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\► 11 nUHUPAPA gmbb H AWAI ` I COMPANY PROFILE Nohopapa Hawaii, LLC is a small, Native Hawaiian-owned and operated cultural resources management firm. Nohopapa's experience, passion, commitment, and motivation to document and honor Hawai`i's iwi kupuna (Native Hawaiian ancestral remains), `aina (biocultural landscapes), wahi kupuna (ancestral places), and wahi pana (storied places) extends over 20 years.Our platform is to increase awareness of our collective responsibility to document,preserve, and protect knowledge concerning historic properties and cultural resources. We research and gather this knowledge through archaeological approaches rooted in Western science and balance that with the application of historical research and cultural understanding of place. The term"noho papa"means to"reside in a place over the course of generations."It is our mission 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 knowledge is gained and people themselves become established as foundational pieces of the land. Nohopapa 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 and re-establishing loina kupuna(cultural practices),and mo`olelo (stories and histories) of place. Our uniquely qualified team has successfully completed numerous ethnohistorical and traditional cultural property studies, cultural impact assessments, archaeological investigations, and restoration/preservation plans. These include a Preservation Plan for Palauea Cultural Preserve, Maui for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), a Preservation Plan for Kukaniloko, Oahu for the OHA, a Preservation Plan for Pahua Heiau, Oahu for the OHA, a Preservation Plan for Limahuli Garden and Preserve, Kauai for the National Tropical Botanical Gardens, a Restoration Plan for Ahu a `Umi, Hawaii Island for Kamehameha Schools, a statewide water assets inventory study for the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, an Ethnohistorical Study of Wao Kele o Puna for the OHA, an Ethnohistorical Study of all Kamehameha Schools land holding in Ka`u, and numerous moku-wide`Aina Inventories for Kamehameha Schools. We possess considerable experience working with Hawaiian communities across all the islands. Our staff is committed to high professional standards concerning historic preservation, and is culturally equipped to deal with the physical remains of our historical past. Our education and professional experience derive from the fields of archaeology, cultural anthropology, Hawaiian Studies, geography, and planning. We utilize the Hawaiian language in our research in order to draw from a broader range of historical documents to understand past and present biocultural landscapes. We 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. Members of our group include Hawaiian cultural practitioners capable of conducting appropriate protocols to ensure the highest degree of respect and consideration is given to all projects and work situations. NOHOPAPA.HAWA110GMAIL.COM ** P.O. BOX 197, HAKALAU, HI 96710 ** WWW.NOHOPAPA.COM 26-07