Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 12, 1 December 2004 — NAGPRA hearing [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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NAGPRA hearing

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will conduct a hearing in Honolulu on Dec. 8 to gather public input on changing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation

Act, the law that governs treatment of native burial sites, including those in Hawai'i. The hearing - scheduled for 8:30 a.m. in Jefferson Hall on the UH Mānoa campus - is planned primarily to gather input on proposed changes to the definition of a "Native Hawaiian organization." Under the NAGPRA law, only such organizations ean make repatriation claims on burial objects. Written testimony regarding amendments to the law will be accepted through Jan. 4. For more information, eall Sen. Daniel Inouye's olliee at 541-2542.

Participants sound the pū during a ceremony marking the return of Kaho'olawe. The Kaho'olawe lsland Reserve Commission is seeking volunteers to help with work projects On the island. Photo: Monte Costa