HONOLULU -- About a dozen Hawaiian activists are spent the night outside of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs by staging a sit-in to protest OHA's support of the recently-amended Akaka Bill.

The group Hui Pu moved in at 10 a.m. Thursday. They left after making a statement Friday morning.

OHA provided a sheriff overnight to watch over the situation.

"Our goal is to change the minds of the OHA trustees and help them do the right thing, do the right thing for the people, so us being here is how we can do that," said Ikaika Hussey, of Hui Pu.

Hussey said the right thing would be for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to not support the Native Hawaiian Recognition Act, or Akaka Bill.

Hui Pu believes there have been too many detrimental revisions to the bill for OHA to stand behind it.

"The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, by stepping back, will signal that the Hawaiian community does not support this. Right now, they are misrepresenting the Hawaiian community by putting so much money and resources behind this bill," Hussey said.

OHA said its research shows the majority of Hawaiians continue to support the bill. With another vote in Washington scheduled in a couple of weeks, it's too late for OHA to change its official position, representatives said.

"Even if the trustees wanted to change their position or even discuss the possibility of changing their position, that would not have been possible because it was not on the agenda," OHA administrator Clyde Namuo said.

The agenda Namuo referred to is that of a trustee meeting held Thursday morning.

Namuo said OHA may have another chance later on to weigh on the Akaka Bill, but for now OHA stands behind it.

"It's regrettable that it's come to this. And, I don't know what this group hopes to accomplish by sitting in our lobby," Namuo said.

OHA's administrator offered to talk with Hui Pu in his office several times, but the group was only willing to meet if it could do it sitting on the floor of the hallway, where it held its vigil.