[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17899-17900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8351]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects from Kawaihae, Kohala, Island of 
Hawaii, HI in the Possession of 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), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects from Kawaihae, Kohala, Island of Hawaii, HI in the 
possession of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Hawaii Island Burial 
Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei, the Department of 
Hawaiian Homelands, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
    In 1905, human remains representing a minimum of four individuals 
were removed from a lava tube complex by David Forbes, William Wagner, 
and Friedrich A. Haenisch. In 1907, these human remains, incorporated 
into two wooden bowls, one wooden image, and one wig, were donated to 
the Bishop Museum. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Based on 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2-4), officials of the Bishop Museum have 
determined that these cultural items listed above are not unassociated 
funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony, 
however, the human remains incorporated into these cultural items do 
meet the definition of ``human remains'' in 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1). Based on 
historical and anthropological evidence, officials of the Bishop Museum 
have determined that these human remains were not freely given or 
naturally shed from the individuals from whose bodies they were 
obtained. Based on historical and anthropological evidence, officials 
of the Bishop Museum have determined these human remains are most 
likely those of Native Hawaiians.
    In 1935, human remains representing five individuals were removed 
from a lava tube complex in Kawaihae, Kohala, HI by J. Everett Brumagh. 
In 1939, these human remains were donated to the Bishop Museum by Mr. 
Brumagh. No known individuals were identified. The one associated 
funerary object is part of a coffin.
    In 1939, human remains representing nine individuals were removed 
from a lava tube complex in Kawaihae, Kohala, HI by Kenneth P. Emory, 
Bishop Museum Ethnologist, and Keith K. Jones. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects can be identified.
    Based on the style and type of the associated funerary object and 
unassociated funerary objects from this lava tube complex, manner of 
interments, and recovery locations, these individuals have been 
determined to be Native American. In consultation with the Hawaii 
Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i

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Nei, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Bishop Museum decided that 
no attempt would be made to determine the age of the human remains. Due 
to the lack of identifiable individuals, the Bishop Museum has been 
unable to make any lineal descent determinations. Bishop Museum 
officials believe the claims of the Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hui 
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, 
and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs address and encompass individual, 
family, and community interests.
    Based on the above mentioned information, 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 18 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bishop Museum 
have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the one 
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 that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(e), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these 
Native American human remains and associated funerary object and the 
Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei, the 
Department of Hawaiian Homelands, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Hawaii Island Burial 
Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei, the Department of 
Hawaiian Homelands, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Henry A. Auwae, and 
Melvin Kalahiki, Sr. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
and associated funerary object should contact Valerie Free, Unit 
Manager, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, 
telephone: (808) 847-8205, before May 5, 2000. Repatriation of the 
human remains and associated funerary object to the Hawaii Island 
Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupna O Hawai'i Nei, the Department of 
Hawaiian Homelands, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs may begin after 
that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 22, 2000.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Manager, Archeology and 
Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 00-8351 Filed 4-4-00; 8:45 am]
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