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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

Notice of Inventory Completion of Native American Human Remains 
from the Hawaiian Islands in the Collections of the Peabody Museum of 
Natural History, Yale University

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d), 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains from the Hawaiian 
Islands held by the Peabody Museum of Natural History.
    A detailed inventory and assessment of the Yale Peabody Museum's 
collections of human remains of Hawaiian provenance have been completed 
by its professional curatorial staff in consultation with Hui Malama I 
Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the 
Hawai'i, Kaua'i/Nihan, Maui/Lanai, Moloka'i, and O'ahu Burial Councils. 
According to the Peabody's accession records, these human remains are 
without associated funerary objects. Acquired by the Museum in five 
accessions between 1872 and 1921, these human remains are described in 
eighty-four catalogue entries. They have been determined to be Native 
Hawaiian in origin on the basis of the locality information provided in 
the catalogue descriptions. The Museum records give no indication of 
the antiquity of these human remains. The inventory has not resulted in 
the determination of any human remains that are of an identifiable 
individual. Following is a summary of each accession.
    One skull, one cranium, two femurs and one mandible are described 
in three catalogue entries. They were received in 1872 in an accession 
with unrelated material collected and donated by the Yale College 
Scientific Expedition of 1871. A provenance of Honolulu, Hawaii is 
provided by the catalogue ledger.
    Two associated accessions were acquired in 1872 and 1873 via 
donation from the Honorable Christie, U.S. Consul and collected from 
the sand hills near Koloa, Kauai Island. The 1872 accession consists of 
ten skulls, one nearly complete skeleton, and one calotte described in 
fourteen catalogue entries and is identified in the accession ledger as 
having been collected by George H. Dole. The 1873 accession consists of 
fourteen skulls, six crania, fifteen unassociated mandibles, and eleven 
unassociated post crania described in twenty-two catalogue entries; the 
collector has not been identified.
    Nine skulls, twenty-seven crania, two partial crania, seventeen and 
one half unassociated mandibles and some cranial fragments described in 
forty catalogue entries were received in donation in 1878 from David 
Dwight Baldwin via Professor Daniel Cady Eaton. They are identified in 
the catalogue records as Hawaiian; more locality detail is not 
provided.
    Five catalogue entries describe two skulls, two crania, and one 
tibia fragment. These human remains were acquired for the Peabody from 
Miss Maria L.C. Winslow via purchase and donation by Professor Charles 
Schuchert in 1921. They are part of a collection assembled by Dr. 
Charles F. Winslow, largely during the 1860's. All are identified as 
Hawaiian in the catalogue records. The additional locality of Maui is 
provided for one cranium. Wailuku, Maui is provided for one cranium and 
the skull.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Peabody 
Museum of Natural History, Yale University have determined pursuant to 
25 U.S.C. 3001(2) that there is a relationship of shared group identify 
which can be reasonably traced between these remains and the present-
day Native Hawaiian organizations such as Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O 
Hawai'i Nei and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
    Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian organization that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Dr. Alison F. Richard, Director, Yale University, 
Peabody Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 208118, New Haven, 
Connecticut 06520-8118, (203) 432-3752, before March 28, 1994.
Dated: February 4, 1994.
Dr. Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist Chief, Archeological Assistance 
Division.
[FR Doc. 94-4238 Filed 2-24-94; 8:45am]
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