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Posted: Saturday, September 3rd, 2005 5:48 AM HST
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Judge orders group to return Hawaiian artifacts
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HONOLULU (AP) _ A federal judge has ordered a Native Hawaiian group to return 83 ancient Hawaiian artifacts buried in a Big Island cave to Bishop Museum.
The group -- Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei -- opposed the order and said that moving them again would disturb the artifacts. The group says the artifacts are secure in a sealed cave.
But U-S District Judge David Ezra said he has no evidence about the objects' condition and ordered them returned to the museum.
The judge says Bishop Museum can't put the items on display until it's worked out among 13 Native Hawaiian organizations what would happen to them under the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
Lawyers for Hui Malama said they will ask a federal appeals court to postpone the enforcement of the judge's ruling.
(Copyright 2005 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
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