Posted at 11:30 a.m., Friday, October 7, 2005
Sit-in at OHA ends with prayers, chants
BY MIKE GORDON
Advertiser Staff Writer
About 10 members of Hui Pu spent the night, watched most of the time by a state deputy sheriff. Their ranks had grown to as much as 17 yesterday, when the sit-in began at 10:30 a.m. The sit-in lasted 24 hours.
The group wants OHA to withdraw its support for the Akaka bill. Today, the group expressed satisfaction that their opinions were heard.
"Spiritually, we were successful," said Hinaleimoana Wong. "Emotionally, we were successful. When the day comes that our Hawaiian voice is stifled by the confines of our own mind, we have lost."
