[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26873]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
From O'ahu County, HI in the Control of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 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 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains from O'ahu 
County, HI in the control of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Honolulu, HI.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife and Bishop Museum professional staff, in consultation with 
representatives of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei
    In 1923 and 1924, human remains representing a minimum of seven 
individuals were recovered from the Hawaiian Islands known as Nihoa and 
Necker by members of the Tanager Expeditions who were collecting a wide 
variety of scientific specimens for the Bishop Museum. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on material culture and radiocarbon dates, the islands of 
Nihoa and Necker were occupied by Native Hawaiian people between 1000-
1500 A.D. Oral tradition and archeological research indicates Native 
Hawaiian people occupied the islands of Nihoa and Necker during this 
period. Consultation evidence presented by representatives of Hui 
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei identifies the islands of Nihoa and 
Necker as within the precontact territory of Native Hawaiian people.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains 
of a minimum of seven individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have also 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 associated funerary objects and Hui Malama I 
Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei.
    This notice has been sent to officials of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O 
Hawai'i Nei, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Kauai/Nihau Island 
Burial Council. Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian 
organization that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact 
Jerry Leinecke, Project Leader, Hawaiian and Pacific Islands National 
Wildlife Refuge Complex, P.O. Box 50167, Honolulu, HI 96850; telephone: 
(808) 541-1201, fax (808) 541-1216, before November 10, 1997. 
Repatriation of the human remains to Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i 
Nei may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: October 2, 1997.

    Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-26873 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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