KIʻILAE VILLAGE
Former Village — Captain Cook, Hawaii
Status: Historic site · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/kiilae-village-hawaii/

Preserved Hawaiian village landscape along the 1871 Trail.

A former village in Captain Cook, Hawaii, Kiʻilae Village is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Preserved Hawaiian village landscape along the 1871 Trail. HauntHunt files it with abandoned settlements, Indigenous heritage and former villages. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Ki'ilae is the kept — the 'traditional' that's the coast chose, the 'metal hooks shaped bone' that's the blend made. The 'Kamehameha gave' is the earned — the 'John Young' that's the warrior rewarded, the 'ahupua'a' that's the land's gift. The 'kahuna trained' is the older — the 'priests taught' that's the sacred's root, the '1600s' that's the depth guessed.
The 'one family' is the thinned — the '1913' that's the near-empty, the '30s last' that's the end's date. The 'barter ended' is the moved — the 'money economy' that's the uplands' pull, the 'salt pans left' that's the shore's trace. Ki'ilae is the walked — the '1871 trail' that's the spine kept, the 'house platforms' that's the foundations stayed.
The file keeps Ki'ilae: the kept tradition, the gifted land, the thinned village, and the walked trail.
Ki'ilae is the archive's Hawaii file — the village that chose tradition until the last family.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Ki'ilae is the archive's Hawaii file — the village where bone hooks became metal but stayed bone-shaped.
A village keeps its shape — the file's suggestion being that Ki'ilae's hold is the held: the 'traditional' that's the choice made, the 'kahuna trained' that's the sacred root, and the 'last left' that's the '30s end.

HISTORY — 2 documented facts
· The last full-time residents left in the 1930s; house sites, agricultural features, and salt pans remain. Kiʻilae Village's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Kiʻilae Village'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
· The village landscape is preserved along the 1871 Trail. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau NHP' documents the entry. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.

SOURCES — 2 cited
· Kiʻilae Village — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/places/kiilaevillage.htm
· Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau NHP — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/puho

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