[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64362-64363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30818]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion of Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects From the Island of Hawaii 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 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of 
the completion of the inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects from the Island of Hawaii in the possession of the 
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Honolulu, HI.
    A detailed inventory and assessment of these human remains has been 
made by Bishop Museum's professional staff and representatives of 
Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, 
Department of Hawaiian Homelands, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
    The human remains were found at various times and locations on the 
island of Hawaii. Human remains representing a minimum of sixteen 
individuals, along with one funerary object, were recovered at various 
times from a lava tube complex in Kawaihae, Kohala. In 1905, William 
Wagner and Friedrich A. Haenisch removed two wooden bowls, one wooden 
image, and one wig, objects which incorporated Native Hawaiian teeth 
and hair. These objects were transferred to the museum in 1907. In 
1935, J. Everett Brumaghim removed three partial human remains and one 
coffin part that were transferred to the museum in 1939. In 1939, 
Museum Ethnologist Kenneth P. Emory and Keith K. Jones removed nine 
skulls. In 1919, John F.G. Stokes donated the remains of 32 individuals 
and five funerary objects that he had found in the sand, south of the 
pu'uhonua wall outside the current boundary of Honaunau National Park. 
In 1924, E.A. Lister donated the remains of one individual and one 
funerary object that he had found during clearing activities at 
Mahukona. In 1932, Kenneth P. Emory and Edwin H. Bryan recovered the 
remains of one individual during a survey at Kapua. In 1933, Kenneth P. 
Emory donated the remains of 33 individuals and six funerary objects 
from Honomolino. In 1939, John M. Warinner sold the museum the remains 
of two individuals from Kawaihae. In 1939, Kenneth P. Emory recovered 
the remains of eight individuals and six funerary objects at Kalala. In 
1951, Charles E. Snow donated the remains of nine individuals and eight 
funerary objects originally uncovered in 1946 by tidal wave action in 
Waipio Valley. In 1951, an unknown person donated the remains of one 
individual from Kaloko. In 1959, an unknown person donated the remains 
of one individual from Hokukano. In 1960, an unknown person donated the 
remains of one individual from Kumukahi. In 1964, Ronald Fellows 
donated the remains of three individuals and one funerary object from 
Kealakekua. In 1967, Ronald Lin donated the remains of one individual 
originally acquired in 1963 on the beach in Waipio Valley. In 1967, an 
unknown person donated the remains of four individuals from Kailua-
Kona. In 1970, Yosihiko Sinoto collected the remains of one individual 
at Waiahukini. In 1975, Beth Cutting donated the remains of one 
individual from the island of Hawaii. Ms. Cutting originally acquired 
these remains from an antique store. At an unknown date, an unknown 
person donated the remains of five individuals from Keauhou. At an 
unknown date, an unknown person donated the remains of one individual 
from Kiilae.
    No known individuals were identified. No attempt was made to 
determine the age of these human remains at the request of the Hawaii 
Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, and the 
Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The various geographic locations mentioned 
above, and the style and type of the identified burials are all 
consistent with documented Hawaiian occupation of the island of Hawaii. 
Officials of the Bishop Museum feel that the undocumented human remains 
are more than likely Native Hawaiian.
    Based on the above information, officials of Bishop Museum have 
determined, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), that the human remains 
listed above represent the physical remains of 121 individuals of 
Native American ancestry. Officials of Bishop Museum have also 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 28 objects 
listed above is 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. Officials of Bishop Museum 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 members of Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na 
Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Department of Hawaiian Homelands, and the Office 
of Hawaiian Affairs.
    This notice has been sent to the Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hui 
Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. 
Representatives of any Native Hawaiian organization which believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should 
contact Janet Ness, Registrar, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1525 
Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817-0916, 808-848-4105, before 
January 3, 1997. Repatriation of the human remains to the Hawaii Island 
Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Department of 
Hawaiian Homelands and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs may

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begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: November 22, 1996.
Richard C. Waldbauer,
Acting, Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Acting Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 96-30818 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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