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

there is a relationship of shared group

identity which can be reasonably traced

between these items and the Hawai’i

Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na

Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei, and the Office

of Hawaiian Affairs.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Hawai’i Island Burial Council,

Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i

Nei, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Representatives of any other Native

Hawaiian organization that believes

itself to be culturally affiliated with

these objects should contact Janet Ness,

Registrar, Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Museum, 1525 Bernice Street,

Honolulu, HI 96817; telephone: (805)

848–4105 before November 10, 1997.

Repatriation of these objects to Hui

Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei on

behalf of Hawai’i Island Burial Council

may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: October 2, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–26874 Filed 10–9–97 ; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains

From O’ahu County, HI in the Control

of the United States Fish and Wildlife

Service, Honolulu, HI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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 human

remains from O’ahu County, HI in the

control of the United States Fish and

Wildlife Service, Honolulu, HI.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by U.S. Fish and

Wildlife and Bishop Museum

professional staff, in consultation with

representatives of Hui Malama I Na

Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei

In 1923 and 1924, human remains

representing a minimum of seven

individuals were recovered from the

Hawaiian Islands known as Nihoa and

Necker by members of the Tanager

Expeditions who were collecting a wide

variety of scientific specimens for the

Bishop Museum. No known individuals

were identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

Based on material culture and

radiocarbon dates, the islands of Nihoa

and Necker were occupied by Native

Hawaiian people between 1000–1500

A.D. Oral tradition and archeological

research indicates Native Hawaiian

people occupied the islands of Nihoa

and Necker during this period.

Consultation evidence presented by

representatives of Hui Malama I Na

Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei identifies the

islands of Nihoa and Necker as within

the precontact territory of Native

Hawaiian people.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service have determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of a minimum of

seven individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service have also determined

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

there is a relationship of shared group

identity which can be reasonably traced

between these Native American human

remains and associated funerary objects

and Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i

Nei.

This notice has been sent to officials

of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i

Nei, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the

Kauai/Nihau Island Burial Council.

Representatives of any other Native

Hawaiian organization that believes

itself to be culturally affiliated with

these human remains and associated

funerary objects should contact Jerry

Leinecke, Project Leader, Hawaiian and

Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Complex, P.O. Box 50167, Honolulu, HI

96850; telephone: (808) 541–1201, fax

(808) 541–1216, before November 10,

1997. Repatriation of the human

remains to Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O

Hawai’i Nei may begin after that date if

no additional claimants come forward.

Dated: October 2, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–26873 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural

Items in the Possession of the

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of

the intent to repatriate cultural items in

the possession of the Peabody Essex

Museum which meets the definition of

‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ under

Section 2 of the Act.

The three cultural items are a tapa

shroud, and two tapa samples. The tapa

shroud is comprised of two sheets of

black tapa and three sheets of undyed

tapa secured along one edge with tapa

stitches. The first tapa sample consists

of a square sheet with watermarks and

brown dye on one side. The second tapa

sample consists of a rectangular

fragment with watermarks and black

dye on one side.

Between 1823 and 1855, the tapa

shroud was collected by Stephen

Reynolds. In 1917, SW. Phillips

purchased the Reynolds collection from

a Mr. Wilmarth and donated it to the

Peabody Essex Museum.

In 1921, Bishop Museum records

indicate that a piece of tapa may have

been donated by Robert VanDeusen of

Kinderhook, NY. The first tapa sample

was cut from this piece of tapa and was

acquired by Marcia Brown Bishop prior

to 1938. The Peabody Essex Museum

purchased this tapa sample as part of

the Marcia Brown Bishop collection in

1966.

In 1929, tapa from a burial cave at

Kohala, HI was received by the Bishop

Museum as part of an exchange with

Ted T. Dranga. The second tapa sample

was cut from the burial cave tapa in the

collections of the Bishop Museum and

obtained by Marcia Brown Bishop prior

to 1938. In 1966, the Peabody Essex

Museum purchased this tapa sample

from Ms. Bishop.

Consultation with representatives of

Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i

Nei, Ka Lahui Hawai’i, and the Office of

Hawaiian Affairs indicates these items

were very likely used as burial tapa and

made specifically for that purpose.

Officials of the Peabody Essex

Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), these

three cultural items 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 an Native American individual.

Officials of the Peabody Essex Museum

have also determined that, pursuant to

25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship

of shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these items

and Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i
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Nei, Ka Lahui Hawai’i, and the Office of

Hawaiian Affairs.

This notice has been sent to officials

of Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i

Nei, Ka Lahui Hawai’i, and the Office of

Hawaiian Affairs. Representatives of any

other Native Hawaiian organization that

believes itself to be culturally affiliated

with these objects should contact Dan L.

Monroe, Executive Director, Peabody

Essex Museum, East India Square,

Salem, MA 01970; telephone (508) 745–

1876, fax (508) 744–6776 before [thirty

days following publication in the

Federal Register]. Repatriation of these

objects to Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O

Hawai’i Nei, Ka Lahui Hawai’i, and the

Office of Hawaiian Affairs may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

The National Park Service is not

responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–26871 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects From

Iowa in the Possession of the Office of

the State Archaeologist, University of

Iowa, Iowa City, IA

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 human

remains and associated funerary objects

from Iowa in the possession of the

Office of the State Archaeologist,

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by the Office of the

State Archaeologist of Iowa professional

staff in consultation with

representatives of the Iowa Tribe of

Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of

Oklahoma, and the Otoe-Missouria

Tribe of Oklahoma.

During the 1920s to the 1950s, human

remains representing eight individuals

were removed from an unknown site

south of Dorchester, IA by Mr. Paul Cota

and donated to Luther College, Decorah,

IA. In 1990, these human remains were

transferred to the Office of the State

Archaeologist of Iowa. No known

individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Although the exact site is unknown, the

area south of Dorchester has numerous

Oneota sites. The degree of bone

preservation and overall appearance,

such as cranial morphology, dental

health, and expression of gender-based

dimorphic characteristics is consistent

with known Oneota remains.

In 1943, human remains representing

one individual were removed from site

13AM108, Allamakee County, IA

possibly by H.P. Field. At an unknown

date these remains were donated to

Luther College, Decorah, IA and in 1987

were transferred to the Office of the

State Archaeologist of Iowa Burials

Program. No known individuals were

identified. The fourteen associated

funerary objects include a piece of

flaking debris, ten Oneota pot sherds, a

bison scapula, a beaver femur, and an

incomplete sacrum from a mediumsized mammal.

In 1953, human remains representing

two individuals were removed from an

unknown site near New Albin, IA by

H.P. Field and donated in 1960 to

Marshall McKusick, Professor of

Anthropology at the University of Iowa.

At an unknown date, these remains

were transferred from the Department of

Anthropology to the Office of the State

Archaeologist of Iowa. No known

individuals were identified. No

assoicated funerary objects are present.

Although the exact site is unknown, the

area around New Albin has numerous

Oneota sites. The degree of bone

preservation and overall appearance,

such as cranial morphology, dental

health, and expression of gender-based

dimorphic characteristics is consistent

with known Oneota remains.

In the mid-1950s, human remains

representing three individuals were

removed from an unknown site in

Allamakee County, IA by a game

warden with the Iowa Department of

Natural Resources. These remains were

given to Robert Bray, Effigy Mounds

National Mounument. In the 1960s, Mr.

Bray took these remains to the

University of Missouri’s Lyman

Archaeological Research Center, Miami,

MO. In 1993, these remains were

transferred to the Office of the State

Archaeologist of Iowa. No known

individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Although the exact site is unknown,

Allamakee County has numerous

Oneota sites. The degree of bone

preservation and overall appearance,

such as cranial morphology, dental

health, and expression of gender-based

dimorphic characteristics is consistent

with known Oneota remains.

In 1957, human remains representing

eight individuals were removed from

site 13WD6, Woodbury County, IA

during salvage excavations conducted

by the Northwest Chapter of the Iowa

Archeological Society and placed in the

Sanford Museum, Cherokee, IA. In 1979,

these remains were transferred to the

Office of the State Archaeologist of

Iowa. No known individuals were

identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

In the 1950s or 1960s, human remains

representing two individuals were

removed from the surface of an eroding

river bank on site 13WD8, Woodbury

County, IA by Ruth Thornton. In 1989,

these remains were transferred to the

Office of the State Archaeologist of Iowa

Burials Program. No known individuals

were identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

In 1960, human remains representing

a minimum of 29 individuals were

removed from site 13AM43, Allamakee

County, IA during a road construction

project by Marshall McKusick,

University of Iowa and Robert Bray,

Effigy Mounds National Monument.

Sixteen of these individuals were

transferred at an unknown date from the

Department of Anthropology, University

of Iowa to the Office of the State

Archaeologist of Iowa. Thirteen of these

individuals went to Effigy Mounds and

later in the 1960s Robert Bray took them

to the University of Missouri’s Lyman

Archaeological Research Center, Miami,

MO. In 1994, these thirteen indivdiuals

were transferred to the Office of the

State Archaeologist of Iowa. In 1987,

additional fragments from this

excavation were found in the collections

of Luther College and transferred to the

Office of the State Archaeologist of

Iowa. No known individuals were

identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

In 1964, human remains representing

thirteen individuals were removed from

site 13AM103, Allamakee County, IA by

Marshall McKusick, University of Iowa.

At an unknown date, these remains

were transferred from the University of

Iowa Department of Anthropology to the

Office of the State Archaeologist of

Iowa. No known individuals were

identified. The five associated funerary

objects include a bipoint chert knife,

three mortuary pots, and a bison scapula

hoe.

Around 1965, human remains

representing one individual from an

unknown site were donated to the

University of Iowa Geology Department

by an unknown individual. In 1992, the

human remains were transferred to the