Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 12, Number 6, 1 June 1995 — Hawaiian ethnobotany course at UH-Mānoa Summer Session [ARTICLE]

Hawaiian ethnobotany course at UH-Mānoa Summer Session

A Hawaiian ethnobotany class will be offered at the University of Hawai'i-Mānoa's Summer Session. Botany 105 - Ethnobotany looks at kalo, 'uala. mai'a, 'ulu, yams, 'awa, niu, kī, kukui, ipu, kō, and limu, and the ways these plants influenced culture and were used by the Hawaiians. Non-food uses and stories associated with the plants are incorporated into the class material, and there will be field trips to Lyon Arboretum and the Bishop Museum. The instructor is Alvin Keali'i Chock, and the textbook is Lā'au Hawai'i. by Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott. Classroom hours are 10:30 - 11:45 a.m., Monday through Friday, June 26 - Aug. 4. Tuition for residents is $225; it's $390 for non-residents. For enrollment information, contact Summer Session, University of Hawai'i-Mānoa, P.O. Box 1 1450-REG, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96828-0450. The number for telephone registration is 296-6723. For more information, eall 956-7221 or drop by the information window at Krauss 101, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.