Cultural Resources
This traditional Hawaiian agricultural feature is constructed to grow wetland Kalo.
What is a loʻi?
This islet is where the last stand of endemic loulu palm forest grows.
Where is Huelo?
The first NPS superintendent at KALA.
Who was Henry Law?
This law provides a program for conservation of threatened and endangered plants, animal and habitats in which they are found.
What is the Endangered Species Act?
You can find these ruins behind the NPS headquarters.
What is the Old Hospital?
The isolation policy for Hansen’s disease patients was abolished on this date.
What is June 30, 1969?
Of the 10,770 acres of land the NPS manages at Kalaupapa, this percent are marine.
What is 25%?
This was the first national park in the U.S.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This policy was signed into law on Jan. 1, 1970 and requires Federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their actions prior to making decisions.
What is NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) ?
This building was built in 1853 and is the oldest structure in Kalaupapa.
What is the Old Stone Church?
This important act related to Kalaupapa history was signed on January 3, 1865.
What is an Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy?
Name 3 native Hawaiian plants found in the Coastal Spray Zone.
What are: (‘ilima, hinahina, naupaka, akoko, ‘akia, mauʻu, pōhuehue, pāʻū o Hiʻiaka, ʻuhaloa)?
The number of National Park Units in the United States.
What is 425?
What section of the National Historic Preservation Act requires federal agencies to consider the effects on historic properties of projects they carry out, assist, fund, permit, license, or approve.
What is Section 106?
This is the oldest neighborhood in Kalaupapa.
What is McVeigh?
This study of soil layers helps to understand geological and cultural history.
What is stratigraphy?
This volcano formed the Kalaupapa Peninsula.
What is Puʻu ʻUao?
Fill in the blank from KALA's Enabling Legislation: “to preserve & interpret the Kalaupapa settlement for the ________ and _________ of present and future generations”
What are "education" and "inspiration"?
This 1906 Act was the first U.S. law to provide general legal protection of cultural and natural resources of historic and scientific interest on federal lands.
What is the Antiquities Act?
Many of the earlier residential homes at Kalaupapa were built in this style made popular by the Hawaii Sugar Planter's Association.
What is Hawaiian Plantation Style?
This is the original name of the peninsula.
What is Makanalua
The name of two native tree species that can be found in Kauhako Crater.
What is 'ohe makai and wiliwili?
We every August we celebrate the day the NPS was first started.
What is Founder's Day? (Aug. 25, 1916)
This law allows for repatriation and recognizes that human remains of any ancestry must be treated with dignity and respect
What is NAGPRA? (Native American Graves Protection Act.)
The approximate number of historic buildings in the Kalaupapa Settlement.
What is 150?