[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 13 (Friday, January 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6669-6670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01339]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031299; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau National Historic Site, 
Kamuela, HI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau National Historic Site has completed an 
inventory of associated funerary objects, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated 
funerary objects 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 associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request to Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau 
National Historic Site. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the associated funerary objects 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 associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau National Historic Site at the address in this 
notice by February 22, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Daniel K. Kawaiaea, Jr., Superintendent, Pu`ukohol[amacr] 
Heiau National Historic Site, 62-3601

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Kawaihae Road, Kamuela, HI 96743, telephone (808) 882-7218, email 
[email protected].

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 associated funerary 
objects under the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau National Historic Site, 
Kawaihae, HI. The associated funerary objects were removed from 
Kawaihae, Hawaii County, 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 
Superintendent, Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau National Historic Site.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the associated funerary objects was made 
by Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau National Historic Site professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; 
Robertson Ohana; Queen Emma Land Company; and the Waimea Hawaiian Civic 
Club. The Akau Ohana; Hawaii Island Burial Council; Hawaii State 
Historic Preservation Division; Kahaialii Ohana; Kalahiki Ohana; Laau 
Ohana; Na Aikane o Pu`ukohola Heiau; Na Papa Kanaka o Pu`ukohola Heiau; 
Napaepae-Kunewa Ohana; and the Soo Ohana were invited to consult but 
did not participate (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted and 
Invited Native Hawaiian Organizations'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1978, 35 cultural items were removed from the John Young 
Homestead in Hawaii County, HI, during archeological investigations at 
the upper portion of the site. The items were recovered from a burial 
crypt within Structure 2. No human remains were removed. The items were 
identified as parts of a coffin made exclusively for burial purposes or 
to contain human remains. They were accessioned and cataloged into the 
park's museum collection on May 8, 1986. The 35 associated funerary 
objects are four square cut nails and 31 coffin fragments.
    The upper portion of John Young Homestead is a post-contact period 
site with a use period dating from 1798 to at least 1835, the time of 
John Young's death. The burials were those of a juvenile and infant, 
with the infant placed in a wood coffin. Because of John Young's 
marriage to several Native Hawaiian women, and children of Native 
Hawaiian descent, these items are considered to have a Native Hawaiian 
affiliation.

Determinations Made by Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau National Historic Site

    Officials of Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau National Historic Site have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 35 objects described 
in this notice 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 reasonably believed to have been made 
exclusively for burial purposes or to contain human remains.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
associated funerary objects and the Akau Ohana; Hawaii Island Burial 
Council; Kahaialii Ohana; Kalahiki Ohana; Laau Ohana; Na Aikane o 
Pu`ukohola Heiau; Na Papa Kanaka o Pu`ukohola Heiau; Napaepae-Kunewa 
Ohana; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Queen Emma Land Company; Robertson 
Ohana; Soo Ohana; and the Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club (hereafter 
referred to as ``The Native Hawaiian Organizations).

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 associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
Daniel K. Kawaiaea, Jr., Superintendent, Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau 
National Historic Site, 62-3601 Kawaihae Road, Kamuela, HI 96743, 
telephone (808) 882-7218, email [email protected], by February 
22, 2021. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to The 
Native Hawaiian Organizations may proceed.
    The Pu`ukohol[amacr] Heiau National Historic Site is responsible 
for notifying The Consulted and Invited Native Hawaiian Organizations 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 15, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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