[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30817]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Notice of Inventory Completion of Native American Human Remains
From the Islands of O'ahu and Hawaii in the Collections of the Hawai'i
Maritime Center, Honolulu, HI
AGENCY: National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of
the completion of the inventory of human remains from the Islands of
O'ahu and Hawai'i in the Collections of the Hawai'i Maritime Center,
Honolulu, HI.
A detailed inventory and assessment of these human remains has been
made by Bishop Museum and Hawai'i Maritime Center professional staff,
and representatives of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Office of
Hawaiian Affairs, O'ahu Burial Council, Hawaii Island Burial Council,
and Ka Lahui Hawai'i.
The human remains consist of two teeth donated to the Hawai'i
Maritime Center by Robert A. Myhre in 1987. One tooth is from Makaha on
the island of O'ahu. The second tooth was found near South Ho'okena on
the island of Hawai'i. Both teeth were collected from the surface
between 1960 and 1987.
No known individuals were identified. No attempt was made to
determine the age of these teeth upon the request of the above
mentioned Native Hawaiian organizations. The geographic locations of
Mkaha, O'ahu, and South Ho'okena, Hawai'i, are consistent with
documented Hawaiian occupation of the area.
Based on the above information, officials of the Hawai'i Maritime
Center have determined, pursuant to 43 CAR 10.2 (d)(1), that the human
remains listed above represent the physical remains of two individuals
of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Hawai'i Maritime Center
have also determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), that there is a
relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced
between these remains and present-day members of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna
'O Hawai'i Nei, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, O'ahu Burial Council,
Hawaii Island Burial Council, and Ka Lahui Hawai'i.
This notice has been sent to the Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i
Nei, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, O'ahu Burial Committee, Hawaii Island
Burial Council, and Ka Lahui Hawai'i. Representatives of any Native
Hawaiian organization which believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with these human remains should contact Janet Ness, Registrar, Bernice
Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96817-0916,
808-848-4105, before January 3, 1997. Repatriation of the human remains
to Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Office of Hawaiian Affairs,
O'ahu Burial Council and Hawaii Island Burial Council may begin after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: November 22, 1996.
Richard C. Waldbauer,
Acting, Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Acting Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 96-30817 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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