the Stale of Hawaii hereby honors J. OLALANI HANOA for her life's work and her enduring aloha for the 'dins of
Ka'u and all Hawaii ne'i. Aloha No. ~ /f.~~ ~/lh/fJ~-`?I,'.,,,",v~ '/~~~~/~Y-/-~~~',
~~!~~m Done this 4th day of ~y 2006
~~~~~~,t;(( State Capitol, Honolulu, Hawaii
~ ti~~ .
Spon /wing enatnr
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Pre ldent of the Senate
Y~lfe 23 rd `~.legisltttixre ~ ~o.,.~ 7, L~,.....,.5~~
Certificate No. 93,4 • t ~ erk of the Senate ~
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hereby presents this certificate to
Jimmyleen Keolalani Hanoa
Posthumous Certificate of
Appreciation
On Behalf Of The Hawaii County Council We Would Like To Express Our Deepest Condolences
To The'Hanoa O'hana. We Would Like To Make This Small Gesture In Demonstration Of Our
Collective Aloha For Keo[a And All The Work She Has Done For The People and Land Of
Hawaii.
/n Her Short Life Keola Accomplished Many Things. She Truly Created A Legacy That Will Live
Forever In The Hearts Of Her Haumana, Of The Keiki O Ka Aina, The Kanaka Mao[i And Others
She Worked For And With. Keola Worked Tirelessly In Her Own Community And The World
Community Protecting Natural Resources, Always Demonstrating A Connection To The Land, The
People And The Environment Through The Practice Of M61ama Ka Aina. She Gave Marry People
The Tools And The Knowledge Needed Ta Preserve What We Honor And Enjoy About Hawaii
And To Carry This Work Forward In Her Absence.
Keola Would Often Remind Me That As The Elected Body OfPalicy Makers For Hawaii County.
We Should Always Attempt To Do What Is Right For The Citizens Of This Island, Being Mindful
Of Our Precious Cultural And Natural Resources And Balancing The Need For Development Wlth
The Need For Perpetuating Our Native Ecosystems. Let Us All Remember The Life She Lived,
The Lessons She Taught, And The Legacy She Left With Aloha.
Aloha Ka Kou Keolalani Hanoa
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Dated tlds l ~ day of oZ00(o
Hilo, Hawaii
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~~,,~Chairm a Council
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Ce ificate No. 3~ 3 ~ County Clerk