[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45439-45440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22739]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Associated Funerary Objects of
Queen Lili'uokalani in the Possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Museum, 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 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of associated funerary
objects of Queen Lili'uokalani in the possession of the Bernice Pauahi
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI.
A detailed assessment of the associated funerary objects was made
by Bishop Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Dominis family, Friends of 'Iolani Palace, and
the Kawananakoa family.
In 1917, a pair of satin slippers and a satin pillow were donated
to the Bishop Museum by Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole and Col.
Curtis I'aukea.
Donor information indicates these objects were made by Queen
Lili'uokalanai during a visit to Washington, DC, probably in 1896, and
that she intended they be used for her lying-in-state. However, they
were not found until after her funeral. Ms. Virginia Dominis Koch and
Ms. Sybil Dominis Silver have been identified as the lineal descendents
of Queen Lili'uokalanai as granddaughters of her adopted-hanai son,
John Aimoka Dominis.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bishop
Museum have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the two
objects listed above are reasonably believed to have been made
exclusively to be placed with or near individual human remains at the
time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. Officials
of the Bishop Museum have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3005
(a)(5)(A), that Ms. Virginia Dominis Koch and Ms. Sybil Dominis Silver
are direct lineal descendants of the individual who made and owned
these associated funerary objects.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Friends of 'Iolani
Palace, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, the Office of Hawaiian
Affairs, Virginia Dominis Koch and Sybil Dominis Silver, and the
Kawananakoa family. Any other person or Native Hawaiian organization
who believes they are affiliated with these associated funerary objects
should contact Janet Ness, Registrar, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum,
1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817; telephone: (808) 848-4105,
before September 26, 1997. Repatriation of the associated funerary
objects to the lineal
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descendents may begin after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Dated: August 14, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-22739 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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