The Heart of Being Hawaiian

by Bowman, Sally-Jo Keala-O-Anuenue

• ISBN13: 9780981508603
• ISBN10: 098150860X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Watermark Pub

Summary

What does it mean to be Hawaiian? On her long journey of discovery, Sally-Jo Bowman has searched for answers throughout the Islands and beyond, from the songs of the ancients to the ways of today's Hawaiians: artists and activists, teachers and healers, plain folks and community leaders alike. Now this award-winning journalist shares the lessons she has learned, from the street-smart to the spiritual, in an extraordinary treasury of collected works-revealing along the way the many layers of the Hawaiian heart. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Sally-Jo Keala-o-Anuenue Bowman is a 1958 graduate of Kamehameha Schools and a member of the Pa family of Puna and Hilo. She lives in Springfield, Oregon, with her husband, David Walp, and their Australian shepherd, Cap

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. viii
Introduction	p. x
Heart of the Matter	p. 1
Aloha, Anuhea	p. 2
Out for Blood	p. 5
Rage, Bones and Hope	p. 13
Father of Waters	p. 22
Faces	p. 31
Conviction	p. 32
Perfect Balance	p. 44
Tellers of Tales	p. 51
Remembering Mr. Bowman	p. 58
Reluctant Kahuna	p. 63
In Footsteps	p. 73
House of Stories	p. 74
Bird in Hand	p. 79
A Night at Washington Place	p. 88
The Way Back	p. 98
Ancestral Paths	p. 101
Roots	p. 102
Celebrating Hula Moloka'i Style	p. 106
Temples of the Gods	p. 111
Living an Ancient Art	p. 117
Lua: The Ancient Hawaiian Fighting Art	p. 125
Resurrection	p. 133
Punana Leo: The Quest to Save the Hawaiian Language	p. 134
Lomilomi's Loving Touch	p. 140
Setting Things Right	p. 149
Kaho'olawe in Limbo	p. 153
Finding the Way	p. 161
Coming Home	p. 171
Kalaupapa: Home of the Heart	p. 172
E Ho'i Mai: Coming Home	p. 181
Princess Kai'ulani and the Old Gray Mare	p. 188
The Long Walk Home	p. 192
Looking through Mirrors	p. 199
Voice of the Beloved	p. 200
Aloha, Ojibwa	p. 204
Back to the Bastion	p. 208
True Gratitude	p. 217
Inescapably Hawaiian	p. 219
Index	p. 230
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