Notice of Inventory Completion: The Kikuchi Center at Kaua'i Community College, Līhu'e, HI, 92972-92973 [2024-27510]
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Determinations
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The SNOMNH has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 388 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 507 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
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie),
Oklahoma.
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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
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after December 26, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the SNOMNH 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 SNOMNH 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: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: The
Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i Community
College, Lı̄hu1e, HI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i 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
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
December 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jason Ford, The Kikuchi
Center at Kaua1i Community College, 3–
1901 Kaumuali1i Highway, Lı̄hu1e, HI
96766, telephone (808) 245–8236, email
jford9@hawaii.edu.
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 Kaua1i 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.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been identified.
The five associated funerary objects are
four bone artifacts and one bone fish
hook. Item: Iwi Kupuna (human
remains), including modified bone
fragments, and associated funerary
objects. Site Name: 14–115 II Barber’s
Point, Kalaeloa, Honouliuli, 1Ewa, O1ahu
Geographical Location: Kalaeloa,
Honouliuli, 1Ewa, O1ahu. Collection
History: The Kikuchi Center is an
archive curating the work of Dr. William
Kikuchi. Dr. Kikuchi co-founded the
Archaeology Research Center of Hawaii,
ARCH, with Francis Ching, Jr. He
inherited a collection of ARCH project
materials, including ARCH project 14–
115 II. This project was an intensive
survey and excavation for the harbor
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expansion at Barber’s Point for the State
of Hawai1i and the U.S. Army Corps.
Barber’s Point is Kalaeloa, located in the
ahupua1a Honouliuli, moku of 1Ewa.
These materials were excavated in 1980
and the founding of the Kikuchi Center
and processing of these materials began
in September 2022. In March of 2024, an
osteologist analyzed the bones in the
collection and positively identified the
modified humerus as human. These
bones are associated with Native
Hawaiian sites and cultural layers. The
76 modified bones listed here are
unidentifiable due to their size and state
of modification, but because they were
associated with the positively identified
iwi kupuna, are being listed for
consultation and repatriation, and
treated as human. Due to the possibility
of the bone artifacts also being human
and their close association with the
positively identified bone, they are also
listed as associated burial objects. Some
bones may be coated in a clear lacquer
with individual artifact numbers that
are now dissociated from data.
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. Kalaeloa Heritage and
Legacy Foundation has offered their
burial vault and to enact reinterment
protocols, if required, and defer
consultation to include other Native
Hawaiian organizations.
Determinations
The Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i
Community College has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
Hawaiian ancestry. Modified bone and
bone fragments in associated with
positively identified iwi kupuna are also
being offered for repatriation.
• The five 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
Kalaeloa Heritage and Legacy
Foundation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
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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 December 26,
2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Kikuchi
Center at Kaua1i 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 Kaua1i 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: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry
Museum of the American West, Los
Angeles, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Autry
Museum of the American West
(Southwest Museum Collection) intends
to repatriate certain cultural items that
meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
December 26, 2024.
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Karimah Richardson, M.
Phil, RPA, Associate Curator of
Anthropology and Repatriation
Supervisor, Autry Museum of the
American West, 4700 Western Heritage
Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone
(323) 495–4203, email krichardson@
theautry.org.
ADDRESSES:
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 Autry Museum
of the American West, and additional
information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of four lots of cultural items
have been requested for repatriation.
The one lot of unassociated funerary
objects are faunal bone beads. In 1931,
Sacramento Junior College
archaeological field party including
student Henry Gibbs, collected cultural
items from Lincoln Mound (CA–Pla–
14), Placer County, CA. Dr. L.B. Lillard,
President of Sacramento Junior College,
donated the cultural items in 1935 to
the Southwest Museum (now part of
Autry Museum of the American West).
The three lots of unassociated
funerary objects are two lots of shell
ornaments and one lot of cooking
stones. The ornaments were found in
collections in 2001, with a label of
‘‘Verona Mound, Maidu area, Adult
burial’’. Verona Mound is an
archaeological site CA-Sut-11, in Sutter
County, CA. It is unknown when the
cultural items entered the Southwest
Museum. However, based on
institutional history, the cultural items
could potentially be part of the cultural
items recovered from Sacramento Junior
College archaeological field party.
Sacramento Junior College President
Lillard gifted cultural items from
various sites in 1935 to the Southwest
Museum (now Autry Museum of the
American West).
Determinations
The Autry Museum of the American
West has determined that:
• The four lots of unassociated
funerary objects described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near individual
human remains, and are connected,
either at the time of death or later as part
of the death rite or ceremony and are
believed, by a preponderance of the
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evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of an individual or
individuals with cultural affiliation to
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural items described in
this notice and; the Shingle Springs
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California and
the United Auburn Indian Community
of the Auburn Rancheria of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the authorized
representative identified in this notice
under ADDRESSES. Requests for
repatriation may be submitted by 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
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after December 26, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Autry Museum of the American
West must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Autry Museum
of the American West is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice
and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry
Museum of the American West, Los
Angeles, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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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 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 December 26, 2024.
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, one individual have been
identified. The five associated funerary objects are four bone
artifacts and one bone fish hook. Item: Iwi Kupuna (human remains),
including modified bone fragments, and associated funerary objects.
Site Name: 14-115 II Barber's Point, Kalaeloa, Honouliuli, [revaps]Ewa,
O[revaps]ahu Geographical Location: Kalaeloa, Honouliuli, [revaps]Ewa,
O[revaps]ahu. Collection History: The Kikuchi Center is an archive
curating the work of Dr. William Kikuchi. Dr. Kikuchi co-founded the
Archaeology Research Center of Hawaii, ARCH, with Francis Ching, Jr. He
inherited a collection of ARCH project materials, including ARCH
project 14-115 II. This project was an intensive survey and excavation
for the harbor expansion at Barber's Point for the State of
Hawai[revaps]i and the U.S. Army Corps. Barber's Point is Kalaeloa,
located in the ahupua[revaps]a Honouliuli, moku of [revaps]Ewa. These
materials were excavated in 1980 and the founding of the Kikuchi Center
and processing of these materials began in September 2022. In March of
2024, an osteologist analyzed the bones in the collection and
positively identified the modified humerus as human. These bones are
associated with Native Hawaiian sites and cultural layers. The 76
modified bones listed here are unidentifiable due to their size and
state of modification, but because they were associated with the
positively identified iwi kupuna, are being listed for consultation and
repatriation, and treated as human. Due to the possibility of the bone
artifacts also being human and their close association with the
positively identified bone, they are also listed as associated burial
objects. Some bones may be coated in a clear lacquer with individual
artifact numbers that are now dissociated from data.
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. Kalaeloa Heritage and Legacy
Foundation has offered their burial vault and to enact reinterment
protocols, if required, and defer consultation to include other Native
Hawaiian organizations.
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 one individual of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
Modified bone and bone fragments in associated with positively
identified iwi kupuna are also being offered for repatriation.
The five 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 Kalaeloa
Heritage and Legacy Foundation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
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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 December
26, 2024. 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: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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