Leaders criticize ‘chronic mismanagement’ of Native Hawaiian burials
Island burial council leaders are accusing the state of “systemic and chronic mismanagement” of a program developed three decades ago to handle the discovery of Native Hawaiian burials and are calling on the Legislature, which convenes today, to establish a working group to implement reforms.
Oahu Island Burial Council Chairwoman Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu laid out a long list of grievances Tuesday during a news conference on the lawn in front of the Hawaii State Library in downtown Honolulu. She said the State Historic Preservation Division has failed to help adequately staff the island burial councils, hasn’t provided training to its staff, hasn’t developed an inventory of Native Hawaiian burial sites and failed to enforce burial site violations, among other concerns.
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