Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 166 / Wednesday, August 27, 1997 / Notices 45439

(808) 848–4105, before September 26,

1997. Repatriation of the human

remains to the Hui Malama I Na Kupuna

’O Hawai’i Nei, Hawaii Island Burial

Council, Kauai/Nihau Island Burial

Council, Maui/Lanai Island Burial

Council, Molokai Island Burial Council,

O’ahu Burial Committee, Office of

Hawaiian Affairs, Nahoa ’Olelo O

Kamehameha Society, and the Hawaiian

Civic Club may begin after that date if

no additional claimants come forward.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–22737 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for an

Associated Funerary Object in the

Possession of the Bernice Pauahi

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of associated

funerary objects in the possession of the

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum,

Honolulu, HI.

A detailed assessment of the

associated funerary objects was made by

Bishop Museum professional staff in

consultation with representatives of Hui

Malama I Na Kupuna ’O Hawai’i Nei,

Hawaii Island Burial Council, Kauai/

Nihau Island Burial Council, Maui/

Lanai Island Burial Council, Molokai

Island Burial Council, O’ahu Burial

Committee, Office of Hawaiian Affairs,

Nahoa ’Olelo O Kamehameha Society,

and the Hawaiian Civic Club.

In 1896, an Ipu’ai was purchased by

the Bishop Museum from the American

Board of Commissioners for Foreign

Missions.

In traditional Native Hawaiian

practice, the ipu’ai is manufactured

exclusively as a receptacle of food for

the dead. The form of this ipu’ai is

consistent with other known ipu’ai and

traditional Native Hawaiian practice.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Bishop

Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the

one object listed 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. Lastly, officials of the

Bishop Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is

a relationship of shared group identity

which can be reasonably traced between

this associated funerary object and Hui

Malama I Na Kupuna ’O Hawai’i Nei,

Hawaii Island Burial Council, Kauai/

Nihau Island Burial Council, Maui/

Lanai Island Burial Council, Molokai

Island Burial Council, O’ahu Burial

Committee, Office of Hawaiian Affairs,

Nahoa ’Olelo O Kamehameha Society,

and the Hawaiian Civic Club.

This notice has been sent to officials

of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna ’O Hawai’i

Nei, Hawaii Island Burial Council,

Kauai/Nihau Island Burial Council,

Maui/Lanai Island Burial Council,

Molokai Island Burial Council, O’ahu

Burial Committee, Office of Hawaiian

Affairs, Nahoa ’Olelo O Kamehameha

Society, and the Hawaiian Civic Club.

Representatives of any other Native

Hawaiian organization that believes

itself to be culturally affiliated with this

associated funerary object should

contact Janet Ness, Registrar, Bernice

Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice

Street, Honolulu, HI 96817; telephone:

(808) 848–4105, before September 26,

1997. Repatriation of the associated

funerary object to the Hui Malama I Na

Kupuna ’O Hawai’i Nei, Hawaii Island

Burial Council, Kauai/Nihau Island

Burial Council, Maui/Lanai Island

Burial Council, Molokai Island Burial

Council, O’ahu Burial Committee, Office

of Hawaiian Affairs, Nahoa ’Olelo O

Kamehameha Society, and the Hawaiian

Civic Club may begin after that date if

no additional claimants come forward.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–22738 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Associated Funerary Objects of Queen

Lili’uokalani in the Possession of the

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum,

Honolulu, HI

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of associated

funerary objects of Queen Lili’uokalani

in the possession of the Bernice Pauahi

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI.

A detailed assessment of the

associated funerary objects was made by

Bishop Museum professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Dominis family, Friends of ’Iolani

Palace, and the Kawananakoa family.

In 1917, a pair of satin slippers and

a satin pillow were donated to the

Bishop Museum by Prince Jonah Kuhio

Kalaniana’ole and Col. Curtis I’aukea.

Donor information indicates these

objects were made by Queen

Lili’uokalanai during a visit to

Washington, DC, probably in 1896, and

that she intended they be used for her

lying-in-state. However, they were not

found until after her funeral. Ms.

Virginia Dominis Koch and Ms. Sybil

Dominis Silver have been identified as

the lineal descendents of Queen

Lili’uokalanai as granddaughters of her

adopted-hanai son, John Aimoka

Dominis.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Bishop

Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the

two objects listed above are reasonably

believed to have been made exclusively

to be placed with or near individual

human remains at the time of death or

later as part of the death rite or

ceremony. Officials of the Bishop

Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3005 (a)(5)(A),

that Ms. Virginia Dominis Koch and Ms.

Sybil Dominis Silver are direct lineal

descendants of the individual who

made and owned these associated

funerary objects.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Friends of ’Iolani Palace, Hui

Malama I Na Kupuna ’O Hawai’i Nei,

the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Virginia

Dominis Koch and Sybil Dominis Silver,

and the Kawananakoa family. Any other

person or Native Hawaiian organization

who believes they are affiliated with

these associated funerary objects should

contact Janet Ness, Registrar, Bernice

Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice

Street, Honolulu, HI 96817; telephone:

(808) 848–4105, before September 26,

1997. Repatriation of the associated

funerary objects to the lineal