Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

He noted, that was what they always did, an elder kama‘äina would gather with the group
and pule. (pers comm. June 13, 2002)
Uncle Teddy’s attachment to Mauna Kea and the mountain lands was so great, that he often shared
with Maly, his desire to be buried at Pu‘u Nänä (the Pu‘u Nanahu vicinity), when his time came. Uncle
Teddy passed away July 18, 2002.
Uncle Teddy Bell gave his verbal release of the interviews to Maly, on June 13, 2002.
[leaving Kühiö Village, discussing changes in Parker Ranch operations]
TB: …Looks like they going get rid of everybody [chuckling].
RH: I took it too. They offered everybody early retirement. I’ve been there eighteen years,
Teddy. Not as long as you, but…
TB: That’s good enough.
RH: I feel I did my job. I’m going to…I’ve got my family’s place down in Ka‘ü. I’ll go down there
and help out. We’ll see, it was an opportunity for me. Plenty guys took, you know.
TB: Yes. How about Ramos, he going too.
RH: Yes…
Group: [further discussion, regarding employees and future operations]
KM: …Uncle, you hänau what year
TB: In ‘23.
KM: Wonderful! You and Billy Paris, same year I believe, ‘23
TB: Yes, yes.
KM: Mama, [Coco Hind] was ‘25
RH: Yes. So, you guys all the same generation.
TB: Yes.
KM: This ‘äina around here, has it changed from when you were young
TB: Oh, yes.
KM: Hmm. I brought a couple of interesting old pictures, I thought, maybe you could look at
‘um. You were little bit kama‘äina with one shot before. One, I think from by the old race
track, this side, and one from, I’m not sure if it’s Pua‘äkala house or what, on the other
side. Real interesting, you know. And you know Tita Spielman, Annabelle’s daughter
TB: Yes.
KM: When Eben Low died in ‘54, they took his ashes up the mountain
TB: Yes.
KM: Up on top and I brought a photograph of them. And Tita them were trying to figure out
who were these people, so we thought, maybe, since you’re kama‘äina with some of
those guys, you might know. Toshi Imoto is the only one I know.
TB: Toshi.
KM: And he stands out, because his hair [chuckles].
TB: Yes [chuckles].
Mauna Kea– “Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ‘Äina”
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:124