[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 63152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25874]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items in the Possession
of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of the
intent to repatriate cultural items from L[amacr]na`i, HI in the
possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, that meet
the definition of ``unassociated funerary object'' under Section 2 of
the Act.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these
cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations within this notice.
In 1926, G.C. Munro gifted 97 glass and ivory beads to the Bishop
Museum. Accession records indicate that the beads were ``found some
years ago with the bones of a child.'' The burial site was located on
the island of L[amacr]na`i, HI. Excavation records indicate that the
human remains with whom these funerary objects were associated were not
collected, or were collected but are no longer within the Bishop
Museum's collection.
A detailed assessment of these unassociated funerary objects was
made by Bishop Museum's professional staff in consultation with
representatives from the Maui/L[amacr]na`i Island Burial Council.
Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Bishop
Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2)(ii), these
97 cultural items 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual. Officials of the Bishop Museum also have
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship
of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between these 97
unassociated funerary objects and the Maui/L[amacr]na`i Island Burial
Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei, and the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Maui/L[amacr]na`i
Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei, and Office
of Hawaiian Affairs. Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian
organization that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with
these unassociated funerary objects should contact Dr. Guy Kaulukukui,
Vice President of Cultural Studies, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street,
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96718-2704, telephone (808) 848-4126 before November
12, 2002. Repatriation of these unassociated funerary objects to the
Maui/L[amacr]na`i Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O
Hawai`i Nei and Office of Hawaiian Affairs may begin after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: August 28, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-25874 Filed 10-9-02; 8:45 am]
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