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Residents ask OHA for help after burials emerge on state land; request funding and coordination with SHPD and DLNR
Summary
A community member at the Nanakuli meeting said burial sites are surfacing on state lands and families are providing stewardship with volunteer archaeologists; he asked OHA to help fund management and coordinate with state agencies.
Christopher Oliver, a community member, told trustees he is seeing ancestral burials exposed on state‑managed coastal lands and urged OHA to assist with funding and coordination for protection and management. "For the last 2 years, burials have been popping out on state owned land, Department of Parks and Rec, and we've been trying to work directly with SHPD to mitigate these burials," Oliver said, adding that volunteer archaeologists have been helping families and that exposed remains are being curated in private homes while waiting for resources.
Oliver requested OHA support to start funding and managing coastline burial protections, and to advocate with the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) and the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) for sustained action. Trustees acknowledged the priority of protecting e v (emerging) kupuna and said OHA will continue legislative and interagency advocacy; the transcript records offers to follow up with Oliver but no specific funding commitment was made during the meeting.
