Thursday, May 23, 2013
Poor treatment of remains raises Kahuku residents' ire
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 19, 2012
~~<p>Kahuku Plantation residents plan to protest today over what they call the insensitive handling of a human skull that has been kept in a locked, metal storage container on a construction site since its discovery in July.</p>
<p>"It just angers us," said Margaret Pri­ma­cio, vice president of the Kahuku Plantation Residents Association, which is opposed to construction in the area. "The goal is to take care of the kupuna. Whose grandparents would want to be treated that way?"</p>
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Kahuku Plantation residents plan to protest today over what they call the insensitive handling of a human skull that has been kept in a locked, metal storage container on a construction site since its discovery in July.
"It just angers us," said Margaret Primacio, vice president of the Kahuku Plantation Residents Association, which is opposed to construction in the area. "The goal is to take care of the kupuna. Whose grandparents would want to be treated that way?" Login for more...
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