Stryker brigade expansion project disturbed Native Hawaiian Burials (iwi kupuna) in the Lihu’e \/ Schofield Barracks area.\u00a0 Community groups told the Army that the entire area was culturally significant and needed to be protected from military activity.\u00a0\u00a0 Native Hawaiian cultural monitors rediscovered the Hale’au’au Heiau that the Army had listed as destroyed.\u00a0 This put a cramp on their plans for the Stryker expansion.\u00a0 As as result the cultural monitors were removed from the project.\u00a0 Now new cultural monitors have identified the bones of iwi kupuna.\u00a0 The Army must stop the Stryker project.\u00a0 It is a corrupt, destructive and wasteful project that is driven by political motives to entrench the Army in Hawai’i.\u00a0 Strykers Out of Hawai’i!<\/p>\n
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From: Doane, Loran Mr CIV US USA IMCOM [mailto:Loran.Doane@us.army.mil]<\/p>\n
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:28 PM<\/p>\n
Subject: Army Protects Discovery at Schofield (UNCLASSIFIED)<\/p>\n
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED<\/p>\n
Caveats: FOUO<\/p>\n
Release number: 2010-05-06<\/p>\n
May 18, 2010<\/p>\n
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Army-contracted archaeological and cultural monitors discovered suspected human remains on a Schofield Barracks construction site, Friday, while supervising a routine ground excavation.<\/p>\n
Army archaeologists and cultural resource specialists were immediately dispatched to the site to make an initial determination as to whether the remains were likely human. Dr. James Pokines, forensic anthropologist with the Joint POW\/MIA Accounting Command, confirmed on Saturday that the remains were indeed human.<\/p>\n
Protective fencing has been erected in the area, and all construction activities at the site have been halted until further notice.<\/p>\n
Procedures in the form of an “Inadvertent Discovery Plan” were in place and put into action, with site identification, protection and notifications to the Hawaii State Historic Preservation Office (HSHP) and the Oahu Burial Council (OBC).<\/p>\n
“Anytime there is construction taking place and in which digging occurs,there is always a possibility that one could encounter an unexpected find,” said Laurie Lucking, Cultural Resource manager for U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii. “It is for this reason that we have contingency plans and procedures in place so that finds like this can be treated with the utmost dignity and respect.”<\/p>\n
The Army will continue to work closely with the necessary state and federal agencies, to ensure compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in order to protect and preserve Hawaii’s rich historical and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n
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MEDIA NOTE: Media who would like should contact Loran Doane, Media Relations chief, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Public Affairs at (808) 656-3157 or cell (317)-847-2222.<\/p>\n
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED<\/p>\n
Caveats: FOUO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stryker brigade expansion project disturbed Native Hawaiian Burials (iwi kupuna) in the Lihu’e \/ Schofield Barracks area.\u00a0 Community groups told the Army that the entire area was culturally significant and needed to be protected from military activity.\u00a0\u00a0 Native Hawaiian cultural monitors rediscovered the Hale’au’au Heiau that the Army had listed as destroyed.\u00a0 This put a … <\/p>\n