FR Doc E8-2601
[Federal Register: February 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 30)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology,
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI
Agency: National Park Service, Interior.
Action: Notice.
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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 in the possession of the
Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI. The
human remains were removed from Hawaii 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 remains. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
University of Hawaii at Hilo professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Big Island Burial Council, Department of
Hawaiian Homelands, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei, and the Office
of Hawaiian Affairs.
In August 1980, human remains were removed from Kahalu'u Habitation
Cave (site 50-10-37-7702) and a small adjacent lava tube (site 50-10-
37-5611) in Kahalu'u, North Kona, HI, by the University of Hawaii at
Hilo and Paul H. Rosendahl, Inc., during excavations for the West
Hawaii Housing Foundation, as mitigation prior to a federal housing
development. Human remains discovered at the time were determined to be
prehistoric and reburied. Midden deposits from both sites are in the
possession of the University of Hawaii at Hilo. During the NAGPRA
inventory process, additional human remains representing a minimum of
three individuals from 50-10-37-7702 and one individual from 50-10-37-
5611 were discovered in the midden deposits. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
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Sites 7702 and 5611 were partially collapsed lava tubes located
approximately 300 m from the coast of Kahalu'u Bay. Both sites
contained midden deposits dating prior to contact and the associated
burials also date to this pre-contact era. These findings support a
cultural affiliation for the human remains as Native Hawaiian.
Officials of the University of Hawaii at Hilo have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent a minimum of four individuals of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
Officials of the University of Hawaii at Hilo also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
Hawaiian human remains and the Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei and
Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian Organization that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains
should contact Peter R. Mills, Department of Anthropology, Social
Sciences Division, 200 West Kawaili Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720-4091,
telephone (808) 974-7465, before March 14, 2008. Repatriation of the
human remains to the the Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei and the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The University of Hawaii at Hilo is responsible for notifying the
Big Island Burial Council, Department of Hawaiian Homelands, Hui Malama
I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs that this
notice has been published.
Dated: December 13, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-2601 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am]
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