In my thinking, traditions are not monolitihic. They must be continually refreshed at the roots by the present and next generations. This is your challenge and birthright as 'Oiwi in the twenty-first century. And so Dana Naone Hall tasks us, as she was tasked by Maui kupuna whose insights she lovingly shares. But first she teaches, sharing over thirty years of carefully crafted work. Testimony, letters, and interventions that might have remained buried in public records instead emerge, interpreted with reflections and poetry. These writings hold wisdom. How to weave diverse forms of knowledge- story and policy, past and present, fact and felt. How to carry the heartbreak and joy ever at the surface of Hawaiian life. How to carry on. This book is a gift, from one who has focused her gifts on the work of her people, to all who strive to bring life to the land. Dana Naone Hall deftly weaves art and activism, memory and experience, and community and politics, providing a rare and historic glimpse into key moments of critical issues of aloha 'aina. This book documents an important period of modern and culturally based grassroots activism (1980s to 2015) to protect and preserve Hawaiian 'aina and their precious resources. Life of the Land exemplifies po'e aloha 'aina in a contemporary context. It provides insights to how and why the words of Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III-ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono-still matter. In a time when the disastrous effects of human-induced climate change loom, Life of the Land is a call to action, providing inspiration and hope to all of us to take up our collective kuleana to be po'e aloha 'aina.