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For Kanaka Maoli, lei represent our foodways and ‘āina (land), intimately tying us to scents and sense of place. Due to industrial sugar cane and pineapple mono-cropping, and a historic lack of ...

In the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation story, the goddess Ho'ohōkūkalani gives birth to a stillborn son, who is buried in the fertile soil. In her grief, she waters the soil with her tears, and a ...