HONOLULU (CN) — De MONT Kalai Manaole lives in a shipping-container home in Lualualei, a coastal valley outside of Honolulu on the island of Oahu.
He wakes each morning to the sound of roosters and the distant hum of traffic. Outside, the Waianae Mountains rise like sleeping giants against the sky.
It’s a modest homestead — but for Native Hawaiians like Manaole, this project carries enormous weight…