[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 807-808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00055]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19769; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Hawaii at Hilo, 
Hilo, HI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of Hawaii at Hilo has completed an inventory of 
human remains in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of 
these human remains should submit a written request to the University 
of Hawaii at Hilo. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer 
of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian 
tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may 
proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
University of Hawaii at Hilo at the address in this notice by February 
8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Peter R. Mills, Department of Anthropology, Social Sciences 
Division, 200 W. Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720-4091.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI. The human 
remains were removed from Kam[amacr][revaps]oa Pu[revaps]u[revaps]eo, 
Ka[umacr] District, Hawai[revaps]i Island, HI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
University of Hawaii at Hilo professional staff, in consultation with 
representatives of The Hawai[revaps]i Island Burial Council, Department 
of Hawaiian Homelands, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hui Malama i 
N[amacr] K[umacr]puna o Hawai[revaps]i Nei, Aha Moku Advisory 
Committee, and the Hawaiian Civic Club of Ka[revaps][umacr].

History and Description of the Remains

    In the 1950s, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were removed from the Pu[revaps]u Ali[revaps]i Sand Dune 
Site (site H1) in Kamau[revaps]oa Pu[revaps]u[revaps]eo 
ahupua[revaps]a, in the district of Ka[revaps][umacr], Hawai[revaps]i 
Island, State of Hawai[revaps]i, under the direction of Professor 
William Bonk at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. These human remains 
were identified in bags of midden deposit in the summer of 2014, which 
had been stored with the other excavated material from the site at 
University of Hawaii at Hilo until the present time. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    The Pu[revaps]u Ali[revaps]i Sand Dune site is a Native Hawaiian 
fishing village and cemetery dating to pre-European contact.

Determinations Made by the University of Hawaii at Hilo

    Officials of the University of Hawaii at Hilo have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and Aha Moku Advisory Committee (Moku o Keawe), 
the Hawaiian Civic Club of Ka[revaps][umacr], and the Office of 
Hawaiian Affairs.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Peter R. 
Mills, Department of Anthropology, Social Sciences Division, 200 W. 
Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720-4091, by February 8, 2016. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to Aha Moku Advisory Committee (Moku o 
Keawe), the Hawaiian Civic Club of

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Ka[revaps][umacr], and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs may proceed.
    The University of Hawaii at Hilo is responsible for notifying the 
The Hawai[revaps]i Island Burial Council, Department of Hawaiian 
Homelands, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Aha Moku Advisory Committee, and 
the Hawaiian Civic Club of Ka[revaps][umacr] that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: December 11, 2015.
Amberleigh Malone,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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