[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64363-64364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30819]


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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 Kaua'i in the 
Possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior,


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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 Kaua'i by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop 
Museum Honolulu, HI.
    A detailed inventory and assessment of these human remains and 
associated funerary objects has been made by Bishop Museum's 
professional staff and representatives of Kaua'i / Ni'ihau Island 
Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, and the Office 
of Hawaiian Affairs. Mr. Edward Ka'iwi and Ms. Aletha Kaohi, of Kaua'i 
were also consulted.
    In 1967, Captain Robert W. Rynd, U.S. Navy, donated the incomplete 
remains of two adults and one sub-adult, along with one burial kapa, to 
the museum. All of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
are believed to have come from Kauhao Valley, Waimea, on the Island of 
Kaua'i. No known individuals were identified. No attempt was made to 
determine age of these human remains upon the request of the above 
mentioned Native Hawaiian organizations. The geographic location of the 
human remains, type of associated funerary object, and method of burial 
preparation are typical of Native Hawaiian burials.
    Based on the above information, officials of the Bishop Museum have 
determined, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed 
above represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of Bishop Museum have also determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the object 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. Lastly, officials of the 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 Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Office of 
Hawaiian Affairs, and Kaua'i/Ni'ihau Island Burial Council.
    This notice has been sent to the Kaua'i / Ni'ihau Island Burial 
Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, the Office of Hawaiian 
Affairs, Edward Ka'iwi and Aletha Kaohi. Representatives of any Native 
Hawaiian organizations which believes itself to be culturally 
affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary objects 
should contact Janet Ness, Registrar, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 
1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96817-0916, telephone (808) 
848-4105, before January 3, 1997. Repatriation of the human remains to 
Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Office of Hawaiian Affiars and 
Kaua'i / Ni'ihau Island Burial Council may 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. 96-30819 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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