Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

LW: Oh, I’m a Maui girl.
KM: Maui girl, yes. Leiana
LW: Lei-ana-i-ka-roselani-o-Maui.
KM: Oh, beautiful!
LW: Born November 27 th , 1926.
KM: In 1926, a hänau i Maui, i hea
LW: ‘Ae, Kahului.
KM: Kahului, oh. And of course, you folks I guess, you have a family history of dance, hula
and…
LW: Oh yes, my mother was a kumu hula on Maui.
KM: ‘Ae.
LW: There was no question whether you liked it or not.
KM: Yes.
LW: You had to dance.
KM: Wonderful! We’re just going to be talking story a little bit about some of your history and
experience in Hawaiian resources. We’ve got an island of Hawai‘i map, the 1928, I have
the 1932 Army Map which is really good because it includes some additional place
names and trails that aren’t on the 1928 map. I’ve also brought you a copy of the HTS
Plat 701, the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve area. I thought if we could talk, we’re continuing
like when you and I were up on Mauna Kea last year together [trip of February 2, 2001].
Recalls Harry Fergerstrom discovering ‘ua‘u nesting on Mauna Kea in 1954:
We’re continuing to do work, to try and understand something of the history, resources
and travel on Mauna Kea. So, I was hoping, and since I keep hearing your name. And, I
guess you folks found ‘ua‘u I heard, nesting up on Mauna Kea. Is that right
DW: Oh yeah. One time Harry Fergerstrom [looking at HTS Plat 701; getting bearings]…
KM: This is Päpalekökï
DW: [thinking] Yes.
KM: Pu‘unau, here’s Pu‘u.
DW: Which is this one
KM: This would be Mäkanaka side, Kanakaleonui [thinking]. Kahinahina
DW: Not Kahinahina, but the next one. [thinking] Kanakaleonui. There’s a big red hill.
KM: That’s correct.
DW: Harry Fergerstrom found a dead bird in good shape, and we were staying at Pöhakuloa
at that time. And he brought it to me. I forget the sequence of events, but then we found
another one at Pu‘u Kole. (Harry Fergerstrom found the first one right on the ground at
Pu‘u Mäkanaka and brought it to me. Then the two of us found another one at Pu‘u
Kole.)
KM: Ah.
DW: And we went to Pu‘u Kole and he showed me the place and we sat in the jeep at night, in
the dark, and we could hear ‘em. We found a cave with a little nesting hole, and we
managed to get one out; it had an egg. We took pictures of it. And that, at the same time,
Frank Richardson… Frank was the Seabird Biologist with the Bishop Museum, and he
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