Ruling on bones at Wal-Mart site to be revisited
The Advertiser
reports
that "The O'ahu Island Burial Council has been told it must reconsider a ruling
that gave one family greater clout in deciding the fate of more than 60 sets of
human remains found on the site of the Ke'eaumoku Street Wal-Mart store." At
issue is one family (Keana'aina) that was designated as "lineal descendants" and
another (Kaleikini) that was designated as "cultural descendants" who disagreed
on how the bones should be re-interred.
Meanwhile, a trial is expected to
begin in Circuit Court on July 18 on a lawsuit that alleges human remains
unearthed during construction were mishandled. Claims against Wal-Mart were
dismissed by a judge but the case is proceeding on claims against the state and
city.
Posted: Sat
- July 9, 2005 at 10:03 AM