HAWAIʻI PARKS 101
The number of park units in Hawaiʻi.
What is “nine”?
[Fun fact: includes a National Historic Trail, 2 National Historic Sites, a National Memorial.]
This food crop was grown on the peninsula and traded with Whaling Ships during the Gold Rush era.
What is sweet potato or uala?
This building houses the curatorial facility.
What is Hale Mālama?
This monk seal put Kalaupapa on the map in 1997 by being the first documented seal to give birth at Kalaupapa.
Who is Mama Eve (#R006)?
This designation was given to Kalaupapa in January 1976.
What is a National Historic Landmark District or NHL?
The newest park unit added in 2019 to Hawaiʻi parks.
What is Honouliuli National Historic Site?
Fun fact: Honouliuli was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, designated as a national monument in 2015, and redesignated as a national historic site in 2019.
Name the middle ahupuaʻa (land division) on the peninsula.
What is Waiʻaleʻia?
Name one type of collection in the KALA collection.
A2: What is ... archeology, archives, art, architecture fragments, manuscript collections, oral histories, personal papers of patients, textiles and clothing, etc.?
Hoary bats use ______ to find its prey.
What is echolocation?
This is the period of significance for Kalaupapa NHP.
What is 1866-1969?
Q3. This park gets the most visitors annually.
What is Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park? (HAVO)
Name two examples of a discipline in cultural resources management.
What is ... anthropology, archeology, architectural history, cultural landscapes, ethnography, ethnohistory, museum collections, sociology, social and cultural geography, and other fields in the social sciences.
Name this object in the KALA collection.
(Show photo #1)
What is a "button hook"?
Name the tallest geological resource in the park.
What are the north shore cliffs?
In 1980, Public Law 96-565 was significant for this reason.
What is the establishment of Kalaupapa National Historical Park? OR What is our enabling legislation?
In the Oct. 2024 issue of Travel and Leisure magazine, this Hawaiʻi park was rated #14 out of 20 best national parks that everyone should visit at least once.
What is Haleakalā National Park?
[Fun fact: HAVO was rated #8]
This is the appearance of a traditional Hawaiian cultural deposit in the ground when it is exposed, and it often contains marine shell and charcoal.
What is dark brown or black soil?
This patient was known for making this useful tool.
(Show photo #2)
Who was Kenso Seki?
[Used to open the tab on a beer or soda can.]
The number of monk seal pups born at Kalaupapa since 1997.
What is 174?
This tool is used to determine wildland and forest fire potential.
What is the Keetch-Byram Drought Index? (KBDI)
From most to least, name the three national parks that have the most endangered and threatened species.
What are Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Kalaupapa National Historical Park and Haleakalā National Park?
There are approximately 1200 of this historic resource at Kalaupapa.
What are grave markers or marked graves?
This museum document is used to help determine what the museum will collect.
What is the Scope of Collection Statement (SOCS)?
Waikolu contains the park’s only _____ ______.
What is a perennial stream?
The Tarry Wile Bandstand was located across of this building still existing in the Kalaupapa Settlement.
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What is “the doctor’s house” or “SR10”?