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This Concurrent Resolution urges the Board of Land and Natural Resources to rename the Russian Fort Elisabeth State Historical Park in Waimea, Kauai, to "Paulaula," which is the traditional Hawaiian place name for the area and was the location of the royal compound of King Kaumualii, the chief of Kauai. The resolution also calls for the development of new interpretive materials in Hawaiian and English that highlight Kauai's history and culture, and for collaboration with the National Park Service to update the site's National Historic Landmark designation to include its Hawaiian place name and recent research. The historical context provided explains that while a Russian physician, Georg Anton Schffer, built a fort there in 1816, the Russian government disavowed the action, and no Russians ever garrisoned the fort, which has since been used by Hawaiians as an administrative center, prison, and burial ground, with the iwi (bones) of King Kaumualii's grandson and other Hawaiians buried there.