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Bringing Cultural Sensitivity to Your Project
Moehonua Cultural Monitoring Services (MCMS) believes that your project will benefit from a program that provides supplementary input to inform the Archaeological Monitoring Plan (AMP), identification and decision-making processes under and in compliance with applicable regulations should Native Hawaiian cultural resources and /or Iwi Kupuna be encountered during the project's construction period.
ABOUT US
Moehonua Cultural Monitoring Services (MCMS) was established in February of 2020. MCMS provides quality cultural resource monitoring services. Our group of Cultural Monitors (CM's) collectively have at least fifteen (15) years of fully participating in consultations, recommendations and determination processes such as Archaeological Monitoring Plans and Reports, Archaeological Inventory Survey (AIS) Plans and Reports, Archaeological Data Recovery (ADR) Plans and Reports, Archaeological Preservation Plans, Burial Treatment Plans, Cultural Impact Assessment (CIA) Studies, Cultural Monitoring, State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) 6e and Section 106 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Consultation.
General Contractors Liability Insurance
DBE certified
SBE certified
SBA certified and registered
HAZWOPER certified
The purpose of Moehonua Cultural Monitoring Service's (MCMS's) Cultural Monitoring Program (CMP) is to ensure the protection, preservation, respect, and culturally appropriate treatment of historic and culturally significant Native Hawaiian resources, artifacts, and Iwi Kupuna.
MCMS's CMs will work along side the archaeological monitor (AM) to help monitor excavations and or ground disturbances.
MCMS is the first cultural monitoring company to offer cultural sensitivity classes to general contractors and sub-contractors. MCMS believes that cultural sensitivity classes will help to make operations amicable on your construction project.
MO'OKŪ'AUHAU & KULEANA
Genealogy and Responsibility
KULEANA IS MY BUSINESS
Aloha mai, my name is Carolyn Keala Norman. I am the owner/manager of Moehonua Cultural Monitoring Services LLC.
I have 20 years experience in the kuleana to mālama i nā Iwi Kupuna and have been a cultural monitor for my Aunty Kaʻanohi Kaleikini's company ʻŌiwi Cultural Resources. My 'ohana and I are trained in Hawaiian protocols and burial practices.
I am a state-recoginized lineal and cultural descendant and is a part of a recognized Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO), ʻOhana Keaweamahi.
Being a state-recognized descendant and a recognized NHO allows/allowed me to be involved in consultations with the State and Federal Governments as well as developers and land owners such as Kamehameha Schools, OHA, Kawaiahaʻo Church, HECO, Howard Hughes Corporation, Alexander & Baldwin, Walmart Keʻeaumoku, HART, Hōkūliʻa, Fifield, Stanford Carr Development, Outrigger Reef Hotel, Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel, Fort DeRussy, Hale Koa Hotel, General Growth Properties, ComPac Communications, Ku'iwalu, Aukahi, G70, Brookfield and Nan Inc.
Honesty and Integrity are what I value in my everyday life and I strive to maintain these values in my company.
UNCLE MOEHONUA 4 TIMES REMOVED
The Name Of My Company
I chose to name my company after my Kupuna Moehonua not only to breathe more life into his name but, to honor him.
He owned property throughout Hawaiʻi. My mother, grandmother and great grandfather were born and raised in Kālia, Waikīkī on the 'āina (land) belonging to Kupuna Moehonua.
Kupuna Moehonua also held several prominent positions in the Hawaiian Kingdom.
AUNTY KAʻANOHI AND I
ʻOhana Is My Foundation
In the summer of 1975, at the age of 14, my grandmother, Alice, first told me that Hawaiʻi had a Queen and a palace. It was on that day that my grandmother instilled a fire in me and unbeknownst to me at the time, I would become a kiaʻi (protector) for Hawaiian culture and ancestral bones.
20 years ago my mother, Kahili, introduced me to the kuleana (responsibility) of caring for ancestral bones by being involved with Hōkūliʻa in Kona, Hawaiʻi. It was under the tutelage of my mother and Aunty Kaʻanohi Kaleikini, my mother's youngest sister, that I was able to learn about the kuleana to mālama i nā Iwi Kupuna (caring for ancestral bones).
I would like to also acknowledge my brother, Kekua and my mother Kahili, for their difficult and arduous kuleana in researching our genealogy which is key in helping to protect our Iwi Kupuna.
My son, Kepoʻo, is the cultural resource and research consultant in my ʻohana who assists me on the history of the areas where we are working and when we are in consultation with developers.
Kai is my younger son who is a kakau 'uhi practitioner. Kai used his knowledge in traditional Hawaiian tattooing and artistic talent to create the logo for Moehonua Cultural Monitoring Services.
I would not be able to proceed with MCMS without the encouragement and support from my cousin Tuahine, my Aunty Ka'anohi's daughter.
So, it is because of the support, knowledge and guidance of my 'ohana that has shaped me into the kia'i that I am today.
Mahalo nunui e kuʻu ʻohana.
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