[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45438-45439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22737]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
from the Battle of Nu'uanu in the Possession of the Bernice Pauahi
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI
AGENCY: National Park Service
ACTION: Notice
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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 the
Battle of Nu'uanu in the possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Museum, Honolulu, HI.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Bishop
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Hawaii Island Burial Council, Kauai/
Nihau Island Burial Council, Maui/Lanai Island Burial Council, Molokai
Island Burial Council, O'ahu Burial Committee, Office of Hawaiian
Affairs, Nahoa 'Olelo O Kamehameha Society, and the Hawaiian Civic
Club.
In 1884, a kahili incorporating the human remains of at least three
individuals was given to Charles Reed Bishop by Queen Emma. This kahili
is part of the original collections of the Bishop Museum.
In 1889, a kahili incorporating the human remains of at least three
individuals was donated to the Bishop Museum by Gorham Gilman, who had
received it as a gift from Paki, the father of Bernice Pauahi Bishop.
Oral history, historical documents, and museum records indicate
these kahili incorporate the remains of at least three ali'i: Ka'iana,
Kalanikupule, and Kaneoneo. This evidence also states these individuals
died in or as a result of the battle of Nu'uanu in 1795. Some documents
and records mention the kahili include remains of ``other great
chiefs'' killed at Nu'uanu, however, the Museum has been unable to find
any other names attached to these kahili. These kahili are consistent
with Native Hawaiian practice and material culture. No lineal
descendants have been identified.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bishop
Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (b) (4-6) the two
objects listed above are not sacred objects, unassociated funerary
objects, or objects of cultural patrimony. Based on consultation with
Native Hawaiian organizations and anthropological evidence, the Bishop
Museum has determined that, pursuant to Section 10.2 (d)(1), these
human remains were not freely given or naturally shed by the
individuals from whose bodies they were obtained. Officials of the
Bishop Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the
human remains listed above represent the physical remains of a minimum
of three individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
Bishop Museum have 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 the
Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Hawaii Island Burial Council,
Kauai/Nihau Island Burial Council, Maui/Lanai Island Burial Council,
Molokai Island Burial Council, O'ahu Burial Committee, Office of
Hawaiian Affairs, Nahoa 'Olelo O Kamehameha Society, and the Hawaiian
Civic Club .
This notice has been sent to officials of the Hui Malama I Na
Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Hawaii Island Burial Council, Kauai/Nihau Island
Burial Council, Maui/Lanai Island Burial Council, Molokai Island Burial
Council, O'ahu Burial Committee, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Nahoa
'Olelo O Kamehameha Society, and the Hawaiian Civic Club. Individuals
who wish to make a claim as lineal descendants of the ail'i or
representatives of any other Native Hawaiian organization that believes
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should
contact Janet Ness, Registrar, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1525
Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817; telephone:
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(808) 848-4105, before September 26, 1997. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Hawaii Island
Burial Council, Kauai/Nihau Island Burial Council, Maui/Lanai Island
Burial Council, Molokai Island Burial Council, O'ahu Burial Committee,
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Nahoa 'Olelo O Kamehameha Society, and the
Hawaiian Civic Club may begin after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Dated: August 14, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-22737 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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