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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native Hawaiian Remains From 
Sunset Beach, North Shore of Oahu, HI, in the Possession of the 
University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, in 
Fairbanks, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act of 1990 of the completion of inventory of human 
remains under Section 2 of the act in the possession of the University 
of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
    The human remains consist of a cranium and mandible collected at 
Sunset Beach, North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii by Margaret MacMahon Ellis in 
1948. Accession records indicate that the human remains were donated to 
the University of Alaska Museum on May 1, 1949 by Mrs. Ellis and are 
identified as Accession 422, Catalog 16-1.
    The human remains represent an adult of unknown sex. There are no 
morphological features evident that would suggest that the human 
remains are anything other than those of a Native Hawaiian. Based on 
the above information the University of Alaska Museum Curatorial Staff 
believes that a relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and the descendants of the aboriginal 
people who, prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the 
area that now constitutes the State of Hawai'i.
    The cranium was repatriated in May, 1991, to representatives of Hui 
Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei. The articulating mandible, which 
could not be located at that time, has since been found. 
Representatives of culturally affiliated Native Hawaiian organizations 
are advised that the mandible has been transferred to representatives 
of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei. Representatives of any other 
Native Hawaiian organization that believes itself to be culturally 
affiliated with this mandible should contact: Gary M. Selinger, 
University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, 
AK 99775, telephone: (907) 474-6117; and Kunani Nihipali, Hui Malama I 
Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, P.O. Box 190, Hale'iwa, HI 96712-0190 
telephone: (808) 587-0010, by December 23, 1994. Reinternment of the 
mandible by Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.
    Dated: November 15, 1994.
Francis. P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Chief, Archeological Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 94-28902 Filed 11-22-94; 8:45 am]
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