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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100531-100532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29261]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039186; 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

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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 [email protected].

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, five individuals have been 
identified. This includes 15 associated funerary objects which are 
pearl shell fish hook blanks and pre-form fish hooks, sea urchin files, 
and basalt fragments. They were identified during the processing of the 
materials held by the Kikuchi Center at Kaua[revaps]i Community 
College.
    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. At an unknown date, he 
inherited a collection of ARCH project materials, including ARCH 
project 14-42 II. This project was an archaeological surface survey at 
Kiahuna, K[omacr]loa, Kona, Kaua[revaps]i. These materials were 
excavated circa 1980, and the founding of the Kikuchi Center and 
processing of these materials began in 2022. In March of 2024, an 
osteologist analyzed the bones in the collection and positively 
identified the listed bones as human. They are associated with Native 
Hawaiian sites and cultural layers. The modified bones listed here are 
unidentifiable, but because of their association with positively 
identified iwi kupuna, they are being treated as human. Unidentifiable 
bones associated with positively identified iwi kupuna are also listed.
    Dr. Kikuchi was also a professor at Kaua[revaps]i Community 
College. He established the Anthropology Club at Kaua[revaps]i 
Community College circa 1975. In July of 1975, he and the club began 
excavating at the Weli K-10 site, SIHP number 50-30-09-3050. This site 
is identified as a shelter cave, located in Wahiawa, moku of Kona, 
Kaua[revaps]i. The positively identified iwi kupuna from this site are 
from pits B, C and D, and are associated with Native Hawaiian cultural 
layers including 15 associated funerary objects. Item: Human remains 
Site Name: ARCH 14-42 II, Sites 206 and 304 Geographical Location: 
Kiahuna, K[omacr]loa, Kona, Kaua[revaps]i.

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:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of five individuals of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
     The 15 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.
     There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the 
Kaua[revaps]i/Ni[revaps]ihau Island Burial Council; Ke Kahu O 
Kaneiolouma; and E Ola Kakou Hawaii.

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. 2024-29261 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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