RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The Pū ‘Olē ‘Olē blows and ‘Awa is poured: Maui Kumu Keli‘i Tau‘a welcomes Hawaiian seedlings back to Auwahi JF Native Plants Journal JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 70 OP 73 DO 10.3368/npj.19.1.70 VO 19 IS 1 A1 Medeiros, AC YR 2018 UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/19/1/70.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.