In this book the word used for island is mokupuni and the word for district is kalana. From mokupuni to ahupuaa many of you may know the word moku or even ahupuaa, but did you know that many other land divisions were made by hawaiians too. Niumalu 3 appendix b aisr for the kcc rezone project, haiku, niumalu, and nawiliwili, lihue, kauai. It was then possible that they would be sent to kalaupapa on the island of molokai. Understanding the land begins with the makahiki procession which began on o.
The history of the ahupuaa in hawaii hawaii real estate. Shaped by island geography, each ahupuaa was a pieshaped area of land running from the uplands to the sea, following the natural boundaries of the watershed. The hawaiian proverbs quoted in the book were drawn from mary kawena pukuis. It essentially abolished the feudal system and gave rise to an allodial system of land tenure. On our current maps we are showing waihona on the big island, maui and oahu only.
The gis data and any features depicted do not represent or confer any legal rights, privileges, benefits, boundaries or claims of any kind. The land as organized in ancient hawaii the land was subdivided into ahupuaa. Makahiki was an annual religious ceremony that allowed the god lono to make a clockwise circuit around the island to bless the land with fertility, and to ensure that each of the 81 ahupua. These boundaries were kept over the centuries and were used each time the lands were redivided among the chiefs. Registered maps with details of honouliuli and the larger. Haalelea, who owns the ahupuaa of honouliuli, and it designates the boundaries of the ahupuaa. Boundary commissionkaluapuhi halekou waikalua keaahala. Think of it like this from smallest to biggest, the most common names for land divisions are listed below. The land remains the land because of the chiefs, and prosperity comes to the land. Commissioner boundaries for the island of oahu, one of the hawaiian islands.
The traditional land divisions of precontact hawaiians was based on the sustainability and selfreliance within community watershed areas ahupuaa as well as within bioregions moku and lastly individual sovereign islands mokupuni. Ahupuaa o kahana state park kaaawa 2020 all you need to. Maps of the mokupuni islands we are working toward providing maps to assist you in finding your ahupuaa and moku. The boundaries of the several taxation, educational and judicial districts were not always coextensive with each other, but in the divisions into districts, the ancient ahupuaa and district boundaries were invariably used, with the one exception that kona, or honolulu, district was divided into two educational districts, the division line being. Oahu travel guide expert picks for your vacation fodors. Contact with the western world greatly changed hawaiis system of land use. Written by the author of the bestselling guides, maui revealed, hawaii the big island. Place name assignment name period hawaiians gave names to all places, from large tracts of land to specific spots even as small as a stone. These new district boundaries did not always conform to the ahupuaa boundary and. Includes hawaii, maui, molokai, lanai, oahu, and kauai. This cliff line, or pali, extends for 32 km 20 mi along the windward side of oahu figure 5. Selected areas throughout the poster are cross referenced with explanations. Ahupua a refers to the traditional land dividing system in hawaii.
The substantial discrepancy between the 1,124 ahupuaa listed in the mahele book and our esti mate of. In 1862, the king appointed a commission of boundaries, a. Locals lovingly and respectfully refer to this spiritual energy as mana and hold it in highest regard for it is the life force within all. In the past kalihi kai was used as a triaged center for suspected people with leprosy. The shape of an ahupuaa is similar to a piece of pie.
The following is from the records of the boundary commission. Boundary commissionpart 2 paakea ilipaakea ili waikiki. On oahu there is a community named waianae within an ahupuaa named waianae within a moku named waianae within a waihona named waianae. Commission in order to clarify the boundaries of those ahupuaa or. Ahupuaa and place names university of hawaii at manoa.
The long, gentle slopes of the leeward honolulu side terminate in vertical cliffs 0. Annie keola kaukahi thomas was born in hilo, raised in maunawili, and currently resides in manoa. Waihona areas names often are related significant ahupuaa within them. Boundaries were set, often using natural features of the land, such as mountain ridges and streams. The authoritative boundary lines between state land use district boundaries are on the official u. Kahuwai, ahupuaa, puna, hawaii cultural surveys hawaii job code. The commission would determine and certify boundaries for owners of ahupuaas. Jun 28, 2011 in spite of this, the impact of the ahupuaa boundaries can be seen in many areas today. Discover the best oahu hawaii travel books in best sellers.
Oahu is the hawaiian island that has it alluntouched tropical landscapes as well as a stimulating urban vibe. Winds and rains of hawaii island moku makani winds ua. See also book 3, page 35 petition boundary commission, island of oahu. This all new expanded sixth edition is a candid, humorous guide to everything there is to see and do on the island. Coastal boundaries will not match the state gis coastline layer since the source of the ahupuaa boundaries are maps were 19th century maps that. The division the land university of hawaii at manoa. Saving the heeia ahupuaa for native hawaiians, land was divided into ahupuaa, districts that encompassed mountain, farmland and sea, sharing natural resources to. Ka mokupuni o kahoolawe showing moku and ahupuaa divisions. The land was vertically divided along the rivers to give individual ahupua a, and each system contained the montane region, the valley, and the sea. The book s protagonist is a korean picturebride who finds herself in oahu in the 1930s, and the book covers a period of time stretching from 1915 or so in korea to just before wwii thankfully brennert didnt try to cover pearl harbor too.
This classic companion text for use with the ahupuaa poster decribes many of the daily activities, plants, and animals that define precontact hawaiian life as depisted in the poster. It was given this name because it was a small area between 2 bigger ahupuaa. Then he had them mark the boundaries for each division of land. You can explore the beaches and gentle waves of kailua, or take in nightlife in. In a pacific island spatial concept these subdivisions consisted most frequently of a slice of an island that went. Most of the land, however, was eventually sold off to become the large subdivisions of puna. Each moku or district is made up of these smaller land divisions. Geological history of windward oahu the difference between the leeward and windward sides of the koolau range is striking. The most important unit in the ancient hawaiian system of land division was the ahupuaa. They are listed in geographical order, because that is how the ancestors thought of them, and that is how we, their descendants, should learn them, too. Paakea ili, waikiki ahupuaa, district of kona, island of oahu, boundary commission, oahu, volume 2, pps 2662 in the matter of the boundaries of the ili of paakea at waikiki, island of oahu, land commission award no. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Hawaiian saying i aina no ka aina i ke alii, a i waiwai no ka aina i ke kanaka.
Each ahupuaa is like a slice of pie that begins at the top of the mountain and goes down to the ocean. Toward an inventory of ahupuaa in the hawaiian kingdom evols. Download gis data state of hawaii office of planning. For example, the ahupuaa of keaeau, near hilo, was purchased as a single unit by the william herbert shipman family to farm and raise cattle.
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