Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 11, Number 3, 1 March 1994 — Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Notice of Completion of Inventory of Native American Human Remains and Funerary Objects from Hawaii in the custody of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, and curated at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C 3003(d), of the completion of the inventory of human remains and funerary objects from Hawaii in the custody of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, and curated at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.

A detailed inventory and assessment of these human remains and funerary objects has been made for the U.S. Marine Corps by the staff of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hl, in consultation with representatives of Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna 'O Hawai'i Nei and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The latter two organizations qualify as Native Hawaiian organizations as defined in 25 U.S.C. 3001(11). The human remains and funerary objects represent a minimum of 1582 individuals and 281 funerary objects and were recovered from the Mokapu Peninsula, U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, lsland of Oahu, and curated at the Bishop Museum. The majority of the remains were recovered during archaeological excavations eonducted in 1938-1940 by Gordon T. Bowles (University of Hawaii) and Kenneth P. Emory (Bishop Museum), and in 1957 by Robert N. Bowen (University of Hawaii). The rest of the remains were recovered from inadvertent discoveries and archaeologieal monitoring of construction activities on the peninsula. A minimum of 1 ,544 individuals were recovered from pre-contact (prior to 1 778) graves. A number of these individuals were represented by incomplete sets of skeletal remains, and several of the isolated individuals represented secondarily deposited incomplete sets of remains removed from their original context. The pre-contact funerary objects included kupe'e (wristlets made of dog teeth), basalt flakes, marine shells, kukui (Aleurites molueeana) nuts, and the bones of fish, birds, pigs, dogs, and turtles. A minimum of 38 individuals were recovered from post-contact (prior to 1 778) graves during a construction project in 1975. The post-Contact funerary objects included kupe'e, and lei'opu'u and lei niho (pendants made of calcite, shel I, and whale bone), as well as bone and shell buttons, metal fragments, mirror glass, bottle fragments, a metal ring, ivory beads, bone and glass, metal nails, and metal parts of a smoking pipe.

Based on the Bishop Museum report of the results of the inventory and assessment, officials of the U.S. Marine Corps have determined that pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity whieh ean be reasonably traced between these remains and present-day Native Hawaiian organizations. U.S. Marine Corps officials have also determined that based upon the Bishop Museum report no lineal descendants could be identified. The inventory report, described herein, is available for inspection at the following locations through Apnl 1 , 1 994:

Kaneohe Regional Library 45-829 Kamehameha Highway Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744

Hawaii State Library Hawaii and Pacific Section 478 South King Street

nonoiuiu, nawan ybei j National Park Service Pacific Area Office Prince Kuhio Federal Building Room 6305 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Representatives of any Native Hawaiian organization whieh believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and funerary objects and persons who believe they are lineal descendants who wish to file a elaim should contact Mr. John Bigay, Planner-in-Charge, Pacific Division, Naval Engineering Facilities Command, Pearl Harbor, Hl 96860-7300, (808) 471-9338, before April 1, 1994.