Federal Register / Vol. 60 No. 112 / Monday, June 12, 1995 /
Notices Page 30898
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion of Native American Human Remains
from Kaena Point, Oahu, HI in the Possession of the Hood Museum
of Art, Dartmouth College
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior
ACTION: Notice
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C.
3003 (d), of the completion of the inventory of human remains
from Oahu, Hawaii, that are currently in the possession of the
Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
A detailed inventory and assessment of these human remains has
been made by museum staff in consultation with representatives of
Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, a Native Hawaiian
organization as defined in 25 U.S.C. 3001 (11).
The human remains identified by the accession number 13-143-6547
include a skull and mandible. From observations and measurements
taken around 1962, it was determined that the "cranial index"
relates to either the Hawaiian or Society Islands. Two sets of
human remains identified as 13-143-6548 (thirteen vertebrae) and
13-143-6549 (one left culcaneus and one tarsus), are not
morphologically diagnostic, but are identified as having been
collected in Hawaii.
All three sets of human remains were probably acquired around
1900 by a private collector and were subsequently donated to the
Dartmouth College Museum in 1939 by his son. Accession records
suggest that all of the human remains were acquired at the same
time from Kaena Point in the northwest corner of Oahu, Hawaii.
Consultation with representatives of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O
Hawai'i Nei has helped establish Kaena Point as a well known
Native Hawaiian burial site. Representatives of Hui Malama I Na
Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei know of no non-Hawaiian occupation or
burials in and around Kaena Point.
Based on the above mentioned information officials of the Hood
Museum of Art have determined, in consultation with Hui Malama I
Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group identity which can
reasonably be traced between the three sets of human remains
described above and present day Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of culturally affiliated Native Hawaiian
organizations are advised that the human remains have been
transferred, on loan, to representatives of Hui Malama I Na
Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei who have agreed to delay reinterment until
July 12, 1995. This notice has been sent to officials of Hui Malama
I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and
the O ahu Burial Committee. Representatives of any other Native
Hawaiian organization that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with these human remains should contact Kellen G.
Haak, Registrar and Repatriation Coordinator, Hood Museum of Art,
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, telephone (603) 646-3109
and Kunani Nihipali, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, P.O.
Box 190 Hale'iwa, HI 96712-0190 telephone: (808)595-6575 before
July 12, 1995. Repatriation of these remains to Hui Malama I
Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei may begin after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: June 6, 1995
Richard C. Waldbauer
Acting, Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Acting, Chief, Archeological Assistance Division
[FR Doc. 95-14294; Filed 06/09/95; 8:45 am]
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