The Heart of Being Hawaiian

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.

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