[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22738]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for an Associated Funerary Object 
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 associated funerary 
objects in the possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 
Honolulu, HI.
    A detailed assessment of the associated funerary objects 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 1896, an Ipu'ai was purchased by the Bishop Museum from the 
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
    In traditional Native Hawaiian practice, the ipu'ai is manufactured 
exclusively as a receptacle of food for the dead. The form of this 
ipu'ai is consistent with other known ipu'ai and traditional Native 
Hawaiian practice.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bishop 
Museum have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the one 
object listed above are 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 that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced 
between this associated funerary object and 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 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. 
Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian organization that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with this associated funerary object 
should contact Janet Ness, Registrar, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 
1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817; telephone: (808) 848-4105, 
before September 26, 1997. Repatriation of the associated funerary 
object 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. 97-22738 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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