Given my learning about the development history of Makaiwa Bay and Kalahuipuaʻa (the ahupua'a Makaiwa Bay is located in is Kalåhuipua'a. I'd like to leave this legacy as a roadmap to the laws and cases that protect and have interpreted the protections of Native Hawaiian Rights. I'd like to leave this legacy as a roadmap for the ʻohana (families) and community of South Kohala. I'd like to leave the legacy of my website to the next generations of students at Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy.

This legacy roadmap deep dives into the first layer of history for this area going back to 1922. The intentions of this legacy roadmap are to inspire people to continue asking important questions to ensure that the Hawaiian practices and culture of Makaiwa Bay and Kalahuipuaʻa are not forgotten. It is important to recognize a place where space can be created to allow for these crucial practices to continue and thrive.

Given the layer of historical research dating back to the early 1920s, Native Hawaiian Rights laws and case law, the following are important next steps in this Legacy Roadmap:

1) It's important to speak with and know the kamaʻāina (the people) of Makaiwa Bay and Kalahuipuaʻa prior to the Brown's arrival. It's also important to get to know the ecological resources of the area in which cultural practices depend upon, as that gives clues to the ancient practices and use of the area. Given the colonization and development history of Hawaiʻi, a lot of Hawaiian families and their connection to ʻāina (lands that feed) have been disconnected from their lands and there's a lot of historical trauma involved in that disconnection. My original intent of my legacy project was to provide easier access to the shoreline of Makaiwa Bay for Native Hawaiian families. However, I have learned throughout this process, particularly after interviewing Uncle Alan is that I have to understand the Hawaiian practices of a place and the ecological resources those practices depend upon, versus just providing easier access to a resource or to the shoreline. Interviewing Uncle Alan Brown and documenting the history of the Francis Iʻi Brown Family helped me to understand one important layer of history and it's helped me to identify ʻohana from the area prior to 1922.

2) Follow the Ka Paʻakai o Ka ʻĀina three step analysis to better understand the ecological and cultural significance of Makaiwa Bay and Kalahuipuaʻa, the impacts of those ecosystems and practices by present day uses, and possible solutions to ensure there is space at Makaiwa Bay and Kalahuipaʻa for Hawaiians to thrive.