[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30820]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion of Native American Human Remains 
From the Island of Lana'i 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 from the Island of 
Lana'i 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 Hui 
Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs 
Hui Malama Pono O Lana'i, Native Hawaiian organizations under 25 U.S.C. 
3001 (11).
    The human remains were found at various times and locations on the 
island of Lana'i. About 1954, a small clipping of hair was recovered 
from a non-burial site in Maunalei Gulch by Bishop Museum 
anthropologist Kenneth P. Emory. In 1957, George V. Whisenand donated a 
cloth bundle from Lana'i one human tooth to the Bishop Museum. At an 
unknown date, an anonymous source donated one human tooth from an 
unknown location on Lana'i.
    No known individuals were identified. No attempt was made to 
determine the age of these human remains at the request of Hui Malama 
Pono O Lana'i. The geographic location of the human remains from 
Maunalei Gulch is consistent with documented Hawaiian occupation of the 
area. Inclusion of Native Hawaiian remains in bundles is historically 
and ethnographically documented. Officials of the Bishop Museum feel 
that the single tooth from the unknown location on Lana'i is 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 three individuals of 
Native American ancestry. 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 Hui Malama Pono O Lana'i, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 
'O Hawai'i Nei and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
    This notice has been sent to Hui Mlama Pono O Lna'i, Hawaiian Civic 
Club of Lana'i, the Maui / Lana'i 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, Hawai'i, 96817-0916, 808-848-4105, before 
January 3, 1997. Repatriation of the human remains to representatives 
of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, the Office of Hawaiian 
Affairs and Hui Malama Pono O Lana'i 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. 96-30820 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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