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Native Hawaiian organizations seek to restore, preserve historic lands in Luluku

By Jamm Aquino

Jan. 15, 2022

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Mark Paikuli-Stride surveys land that will be cleared to become lo‘i on Saturday. For many years, Paikuli-Stride, Native Hawaiian organizations and other agencies have been working to restore, preserve and protect Luluku lands in Kaneohe. The group recently reached a major milestone by completing a stewardship management plan for the area. They hope to bring agriculture back to Luluku and share their experiences and cultural traditions with school and community groups.
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Fourteen-year-old Kupa’a Paikuli-Stride holds a harvested kalo on Saturday.
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Fourteen-year-old Kupa’a Paikuli-Stride holds a harvested kalo on Saturday.
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Sixteen-year-old Makamae Paikuli-Stride harvests kalo on Saturday.
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Sixteen-year-old Makamae Paikuli-Stride is reflected in the water of a lo’i while harvesting kalo on Saturday.
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Sixteen-year-old Makamae Paikuli-Stride, right, hands a harvested kalo to his father Mark on Saturday.
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Mark Paikuli-Stride looks at an old ahupua’a map of Luluku on Saturday.
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Mark Paikuli-Stride, left, walks with his family on the agricultural land just under the Koolau Mountains on Saturday.
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Mark Paikuli-Stride, second from right on bottom row, poses for a portrait with his family, including Kupuna Pet Tiffany, middle, on Saturday.
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Fourteen-year-old Kupa’a Paikuli-Stride, right, harvests kalo with her siblings, Makamae, 16, left, and Naomi, 11, obscured, on Saturday.
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Mark Paikuli-Stride, top right, harvests kalo with his children, Kupa’a, 14, top left, Makamae, 16, bottom left, and Naomi, 11, on Saturday.
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2022 January 15 CTY - Honolulu Star-Advertiser photo by Jamm Aquino/jaquino@staradvertiser.com Kupuna Pet Tiffany, left, talks with Mark Paikuli-Stride as Paikuli-Stride’s children harvest kalo at one of their lo’i on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Kaneohe. Paikuli-Stride farms and lives on land in Luluku. He and his family were forced to leave the area during the construction of the H-3 freeway. He has since returned to Luluku several years ago to continue farming and is part of a group of Native Hawaiian community organizations and other agencies that is trying to restore and preserve the area for future generations.
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An overview of one of the lo‘i tended by Mark Paikuli-Stride and his family is seen on Saturday.
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Mark Paikuli-Stride, right, walks with his family towards one of their lo’i near the H-3 Freeway on Saturday.
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Mark Paikuli-Stride, third from right on top row, poses for a portrait with his family, including Kupuna Pet Tiffany, middle, on Saturday.
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Mark Paikuli-Stride surveys land that will be cleared to become lo‘i on Saturday.
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Mark Paikuli-Stride’s family loads up their pickup truck after working in one of their lo’i under the H-3 Freeway on Saturday.
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Mark Paikuli-Stride, middle, walks with daughter Kulana, 8, and girlfriend Linahla Bulatao, right, near one of their family’s lo’i on Saturday.
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Eleven-year-old Naomi Paikuli-Stride smiles while riding in the back of her family’s pickup truck with produce from their land.

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