Notice of Completion of Inventory of Native American Human Remains catalogued as Hawaiian, recieved from Charles Derby, 1856, via the Essex Institute, ca 1867, in the Possession of the Peabody & Essex Museum Salem Massachusets. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given in accordance with 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 catalogued as Hawaiian, recieved from Charles Derby, 1856, via the Essex Institute, ca 1867. These remains are in addition to that reported on December 4, 1992, and published in the Federal Register on January 6, 1993, indicating remains identified during inventory of the museum’s archaeological collections. The museum has continued in its consultation with Hui Malama I Na Kupuna ¯ ¯ ¯ O Hawai i Nei, a Native Hawaiian orgnaization recognized in P.L. 101-601. Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Peabody & Essex Museum, have determined pursuant to 25 U.S.C. (2) that there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these remains and present-day Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of culturally affiliated Native Hawaiian organizations are advised that the human remains have been transferred, on loan, to representatives of The State Historic Preservation Officer, Chairperson, Department of Lands and Natural Resources who have agreed to hold the remains until an appropriate Native Hawaiian organization can be identified and any potential disputes settled, after which should a claimant come forward, they may be reinterred. This notice has been sent of officials of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian organization that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact John R. Grimes, Peabody & Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem MA, (508) 745-1876, and Mr. William W. Paty, State Historic Preservation Officer, Chairperson, Department of Land and Natural Resources, P.O. Box 621 Honolulu, HI (808) 5486550, before September 23, 1993. Dated: August 11, 1993
Francis P. McManamon Departmental Consulting Archeologist Chief, Archeological Assistance Division [FR / Vol 58, No. 162 / Tuesday, August 24, 1993 / Page 44697]