[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30898-30899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14293]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Completion of Inventory of Native American Human 
Remains from Hawaii, Formerly in the Possession of the Joseph Moore 
Museum of Natural History, Earlham College, Richmond, IN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of 
the completion of the inventory of human remains from Oahu, Hawaii, 
formerly in the possession of the Joseph Moore Museum of Natural 
History, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana.
    The detailed inventory and assessment of the two sets of human 
remains from Oahu has been made by the museum staff and representatives 
of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, a Native Hawaiian 
organization recognized at 25 U.S.C. 3001 (6).
    The two sets of remains were given to the museum in 1875 by unknown 
persons. Accession records indicate that one set of remains came from 
``* * * a sandbed east of Honolulu, Oahu, * * *'' This locality is 
presumably in the ahupua'a of Waikiki, in the moku of Kona. These 
remains consist of a complete cranium (without lower jaw) of an adult. 
The second set is described as comming from ``Laico, Oahu.'' The second 
location presumably refers to La'ie, which is an ahupua'a in the moku 
of Ko'olauloa, on the north shore of Oahu. These remains consist of a 
frontal bone of a juvenile.
    Inventory of the human remains and funerary objects and review of 
accompanying documentation from the two sets of Native American human 
remains listed above indicate that no known individuals are 
identifiable.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Joseph 
Moore Museum of Natural History, Earlham College, have determined 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2) that there is a relationship of shared 
group identity which can be reasonably traced between these remains and 
present-day Native Hawaiian organizations. [[Page 30899]] 
    Representatives of culturally affiliated Native Hawaiian 
organizations are advised that the human remains have been transferred, 
on loan, to representatives of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei 
who have agreed to delay reinterment until July 12, 1995, after which 
they may be reinterred. This notice has been sent of officials of the 
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, and 
to the Oahu burial council. Representatives of any other Native 
Hawaiian organization that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains should contact Dr. John Iverson, Joseph Moore 
Museum of Natural History, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, 
telephone: (317) 983-1405 and Kunani Nihipali, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 
'O Hawai'i Nei, P.O. Box 190 Hale'iwa, HI 96712-0190 telephone: 
(808)595-6575 before July 12, 1995.
Dated: June 2, 1995.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist
Chief, Archeological Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 95-14293 Filed 6-9-95; 8:45 am]
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