[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 63152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25874]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items 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 
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of the 
intent to repatriate cultural items from L[amacr]na`i, HI in the 
possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, that meet 
the definition of ``unassociated funerary object'' under Section 2 of 
the Act.
     This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these 
cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations within this notice.
    In 1926, G.C. Munro gifted 97 glass and ivory beads to the Bishop 
Museum. Accession records indicate that the beads were ``found some 
years ago with the bones of a child.'' The burial site was located on 
the island of L[amacr]na`i, HI. Excavation records indicate that the 
human remains with whom these funerary objects were associated were not 
collected, or were collected but are no longer within the Bishop 
Museum's collection.
    A detailed assessment of these unassociated funerary objects was 
made by Bishop Museum's professional staff in consultation with 
representatives from the Maui/L[amacr]na`i Island Burial Council.
     Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Bishop 
Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2)(ii), these 
97 cultural items 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native 
American individual. Officials of the Bishop Museum also have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship 
of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between these 97 
unassociated funerary objects and the Maui/L[amacr]na`i Island Burial 
Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei, and the Office of 
Hawaiian Affairs.
     This notice has been sent to officials of the Maui/L[amacr]na`i 
Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai`i Nei, and Office 
of Hawaiian Affairs. Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian 
organization that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these unassociated funerary objects should contact Dr. Guy Kaulukukui, 
Vice President of Cultural Studies, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, 
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96718-2704, telephone (808) 848-4126 before November 
12, 2002. Repatriation of these unassociated funerary objects to the 
Maui/L[amacr]na`i Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O 
Hawai`i Nei and Office of Hawaiian Affairs may begin after that date if 
no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: August 28, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-25874 Filed 10-9-02; 8:45 am]
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