Notice of Completion of Inventory of Native American
Human Remains from the Hawaiian Islands in the
Collections of the Peabody Museum of Natural History,
Yale University
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions
of the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d), of the completion of an
inventory of human remains from the Hawaiian Islands held
by the Peabody Museum of Natural History.
A detailed inventory and assessment of the Yale Peabody
Museum's collections of human remains of Hawaiian
provenance have been completed by its professional
curatorial staff in consultation with Hui Malama I Na
Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and
the Hawai i, Kaua i/Nihan, Maui/Lanai, Moloka i, and
O ahu Burial Councils. According to the Peabody's
accession records, these human remains are without
associated funerary objects. Acquired by the Museum in
five accessions between 1872 and 1921, these human
remains are described in eighty-four catalogue entries.
They have been determined to be Native Hawaiian in origin
on the basis of the locality information provided in the
catalogue descriptions. The Museum records give no
indication of the antiquity of these human remains. The
inventory has not resulted in the determination of any
human remains that are of an identifiable individual.
Following is a summary of each accession.
One skull, one cranium, two femurs and one mandible are
described in three catalogue entries. They were received
in 1872 in an accession with unrelated material collected
and donated by the Yale College Scientific Expedition of
1871. A provenance of Honolulu, Hawaii is provided by
the catalogue ledger.
Two associated accessions were acquired in 1872 and 1873
via donation from the Honorable Christie, U.S. Consul and
collected from the sand hills near Koloa, Kauai Island.
The 1872 accession consists of ten skulls, one nearly
complete skeleton, and one calotte described in fourteen
catalogue entries and is identified in the accession
ledger as having been collected by George H. Dole. The
1873 accession consists of fourteen skulls, six crania,
fifteen unassociated mandibles, and eleven unassociated
post crania described in twenty-two catalogue entries;
the collector has not been identified.
Nine skulls, twenty-seven crania, two partial crania,
seventeen and one half unassociated mandibles and some
cranial fragments described in forty catalogue entries
were received in donation in 1878 from David Dwight
Baldwin via Professor Daniel Cady Eaton. They are
identified in the catalogue records as Hawaiian; more
locality detail is not provided.
Five catalogue entries describe two skulls, two crania,
and one tibia fragment. These human remains were
acquired for the Peabody from Miss Maria L.C. Winslow via
purchase and donation by Professor Charles Schuchert in
1921. They are part of a collection assembled by Dr.
Charles F. Winslow, largely during the 1860's. All are
identified as Hawaiian in the catalogue records. The
additional locality of Maui is provided for one cranium.
Wailuku, Maui is provided for one cranium and the skull.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of
the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
have determined pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2) that there
is a relationship of shared group identity which can be
reasonably traced between these remains and the present-
day Native Hawaiian organizations such as Hui Malama I Na
Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian organization
that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with
these human remains should contact Dr. Alison F. Richard,
Director, Yale University, Peabody Museum of Natural
History, P. O. Box 208118, New Haven, Connecticut
06520-8118, (203) 432-3752, before March 28, 1994.
Dated: February 4, 1994
Dr. Francis P. McManamon
Departmental Consulting Archeologist
Chief, Archeological Assistance Division
[FR/Vo. 59,No. 38/Friday,February 25, 1994/Page9248&9249]
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