[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78381-78382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25216]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036930; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon, Museum of 
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Oregon Museum of Natural 
and Cultural History (UOMNCH) has completed an inventory of human 
remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between 
the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice. The human remains were removed from Honolulu County, HI.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after December 15, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, Director of Anthropological 
Collections, 1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, 
telephone (541) 346-5120, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
UOMNCH. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including

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the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related 
records held by the UOMNCH.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals, were 
removed from Honolulu County, HI. Records for Accession 100FA indicate 
that these human remains were removed from an unknown location on the 
Island of Oahu and were donated by a private party to the UOMNCH 
(formerly Museum of Natural History) in 1940. The human remains, which 
are very fragmentary, belong to one young adult and one middle aged 
adult, both of unknown sex, and one individual, possibly female, 12-18 
years old. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1993, other human remains from Accession 100FA that belonged to 
two individuals (catalogued as 11-107 and 11-108) were repatriated by 
UOMNCH to Hui M[amacr]lama I N[amacr] K[umacr]puna O Hawai'I Nei. In 
2023, a skeletal remain belonging to one of those individuals was 
repatriated to Hui Iwi Kuamo'o (the successor of Hui M[amacr]lama I 
N[amacr] K[umacr]puna O Hawai'I Nei).

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the UOMNCH has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Aha Ma[amacr] lama Corporation 
(aka The Caring Council Corporation); Ahahui Siwila Hawai[revaps]i O 
Kapo[omacr]lei (aka Kapolei Hawaiian Civic Club); Association of 
Hawaiian Civic Clubs (AHCC); Department of Hawaiian Homelands; Friends 
of [revaps]Iolani Palace; Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawa (HCCW); 
Hawaiian Genealogy Society; Ho[revaps]okano Family Land Trust; Hui Iwi 
Kuamo[revaps]o; Hui Kaleleiki Ohana; Kaha I Ka Panoa Kaleponi Hawaiian 
Civic Club; Kaiwi Olelo O[revaps]Hawaii; Kalaeloa Heritage and Legacy 
Foundation; Kamealoha; Kamehameha Schools; Kawaihapai Ohana; Kawaileo 
Law A Limited Liability Law Company; Kekumano [revaps]Ohana[revaps]; 
Ko[revaps]olau Foundation; Ko[revaps]olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club; 
Kuloloi[revaps]a Lineage--I ke Kai[revaps]o Kuloloi[revaps]a; 
Ma[revaps]a [revaps]Ohana c/o Lani Ma[revaps]a Lapilio; Mahu Ohana; 
Native Hawaiian Advisory Council; Native Hawaiian Church; O[revaps]ahu 
Island Burial Council; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Ohana Keaweamahi; 
Ohana Keohokalole; Pa Ku[revaps]i-a-lua; and P[revaps]uuhonua O 
Waimanalo.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after December 15, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the UOMNCH must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The UOMNCH is responsible for sending a copy of 
this notice to the Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: November 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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