Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 8, 1 August 2010 — NAGPRA consultation meetings planned [ARTICLE]

NAGPRA consultation meetings planned

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Native Hawaiian Relations, will conduct community consultation meetings statewide from August through November on its draft Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Consultation Protocol. The NAGPRA Consultation Protocol aims to guide the bureaus and agencies within the Interior Department, such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey, as to how to conduct eonsultation pursuant to NAGPRA in Hawai'i. Meetings run from 6 to 8 p.m. and will begin with a 20-minute overview of NAGPRA, a federal law that addresses the appropriate handling and disposition of iwi kūpuna, funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony. The iniīial meetings are as follows: Hawai'i Island • Tues., Aug. 17, Waimea, Kanu o

ka 'Āina Puhlie Charter School •Wed., Aug. 18, Kailua-Kona, Kealakehe High School O'ahu • Tues.,Aug.24,Wahiawā,Wahiawā Middle School Maui • Tues., Aug. 31, Wailuku, Maui High School •Wed., Sept. 1, Lahaina, Lahaina Civic Center • Thurs., Sept. 2, Kula, Kula Elementary School Additional meetings are planned on the islands of Hawai'i, O'ahu, Kaua'i and Moloka'i. The Office of Native Hawaiian Relations anticipates noticing a formal 30-day comment period that will run frommid-November to midDecember 2010. For information, contact Lisa C. Oshiro in the Honolulu office of the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations at 792-9555 or email lisa_oshiro@ios.doi.gov.