RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The Pū ‘Olē ‘Olē Blows and ‘Awa Is Poured JF Native Plants Journal JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 48 OP 51 DO 10.3368/npj.4.1.48 VO 4 IS 1 A1 Medeiros, AC YR 2003 UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/4/1/48.abstract AB Like the American Indians of the continental US and Canada, the indigenous Hawaiians feel a very spiritual connectedness to the land and plants and the ola (life) within them. A traditional Hawaiian blessing was performed before beginning restoration activities in the dry forest habitats of Haleakalā Volcano on Maui.