Tuimalealiʻifano Faʻaoloiʻi Siʻuaʻana I

[1][5] In late 1926 Tuimalealiʻifano attended a meeting with Olaf Frederick Nelson and other independence activists at the home of Samuel Meredith to plan the response to an inquiry into Samoan grievances.

When he attended a public meeting of the committee, he was suspended as fautua by New Zealand administrator George Spafford Richardson.

[6]: 82  In August 1927 following the sitting of a commission of inquiry into Samoa he resigned as fautua due to dissatisfaction with the administration.

[8] He was one of the leaders of the procession on Black Saturday,[9][6]: 139  and attempted to hold back the crowd when the shooting started.

[6]: 153–154  He was injured, with a slight wound to the arm,[10] and spent several weeks hiding in the hills with other members of the Mau.