Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 9, 1 September 1998 — The point of no return [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The point of no return

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From Page E This year. the commemoration of annexation was markedly different. In ceremonies that included the passing of the torch around the island, the march from Mauna 'Ala and the raising of Ka Hae Hawai'ithis centennial conveyed the pain of a living people. The wrongs are no longer confined to the past. Tlie need for restitution and ieeoneiliation are not lost opportunities recorded in history. The power and persuasion of that voice rolls like thunder across

the passage of one hundred years. We must listen. We cannot go in diffcrent directions, travelling separate roads. Respect forour kūpuna demands that we eome together. agree and then go forward together. We have passed the point of no retum. There is no turning back on thisjourney tojustice. Butwhether weieaeh our destination will require working and speaking as one. ■