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WHAT

WE

DO

TYPES OF SERVICES

Nohopapa Hawaiʻi offers studies and services that deepen knowledge and connection to place and support our collective responsibility to document, preserve, protect, and responsibly steward wahi kūpuna and other cultural resources. We research and gather knowledge through integrated approaches rooted in historical land research and cultural understanding of place. We offer the following studies and services to inform your land management and stewardship:

Historical Research
(Archival Resources)

 

  • Ethno-historical Studies

  • Reconstructing Community Histories

  • Land Ownership/Title Research

  • Genealogical Research for Individuals and Families

  • Historical Map Research

  • Hawaiʻi and National Registers of Historic Places Nominations

Ethnographic Research
(Living Resources)

  • Traditional Cultural Property Studies

  • Wahi Kūpuna Stewardship Planning

  • Cultural Impact Assessments

  • Individual and Group Oral Histories

  • Descendant Consultation for Burial Issues

  • Section 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act Consultation

  • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Consultation

  • Cultural Practices and Applications

  • Educational and Training Programs and Workshops

  • Outreach Presentations

  • Restoration and Adaptive Reuse Planning

Archaeological Research
(Physical Resources)

  • Preservation Planning

  • Archaeological Assessments 

  • Archaeological Inventory Survey Plans, Surveys, and Results Reporting

  • Archaeological Monitoring Plans, Programs, and Results Reporting

  • Burial Treatment Planning

  • Burial Site Components

  • Koehana (Artifact) Curationt and Collections Management

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  • ʻĀina Inventories and Databases

  • NAGPRA Plans of Action

  • State Historic Preservation Division Consultation

  • Document preparation for registration with the Hawaii State Bureau of Conveyances, specifically as requested by SHPD, for Burial Treatment and Preservation Plans.

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Clients

OUR CLIENTS

Nohopapa Hawaiʻi has assisted community organizations, private land owners, and state and federal agencies in conducting a variety of projects to better understand the cultural and historical resources on the lands they own and manage. We have had the privilege of working with the following clients over the past few years:

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OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Working alongside our community partners is an honor for Nohopapa. We value the ‘ike that we learn from them as kupaʻāina that are intimately connected to their ‘āina and wahi kūpuna. Nohopapa aims to assist our community partners by providing cultural resource management research, tools, and expertise to support their kuleana to mālama these places.

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