[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4469]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
from Hawaii in the Control of the Department of the Navy and in the
Possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI
AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9,
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects in the control of the Department of the Navy and in
the possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Department
of the Navy and Bishop Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the O'ahu Island
Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei, and the Native
Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council.
Between 1962 and prior to November 16, 1990, human remains
representing a minimum of five individuals were recovered from a coral
sinkhole and sand dune deposits at Naval Air Station, Barbers Point,
Land of Honouliuli, District of Ewa, Island of O'ahu, HI. No known
individuals were identified. The approximately 356 associated funerary
objects include miscellaneous non-human bones from a large unidentified
mammal, and assorted non-artifact lithics.
Between 1963 and 1988, human remains representing a minimum of
three individuals were recovered from sand dune deposits along
Edgewater Beach on Iroquois Point, Navy Public Works Center, Pearl
Harbor, Land of Honouliuli, District of Ewa, Island of O'ahu, HI. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
During 1966-1970, human remains representing a minimum of four
individuals were recovered from Barking Sands sand dunes [[Site 50-30-
05-1834 (previously Site Ka-C5-5)], Pacific Missile Range Facility,
Land of Waimea, District of Mana, Island of Kaua'i, HI. No known
individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object is a
complete non-human long bone.
Based on cranial and skeletal morphology, manner of interments,
types of associated funerary objects, and recovery locations all
consistent with Native Hawaiian tradition, these individuals have been
determined to be Native Hawaiian.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the
Department of the Navy have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains
of a minimum of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials
of the Department of the Navy have also determined that, pursuant to 43
CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the approximately 356 objects listed above are
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 Department of the Navy have
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship
of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei and Koa Mana.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Office of Hawaiian
Affairs, the O'ahu Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O
Hawai'i Nei, Alu Like, Huna Research Institute, Kamoalii Hawaiian Civic
Club, the Kaua'i Ni'ihau Island Burial Council, Koa Mana, Na Ohana Papa
O Mana, the Royal Order of Kamehameha, and the Waianae Hawaiian Civic
Club. Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian organization that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains
and associated funerary objects should contact Ms. Elizabeth Gordon,
Archaeologist (Code 233EG), Pacific Division, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, 258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI
96860-3134; telephone: (808) 471-9338, before March 25, 1999.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei and Koa Mana may begin after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: January 27, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-4469 Filed 2-22-99 ; 8:45 am]
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