Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Akona and
Akona and…who’s that
Francis Foo.
Yes, they were using it.
That was under a gentleman’s agreement between your dad and
As far as I know, yes.
No old Hawaiian families
No, not that I know of.
You will be really interested, I’m sure Jimmy is going to send to you folks, fairly soon.
We’ve completed that oral history study. You didn’t get the first part yet did you All the
history You’re going to love it. You’re also going to be quite amazed, how much
information there is. There’s lot of history. It’s really intriguing, we come back to that
Kuakahela or Kimiona, you know Kalani Kimiona, Kanakamaika‘i
Yes.
You know them. There was so much activity going on in Honoköhau iki. I realize of
course you folks didn’t get that till later. You didn’t get the Honoköhau iki, in fact he and
his wife Makapini, Mary Kanakamaika‘i Kimiona, they left in about 1941…
Wait a minute, now when you say Kimiona, is that what I refer to as Simeona
Yes.
The S interchanges with the K in Hawaiian
Yes.
And the S would be what, Tahitian, Samoan or…we don’t know
It was the Hawaiianized Simeon. Their name actually was Kuakahela, their last name,
but the family separated. It’s just like Kahalio‘umi and Kahulamü brothers, but one kept
the Kahalio‘umi, one went to Kahulamü. Families separated like that, so Kuakahela still
kept part of the name but Kimiona because of the biblical Simeon, that’s where it came
from.
They are related to the Alapa‘is
That was Kiliona, I think that’s the first name.
Yes, boy it’s hard to work through it.
That’s the first name, Kiliona or Simeon, Simeon Alapa‘i, then had George who was the
last one, sort of. He died in the early ‘60s, George Alapa‘i.
I guess they’re all descendants of Alapa‘i, the king
Alapa‘i, yes. That’s what the genealogy seems to say.
Who was Keawe Alapa‘i
Keawe.
Oh, that’s another big shot.
I think this is right. Keawe and Kiliona, Simeon Alapa‘i were brothers, their papa was
David Kahinu Alapa‘i. It was their grandfather who was the first guy who applied for and
got land at Kapalaoa. Then Purdy, Kimo Hale, that’s where Tita Kimura them come in
because you see, they also got a Grant lot down there.
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