[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 194 (Friday, October 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 52059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25473]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Hawaii in the Possession of the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 
University of California-Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    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 human remains from 
Hawaii in the possession of the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 
University of California-Los Angeles, CA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the museum 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of Hui Malama I 
Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'I Nei.
    The human remains represent a minimum of seven individuals. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present. One jaw bone is labeled ``L. Miller, Pre-Columbian Native.'' 
Naturalist Loye Miller is believed to have collected these human 
remains in 1901 and 1903 on the Hawaiian islands of Oahu--at Punahou 
Campus, the J.S. Castle Grounds, and Waikiki--and Kauai, at Kipukai. It 
is likely that these human remains came to UCLA along with non-human 
remains that are now part of Biology Department's the bird and mammal 
collection. In 1995, the human remains were transferred from the UCLA 
Department of Biology to the Archaeological Collections Facility of the 
Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
    UCLA physical anthropologists have not been able to determine 
conclusively that these human remains are Native Hawaiian. However, 
representatives of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei identified the 
sand dunes of Waikiki and Kipukai as traditional Hawaiian burial 
grounds. Representatives of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei 
believe that the lack of associated funerary objects with the Punahou 
Campus and the J.S. Castle Grounds human remains is indicative of pre-
contact Native Hawaiian burials.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Fowler 
Museum of Cultural History have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of seven individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of 
the Fowler Museum of Cultural History have also determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei.
    This notice has been sent to officials of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O 
Hawai'I Nei, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Oahu Burial Committee, 
and the Kauai/Nihau Island Burial Council. Representatives of any other 
Native Hawaiian organization that believes itself to be culturally 
affiliated with these human remains and should contact Harold Horowitz 
the NAGPRA Coordinator, Office of the Chancellor, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 
90095, telephone: (310) 825-3504, before November 4, 1996. Repatriation 
of the human remains to Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'I Nei may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: September 30, 1996,
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 96-25473 Filed 10-3-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-70-F