Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

Kamaki Lindsey, Jr.
Family Customs and Ranching on the ‘Äina Mauna
(With Recollections of the North Kona and Kahuku Ranch Lands)
March 22, 2002, with Kepä Maly
Kamaki Lindsey, Jr., was
born at Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a in
1932. His family has
lived upon, and ranched
the lands of Parker
Ranch, Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a
and Hu‘ehu‘e for several
generations. In his teens,
during World War II,
Uncle Kamaki went to
work with Willie Kaniho
on Parker Ranch, where
he applied the
knowledge his father had
taught him about “kau lio
hou” (breaking in new
horses), with that of his
own experiences while
working with old timers
on Parker Ranch. Over
the years that he worked
on Parker Ranch, he
spent time on the
mountain lands.
Kamaki Lindsey, Jr. (Photo No. KPA-4758)
During the interview,
Uncle Kamaki described various localities and ranch stations situated around Mauna Kea. He also
expressed his mana‘o about the attachment that Hawaiians share with the mountain lands of Hawai‘i.
His family has a tradition of taking the piko of children to Mauna Kea. When his father left Waimea, to
go work for Robert Hind at Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a, that practice was continued on Hualälai. And as family
members have passed away, their remains have been taken to the mountain heights as well.
Uncle Kamaki is a man with great love for the ‘äina, and he laments the radical changes that have
occurred. He notes that it is so important to “care for the land, and in return, the land will care for
you.” He gave his personal signed release for the interviews to Maly on October 31, 2002.
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…Aloha, uncle, you hänau what year
Nineteen thirty-two.
Hmm. And you were hänau at…
Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a.
Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a. So, dad had already moved
Yes, he moved.
Okay.
And then from Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a, I go school till I was thirteen years, I think. Then I left the
school, I go cowboy for Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a. Kau lio hou, all that. That was my job.
‘Ae.
Mauna Kea– “Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ‘Äina”
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:170