[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64363-64364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30819]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Notice of Inventory Completion of Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects From the Island of Kaua'i in the
Possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior,
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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 and associated
funerary objects from the Island of Kaua'i by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Museum Honolulu, HI.
A detailed inventory and assessment of these human remains and
associated funerary objects has been made by Bishop Museum's
professional staff and representatives of Kaua'i / Ni'ihau Island
Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, and the Office
of Hawaiian Affairs. Mr. Edward Ka'iwi and Ms. Aletha Kaohi, of Kaua'i
were also consulted.
In 1967, Captain Robert W. Rynd, U.S. Navy, donated the incomplete
remains of two adults and one sub-adult, along with one burial kapa, to
the museum. All of the human remains and associated funerary objects
are believed to have come from Kauhao Valley, Waimea, on the Island of
Kaua'i. No known individuals were identified. No attempt was made to
determine age of these human remains upon the request of the above
mentioned Native Hawaiian organizations. The geographic location of the
human remains, type of associated funerary object, and method of burial
preparation are typical of Native Hawaiian burials.
Based on the above information, officials of the Bishop Museum have
determined, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed
above represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of Bishop Museum have also determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the object listed above is
reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or
ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Bishop Museum have 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, and Kaua'i/Ni'ihau Island Burial Council.
This notice has been sent to the Kaua'i / Ni'ihau Island Burial
Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, the Office of Hawaiian
Affairs, Edward Ka'iwi and Aletha Kaohi. Representatives of any Native
Hawaiian organizations which believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary objects
should contact Janet Ness, Registrar, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum,
1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96817-0916, telephone (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 Affiars and
Kaua'i / Ni'ihau 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. 96-30819 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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