[Federal Register: March 31, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 63)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items From the Island of
Oahu, HI in the Possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum,
Honolulu, HI
AGENCY: National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10(a)(3), of the intent to repatriate
cultural items from the Island of Oahu, HI in the possession of the
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI which meet the definition of
``unassociated funerary object'' under Section 2 of the Act.
The 94 cultural items include a tobacco pipe (B.1451), a stone
mortar or bait cup (``kapu ahi kuni ana ana'', B.06374), part of a
canoe (B.07852), four pieces of tapa (B.7886) and part of a canoe
(B.7885), a wooden digging stick (o'o, B.008866), marble or konane
stones (B.09256), stone and china beads (C.0505), a partially broken
clay tobacco pipe (C.3233), a stone lamp (C.4380), a calcite pendant
(C.9589), three niho palaoa pendants (C.9776-9778), two pieces of a
coffin (C.9817-9818), a wooden mixer or tapa implement (C.9972), a
section of a canoe (1950.136), a carved bowl with human support figures
(D.0565), a piece of cordage (Oa-38), a gourd fragment (Oa-95), a
basalt adz chip (Oa-96), four tapa fragments (Oa-97, Oa-99, Oa-100),
cordage (Oa-101), cordage (Oa-102), two wood pipes (Oa-21, Oa-22),
cordage (Oa-23), a ceramic ink jar (D.2099), a necklace of bone and
glass beads (D.2100), a wood pipe and a piece of brown cloth (Oa-43), a
broken wooden spear (Oa-57), a section of a wooden canoe used as a
coffin (D.02829), a stone pounder (D.02978), a wooden tobacco pipe (Oa-
69), metal and wood pieces of a tobacco pipe (Oa-70), a knife handle
and blade of ivory and steel (Oa-71), an ivory wrist ornament (Oa-72),
a double-sided
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tortoise shell comb (Oa-73), a glass and wood hand-mirror (Oa-74),
large red-glazed ceramic beads (Oa-75), small red-glazed ceramic beads
(Oa-76), medium clear glass beads (Oa-77), medium blue glass beads (Oa-
78), medium yellow glass beads (Oa-79), wood fragments and a cane knife
handle (1971.182), a basalt lamp (1977.158), a copper medallion, one
hand-wrought brass nail, and 17 purplish-pink glass beads (1981.033), a
game stone (1981.052), a length of cordage, a mat fragment, and 17
pieces of patterned tin (1991.352), and a coconut shell bowl
(1994.030).
In 1898, a tobacco pipe (B.1451) was found with human remains on
the ``Cooper tract'' in Manoa. In 1918, this cultural item was donated
to the Bishop Museum by Henry E. Cooper.
Around 1910, the stone mortar or bait cup (B.06374, ``kapu ahi kuni
ana ana'') was found in the hand of an individual during an excavation
in Waikiki. In 1923, this cultural item was donated to the Bishop
Museum by Mrs. A.A. Meyer.
In 1924, part of a canoe (B.07852) was removed from a burial cave
between Wai'anae and Makaha and was donated to the Bishop Museum by
C.S. Judd.
In 1924, part of a canoe (B.07884), and four pieces of tapa
(B.7885A-C and B.7886) were all removed from a burial cave between
Wai'anae and Makaha and donated to the Bishop Museum by C.S. Judd.
In 1926, a wood digging stick or o'o (B.08866) was removed from a
burial cave, possibly in Wailupe, and donated to the Bishop Museum by
Ft. Commander Gray.
In 1926, marble stones or konane stones (B.09256) were found near
human remains on Ehrhorn's lot in Mills Tract, Manoa, Oahu; and were
donated to the Bishop Museum by E.M. Ehrhorn.
In 1927, stone and china beads (C.0505), attributed to a burial
cave on the grounds of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, were donated to the
Bishop Museum as part of the Albert Koehele collection, by W.M.
Giffard.
In 1931, a partially broken clay tobacco pipe (C.3233) was removed
from a Niu burial cave by J.G. McAllister of the Bishop Museum.
In 1931, a stone lamp (C.4380) was removed from a burial in Halawa,
near the north gate of Pearl Harbor, and was purchased by the Bishop
Museum from Paul Crackel.
In 1943, a calcite pendant, found with eight skeletons near the
Kahuku Airfield, was donated to the Bishop Museum by Peter H. Vogel.
In 1946, three niho palaoa pendants (C.9776-C.9778), recovered from
a burial vault in Hakipu'u, were donated to the Bishop Museum by A.F.
Judd.
In 1946, two pieces of wood probably from a coffin (C.9817),
C.9818) were collected by J.G. McAllister of the Bishop Museum from
Kamailo cave, district unknown.
In 1947, a wooden mixer or tapa implement (C.9972), removed from a
burial cave in Liliha, Kapalama in 1909, was donated to the Bishop
Museum by James Hammond.
In 1950, a section of canoe (1950.136) which had contained human
remains and other associated funerary objects from a Wailupe Valley
burial cave were collected and donated to the Bishop Museum by William
Davenport. Bishop Museum staff were able to locate the canoe, but
unable to locate the canoe's recorded contents, including the human
remains.
In 1953, a carved bowl with human support figures (D.0565),
recovered from a burial cave in Waimalu Valley, were collected and
donated to the Bishop Museum by Richard Nishino and Rodney Minami.
In 1953, a piece of cordage (Oa-38) was collected from a burial
cave in Wimalu by K.P. Emory of the Bishop Museum.
In 1955, a gourd fragment (Oa-95), a basalt adz chip (Oa-96), four
tapa fragments (Oa-97-Oa-100), and two cordage fragments (Oa-101-Oa102)
were removed for a burial cave in Wailupe by George Arnemann of the
Bishop Museum.
In 1957, two wood pipes (Oa-21-Oa-22) and cordage (Oa-23) were
removed from a burial site in Waimalu by Robert Bowen and Blackburn of
the Bishop Museum.
In 1959, a ceramic ink jar (D.2099) and a necklace of bone and
glass beads (D.2100) were found with a burial on Mr. Larry Kamada's
land in Wai'anae and donated by him to the Bishop Museum.
In 1960, a wood pipe and a small piece of brown cloth (Oa-43) were
removed from a Wailupe Valley burial cave by Robert Bowen of the Bishop
Museum. The human remains reported with these cultural items have not
been located by the Bishop Museum.
In 1962, a broken wooden spear (Oa-57) was collected from a small
burial in ``Ewa and is now in collections of the Bishop Museum.
In 1963, a section of wood canoe used as a coffin (D.02829),
recovered from a tree near Waimea Bay, was donated to the Bishop Museum
by John E. Fergus.
In 1964, a stone pounder (D.02978), removed from a shallow burial
in 1931-1932 in McCully, was donated to the Bishop Museum by Oswald
Sheather.
In 1965, a wooden tobacco pipe (Oa-69), metal and wood pieces of a
tobacco pine (Oa-70), a knife handle and blade of ivory and steel (Oa-
71), an ivory wrist ornament (Oa-72), a double-sided tortoise shell
comb (Oa-73), a glass and wood hand-mirror (Oa-74), large red-glazed
ceramic beads (Oa-75), small red-glazed ceramic beads (Oa-76), medium
clear glass beads (Oa-77), medium blue glass beads (Oa-78), medium
yellow glass beads (Oa-79) were removed from a Ka'a'awa burial cave by
Lloyd Soehren of the Bishop Museum.
In 1971, wood fragments and a cane knife handle (1971.182), were
removed from a Makiki Valley burial cave by Pat McCoy of the Bishop
Museum.
In 1977, a basalt lamp (1977.158) which had been removed from a
burial cave in Kahuku circa 1971-1918 by Mrs. Alda H. Jett of
California was purchased from her by the Bishop Museum.
In 1981, a copper medallion, one hand-wrought brass nail, and 17
purplish glass beads (1981.033) were removed from a Punchbowl burial
and donated to the Bishop Museum by Dr. Don Thomas.
In 1981, a game stone or ulumaika (1981.052) had been placed in or
near a burial and was found in the yard of Dora Jacroux of the Bishop
Museum, in Manoa during the early 1950s.
In 1991, one length of cordage, a fragment of mat, and 17 pieces of
patterned tin (1991.352) were removed from a Wailupe Valley burial
Cave.
In 1994, a coconut shell bowl (1994.030), apparently removed from a
burial ground in the hills of Makakilo, was donated to the Bishop
Museum by an anonymous donor.
Based on types of items, accession records, or known burial
contexts, all the cultural items listed above have been determined to
have come from burials. Excavation records for some of the cultural
items indicate that the human remains with whom these cultural items
were associated were not collected, or were collected but have not been
located within the Bishop Museum's collections.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Bishop
Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2)(ii), these
94 cultural items 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 believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of an Native
American individual.
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Officials of the Bishop Museum have also determined that, pursuant to
43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity which
can be reasonably traced between these items and Hui Malama I Na Kupuna
O Hawai'i Ne, Ka Lahui Hawai'i, Kamehameha Schools, Office of Hawaiian
Affairs, and Pa Ku'i-a-Lua.
This notice has been sent to officials of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O
Hawai'i Ne, Ka Lahui Hawai'i, Kamehameha Schools, Koa Mana, Ko'olauloa
Hawaiian Civic Club, Mauna Ala Mausoleum, O'ahu Island Burial Council,
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Pa Ku'i-a-Lua. Representatives of any
other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with these objects should contact Valerie Free, Unit Manager, Bishop
Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, telephone: (808) 847-
8205 before May 1, 2000. Repatriation of these objects to Hui Malama I
Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Ne, Ka Lahui Hawai'i, Kamehameha Schools, Office of
Hawaiian Affairs, and Pa Ku'i-a-Lua may begin after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: March 9, 2000.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Manager, Archeology and
Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 00-7848 Filed 3-30-00; 8:45 am]
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