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<< Text Pages >> Ukanipo Heiau - Ancient Temple in United States in The West

Submitted by bat400 on Saturday, 04 August 2007  Page Views: 17563

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Ukanipo Heiau Alternative Name: 50-80-03-181
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 238.294 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The West Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Honolulu, HI
Latitude: 21.534000N  Longitude: 158.232W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Ancient Temple (heiau) in Honolulu County, Hawaii.
The volcanic stone structure is one of several sacred sites within the Makua Valley.

I've read descriptions of Ukanipo being associated with burials and as being a temple associated with maternity and birthing practices.
Located within the Makua Military Reservation, the temple was re-opened for the first time since the military annexed the area with native ceremonies in the late 1990's. Archaeologist Dr. Laurie Lucking worked as a go-between the US military and native Hawaiian cultural groups to arrange this visitation of the temple. Unfortunately since then access to the site appears to have been stopped either periodically or permanently and controversy has surrounded access and the use of the area for live fire exercises.
The site is on the National Register of Historic Places. The location given is only general for the Makau Valley.

Note: See comment on religious groups attempting to gain access to sites within the Makau Valley.
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US Army Denies Spirirual Access to Hawaiian Site by bat400 on Saturday, 04 August 2007
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Submitted by coldrum ---
Two Native Hawaiian groups that have waited two years for access to four Army-occupied sites they consider sacred will not be able to enter them, the Army has told them.

Malama Makua and Hui Malama have been banned since 2005 from four sites in the Makua Valley on Oahu for safety reasons, but the groups had hoped to be allowed back this year after two years of ordnance removal.

A letter from the Army dated June 12 said only visual access will be allowed from trails and overlooks, The Honolulu Advertiser reported. No one may touch or enter the areas, in order to preserve and protect those locations, it said.

The letter may violate a 2001 court order guaranteeing cultural access, the cultural groups said.
The court decree stated that Malama Makua and other groups must be allowed a minimum of two daytime accesses per month and one overnight visit a year for cultural activities, said William Aila, a member of Hui Malama.

``Now, these activities have been severely restricted,'' he said.

About two dozen cultural practitioners with Malama Makua were prohibited this weekend from visiting the four sites. The Army still allows the groups access to other areas near the front of the valley.

The Army said Friday that it is ``providing access consistent with the 2001 Settlement Agreement, federal laws and safety concerns.''

``Safety is and will continue to be one of the Army's foremost concerns,'' the Army said. ``Makua Military Reservation is a live-fire training range, and as such, safety hazards like unexploded ordnance are present.''

Earthjustice attorney David Henkin, who represents Malama Makua, said the groups and other cultural practitioners have visited the four sites between 2001 and 2005 with no apparent harm to either people or archaeological features.

Makua is considered sacred by many Native Hawaiians, but the Army considers the facilities there essential for ensuring troop readiness.


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