Notice2023-25216
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
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Published
November 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78381-78382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#43262d273934262a2403362c3126242c2d6d262736"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bedbd0dac4c9dbd7d9fecbd1ccdbd9d1d090dbdacb">[email protected]</span></a>.
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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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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