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UPDATE: On Pāʻupena CDCʻs Project ʻUKO HOU

ANCIENT VENUE: Pāʻupena Community Development Inc. (CDC) directors Aaron Acpal (clockwise from top center), Emma Abihai Yap and Kekoa Enomoto, and the CDC’s WAI ʻĀINA project manager Kamakaʻoli Freidenburg inspect a Kēōkea-Waiohuli archaeological site 4/13/25.

UPDATE: Project ʻUKO HOU continuing instruction at two-day work events in July through December 2025. 

The site features a house enclosure and four agricultural terraces that ʻōpio (young people) identified, cleared, pinned and mapped during a 3/15/25 six-day, spring-break Archaeological Intensive underwritten by County of Maui Environmental Protection and Sustainability Division grant funding.

ʻĀina Archaeology principal investigator Tanya Lee-Greig will lead Project ʻUKO HOU continuing instruction at two-day work events the third weekend monthly from 7/19-20/25 through 12/20-21/25 at the 102-acre cultural preserve. Learn to discover, interpret and preserve ancient features, such as agricultural terraces and livestock pens.

All are invited, with meals provided and $500 stipends to ʻōpio participating in five of six work weekends.

Contact Kekoa Enomoto at email paupenacdc@gmail.com or cell/text (808) 276-2713 to sign up for the program or to ask questions.