2024-06-23 PL-INT-2024-008059 Nohopapa Hawaii LLC Category PL.1

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\PI' nom:mpg H A W A I ' I June 24, 2024 Mr. Zendo Kern Nanning Director Nanning Dept., County of Hawai`i 101 Pauahi St., Suite 3 Hilo, HI, 96720 planning@hawaiicounty.gov Re: Nohopapa Hawaii, LLC Statement of Qualifications for Category PL.i) Archaeology(including Anthropology). Aloha mai, This application packet is for the following category — PL.i) Archaeology (including Anthropology). Nohopapa Hawai`i, LLC is a small, Native Hawaiian owned and operated cultural resource management (CRM) firm. Nohopapa Hawai`i's experience, passion, commitment, and motivation to document and honor Hawai`i's`aina,wahi kupuna,and wahi pana extends over 20 years. Nohopapa Hawai`i provides a wide range of Hawaiian cultural resource management services to assist agencies,private land owners, and communities in protecting and restoring important wahi kupuna (ancestral places) and re-establishing loina kupuna (cultural traditions). The term "noho papa" means to "reside in a place over the course of generations." It is the mission of our organization to strengthen generational ties and time honored commitments between communities and their lands once again. Noho means to "become situated," while papa can also mean "layers," recognizing that in order to create healthy communities,they must be firmly situated within the rich layers of historical meaning of our Hawaiian places.It is a relationship between people and`aina that continually deepens as the knowledge is gained and people themselves become established as a foundation piece of the land. Our team has conducted numerous ethnohistorical studies, traditional cultural property studies,cultural impact assessments,archaeological investigations,`aina and wai inventories, and preservation plans. We also have a considerable amount of experience in working with Hawaiian communities across all the islands. Our staff is committed to high professional standards concerning historic preservation, as well as possessing extensive cultural background in regards to dealing with physical remains of our historical past. Our formal education and work experience derives from the fields of Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Hawaiian Studies, Geography, and Planning. Our group also utilizes Hawaiian language in our research in order to draw from a broader range of historical documents to understand historical land use. We always strive to balance preservation priorities with adaptive reuse and restoration to help make these cultural materials and places relevant and meaningful to communities once again. Our group consists of Hawaiian cultural practitioners that are capable of conducting appropriate ceremonies, chants, and protocols to ensure the highest degree of respect and consideration is given to all projects and work situations.