[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5940]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


CORRECTION-Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American 
Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects from Kawaihae, Kohala, 
Island of Hawaii, HI, 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 (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 the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI.
    This notice corrects the list of culturally affiliated groups cited 
in the Notice of Inventory Completion published April 5, 2000. The list 
of culturally affiliated groups is corrected by adding the following 
groups: the Kekumano `Ohana, the Keohokalole `Ohana, the Hawaiian 
Genealogy Society, Na Papa Kanaka O Pu`ukohola Heiau, the Native 
Hawaiian Advisory Council, the Pu`uhonua O Waimanalo, the Royal 
Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts, the Nation of Hawai`i, and the 
Van Horn Diamond `Ohana. Paragraphs seven and eight of the April 5, 
2000, notice are corrected by substituting the following two 
paragraphs:
    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 Hawai`i 
Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei, and the 
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Bernice Pauahi 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 museum has 
been unable to make any lineal descent determinations. Museum officials 
believe that the claims of the Hawai`i Island Burial Council, Hui 
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, 
the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Kekumano `Ohana, the Keohokalole 
`Ohana, the Hawaiian Genealogy Society, Na Papa Kanaka O Pu`ukohola 
Heiau, the Native Hawaiian Advisory Council, the Pu`uhonua O Waimanalo, 
the Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts, the Nation of Hawai`i, 
and the Van Horn Diamond `Ohana address and encompass individual, 
family, and community interests.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bernice 
Pauahi 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 Bernice Pauahi 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 Bernice Pauahi 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 
Hawai`i Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei, 
the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 
the Kekumano `Ohana, the Keohokalole `Ohana, the Hawaiian Genealogy 
Society, Na Papa Kanaka O Pu`ukohola Heiau, the Native Hawaiian 
Advisory Council, the Pu`uhonua O Waimanalo, the Royal Hawaiian Academy 
of Traditional Arts, the Nation of Hawai`i, and the Van Horn Diamond 
`Ohana.
    This notice also corrects the list of organizations to which this 
is notice is sent by deleting Henry A. Auwae and Melvin Kalahiki, Jr., 
adding the groups listed above, providing new contact information, and 
providing a new response date. The last paragraph of the April 5, 2000, 
notice is corrected by substituting the following paragraph: This 
notice has been sent to officials of the Hawai`i Island Burial Council, 
Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei, the Department of Hawaiian 
Homelands, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Kekumano `Ohana, the 
Keohokalole `Ohana, the Hawaiian Genealogy Society, Na Papa Kanaka O 
Pu`ukohola Heiau, the Native Hawaiian Advisory Council, the Pu`uhonua O 
Waimanalo, the Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts, the Nation 
of Hawai`i, and the Van Horn Diamond `Ohana. Representatives of any 
other tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these 
human remains and objects should contact Guy Kaulukukui, Assistant 
NAGPRA Program Manager, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice 
Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, telephone (808) 847-8274, before April 9, 
2001. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
to the Hawai`i Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i 
Nei, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, the Office of Hawaiian 
Affairs, the Kekumano `Ohana, the Keohokalole `Ohana, the Hawaiian 
Genealogy Society, Na Papa Kanaka O Pu`ukohola Heiau, the Native 
Hawaiian Advisory Council, the Pu`uhonua O Waimanalo, the Royal 
Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts, the Nation of Hawai`i, and the 
Van Horn Diamond `Ohana may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: February 23, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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