Notice2024-29262
Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Kikuchi Center at Kaua'i Community College, Līhu'e, HI
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Published
December 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Kikuchi Center at Kaua[revaps]i Community College 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100532-100533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29262]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039187; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Kikuchi Center at
Kaua[revaps]i Community College, L[imacr]hu[revaps]e, HI
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 Kikuchi Center at Kaua[revaps]i
Community College 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after January 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Jason Ford, The Kikuchi Center at Kaua[revaps]i Community
College, 3-1901 Kaumuali[revaps]i Highway, L[imacr]hu[revaps]e, HI
96766, telephone (808) 245-8236, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#046e626b76603d446c6573656d6d2a616071"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5bfb3baa7b1ec95bdb4a2b4bcbcfbb0b1a0">[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
Kikuchi Center at Kaua[revaps]i Community College, and additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of five cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The five unassociated funerary objects are one 19th
century non-human bone
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toothbrush, one hohoa style kapa beater, and three coral abraders.
Item: one unassociated funerary object. Site Name: ARCH 14-138, site
E2, site 50-10-37-6655. Geographical Location: H[omacr]lualoa, Kona,
Hawai[revaps]i. Collection History: ARCH 14-138 is an archaeological
surface survey and excavation conducted by the Archaeology Research
Center of Hawai`i (ARCH) circa 1980. The excavated materials for this
project were inherited by the late Dr. Kikuchi, emeritus professor at
Kaua[revaps]i Community College. The founding of the Kikuchi Center at
Kaua[revaps]i Community College, an archive curating Dr. Kikuchi's
materials, began September 2022, and processing of these materials
began in 2024. Processing of ARCH 14-138 materials resulted in the
discovery that the 19th century non-human bone toothbrush is an
unassociated funerary object. The artifact bag containing this item
states that this non-human bone toothbrush is associated with a Native
Hawaiian burial and was found at the feet of the burial. It is
dissociated from any known iwi kupuna. The ARCH 14-138 project report
describes the burial crypt at site 50-10-37-6655, including a
description of the non-human bone toothbrush being present there with
iwi kupuna. Accession #: 50-10-37-6655-AR110.
Item: four unassociated funerary objects. Site Name: ARCH 14-152
III, site 50-10-37-6479, surface chamber 2, field #1, code 1.
Geographical Location: La[revaps]aloa, Kona, Hawai[revaps]i. Collection
History: ARCH 14-152 III is an archaeological surface survey and
excavation conducted by the Archaeology Research Center of Hawai`i
(ARCH) circa 1980. The excavated materials for this project were
inherited by the late Dr. Kikuchi, emeritus professor at Kaua[revaps]i
Community College. The founding of the Kikuchi Center at Kaua`i
Community College, an archive curating Dr. Kikuchi's materials, began
September 2022, and processing of these materials began in 2024.
Processing and provenance research of ARCH 14-152 III materials
resulted in the discovery that the one hohoa kapa beater and three
coral abraders are unassociated funerary objects. Site 50-10-37-6479 is
identified in the report as a lava tube with multiple chambers. The
report states that the lava tube contained human remains. The items are
dissociated from any known iwi kupuna. Accession #: 10-6479-AR83, 10-
6479-AR76, 10-6479-AR78, 10-6479-AR77
Determinations
The Kikuchi Center at Kaua[revaps]i Community College has
determined that:
<bullet> The five unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Hale Mua Cultural Group and
Protect Keopuka Ohana.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 January 13, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Kikuchi Center at Kaua[revaps]i
Community College 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 Kikuchi
Center at Kaua[revaps]i Community College is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: December 4, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-29262 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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