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0.0IT OF T. <br /> 4P ,II ~gym PARK <br /> NATIONAL <br /> o United States Department of the Interior SERVICE, <br /> a ' NATIONAL PARK SERVICE <br /> �gi'ch 3.Aga Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park <br /> 73-4786 Kanalani Street,# 14 <br /> Kailua-Kona,Hawai`i 96740 <br /> IN REPLY REFER TO: <br /> 1.A.2 <br /> February 29, 2024 <br /> Re: Initiation of Consultation for Inadvertent Discovery subject to the Native American Graves <br /> Protection and Repatriation Act(NAGPRA) 43 CFR Part 10 <br /> Aloha, <br /> The purpose of this letter is to initiate consultation regarding inadvertent discovery of a possible <br /> tooth by a visitor at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park(Park). <br /> The National Park Service (NPS)was notified on Friday, February 23,2024 that a Park visitor <br /> found a tooth at the surface of the sand beach near Kaloko Fishpond Picnic Area and turned it <br /> over to the Hawaii County Police Department(HPD). The NPS is in communication with the <br /> HPD awaiting confirmation if the tooth is a human tooth and when the HPD will return the tooth <br /> to the NPS. More information will be shared with you as the NPS gets it from the HPD. <br /> If the tooth is determined to be a human, the park will address the find under NAGPRA as an <br /> inadvertent discovery. Like previous NAGPRA repatriations at the Park, the NPS is amendable <br /> to reburial of the tooth in an appropriate location within the Park pending the completion of the <br /> NAGPRA process. <br /> If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Tyler Paikuli-Campbell of my staff at 808- <br /> 329-6881 ext. 1213 or tyler_paikuli-campbell@nps.gov. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> On behalf of <br /> Paul Scolari <br /> Superintendent <br />