Notice2024-03576
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Hawai'i, Hawai'i
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Published
February 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Hawai[revaps]i intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from a burial cave on the Kona coast of Hawai[revaps]i island.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13367-13368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03576]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037409; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
Hawai[revaps]i, Hawai[revaps]i
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 Hawai[revaps]i intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that
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meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from a
burial cave on the Kona coast of Hawai[revaps]i island.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after March 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jonathan Osorio, Dean of Hawai[revaps]inui[amacr]kea
School of Hawaiian Knowledge, University of Hawai[revaps]i-M[amacr]noa,
2540 Maile Way, HI 96822, telephone (808) 956-0980, email
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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
University of Hawai[revaps]i. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by
the University of Hawai[revaps]i.
Description
Two burial kapa (bark cloth) were recently discovered within
numbered editions of a book entitled Specimens of Hawaiian Kapa Vol I
by D.R. Severson within the UH Library system. One edition, No. 20, 2
was found in the UH-Manoa (UHM) Hamilton Library, GN432.S37, while the
other edition, No. 28, was found in the UH-Hilo Mo[revaps]okini
Library, GN432.S37. All respective numbered editions of the book (No.'s
1 to 95) were published by Severson in 1979, with No.'s 1-50 including
samples of burial kapa. UH M[amacr]noa acquired a copy (No. 20) in the
same year it was published; UH Hilo received a donation of a copy (No.
28) in 2019. Each book contained actual kapa samples that Severson had
gathered over the years from various notable collections and
individuals; however, the burial kapa was from Severson's personal
collection. The only detail regarding their acquisition indicates that
they were acquired from burial caves on the Kona Coast of
Hawai[revaps]i Island. There is no way to determine if they were
illicitly acquired or not. As the book contains traditional Hawaiian
kapa acquired during the 19th century, its assumed that the burial kapa
may have also likely been acquired during the same time period. Its
further unknown if these burial kapa were exclusively made for burial
or if they were personal belongings of the deceased.
Cultural Affiliation
A detailed assessment of the unassociated funerary objects was made
by UH staff in consultation with representatives of Hui Iwi
Kuamo[revaps]o and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). There is a
relationship of shared group identity that can reasonably be traced
between the unassociated funerary object and present-day Native
Hawaiian organizations listed in this notice. The following types of
information were used to reasonably trace the relationship:
anthropological information, historical information, and expert
opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Hawai[revaps]i has determined that:
<bullet> The two cultural items described above 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 a Native American individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Hui Iwi
Kuamo[revaps]o.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after March 25, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Hawai[revaps]i must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The University of
Hawai[revaps]i is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: February 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03576 Filed 2-21-24; 8:45 am]
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