Notice2024-29266
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Kikuchi Center at Kaua'i Community College, Līhu'e, HI
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Published
December 12, 2024
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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 has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 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 100525-100526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29266]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039188; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects 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#94fef2fbe6f0add4fcf5e3f5fdfdbaf1f0e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="18727e776a7c215870796f797171367d7c6d">[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 its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, six individuals have been
identified in the Kikuchi Center at Kaua[revaps]i Community College.
The two lots of associated funerary objects are listed in the item
descriptions below.
The Kikuchi Center is an archive curating the work of Dr. William
Kikuchi. Dr. Kikuchi co-founded the Archaeology Research Center of
Hawai[revaps]i, ARCH, with Francis Ching, Jr. He inherited a collection
of ARCH project materials, including ARCH projects 14-152 III and 14-
122. These project sites are located within North and South Kona on
Hawai[revaps]i island. These materials were excavated circa 1980, and
the founding of the Kikuchi Center and processing of these materials
began in September 2022. In March of 2024, an osteologist analyzed the
bones in the collection and positively identified the listed iwi kupuna
as human. These bones are associated with Native Hawaiian sites,
cultural layers, and items. Some bones and bone artifacts listed are
too small for identification. Due to their association with the
positively identified iwi kupuna, they are being listed for
consultation and repatriation, and treated as human.
Item: Human remains. Site Name: ARCH 14-122. Geographical Location:
Keahole, North Kona, Hawai[revaps]i. Collection History: Excavated for
ARCH 14-122 project at Keahole circa 1980, these iwi kupuna were
positively identified as human by an osteologist in March 2024.
Item: Human remains and associated funerary objects. Site Name:
ARCH 14-152 III, Site 4564. Geographical Location: La[revaps]aloa,
Kona, Hawai[revaps]i. Collection History: Excavated for ARCH project
14-152 III circa June 1980, these iwi kupuna were identified as human
by an osteologist in March 2024. Associated funerary objects: one lot
of basalt and coral abraders, basalt hammer and grinding stones, adze
fragments, two small adze, one breadloaf sinker, three bone awls, wood
and gourd fragments, urchin files, ili konane. Additional information:
Site 4564 is identified as a blister cave and contained the iwi kupuna
listed above.
Item: Human remains and associated funerary objects. Site Name:
ARCH 14-152 III, Site 4579. Geographical Location: La[revaps]aloa,
Kona, Hawai[revaps]i. Collection History: Excavated for ARCH project
14-152 III circa June 1980, these iwi kupuna were identified as human
by an osteologist in March 2024. Associated funerary objects: two fish
hooks, one lot of coral basalt abraders and hammer stones, lot of
urchin files, one horse shoe, one micro adze, lot of shell beads, shell
fish hook fragment, lauhala fibers, one bag of faunal bone midden, one
bone awl, and one dog tooth pendant. Additional information: Site 4579
is identified as a lava tube.
Item: Human remains. Site Name: ARCH 14-152 III, Site 4581, 4559,
6482. Geographical Location: La[revaps]aloa, Kona, Hawai[revaps]i.
Collection History: Excavated for ARCH project 14-152 III circa June
1980, these modified fragments were too small for positive
identification by the osteologist. Preponderance of evidence suggests
high likelihood they are
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human, and consultation with NHOs resulted in the determination they be
treated as iwi kupuna and repatriated.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Kikuchi Center at Kaua[revaps]i Community College has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of an estimated six individuals of Native Hawaiian
ancestry.
<bullet> The two lots of objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Hale Mua
Cultural Group and Protect Keopuka Ohana.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described 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 human remains and associated funerary objects 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: December 4, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-29266 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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