Notice2023-08054
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK
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Published
April 17, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK (FWS Alaska) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2008. This notice amends the minimum number of individuals and the number of associated funerary objects in collections removed from the Aleutians West Borough, AK.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23457-23458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08054]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035614; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of the
Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish
and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK (FWS Alaska) has
amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal
Register on July 14, 2008. This notice amends the minimum number of
individuals and the number of associated funerary objects in
collections removed from the Aleutians West Borough, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jeremy M. Karchut, Regional Archeologist/Regional Historic
Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 E Tudor Rd.,
MS-235, Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 786-3399, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d57584f58504462565c4f5e5548497d5b4a4e135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e343b2c3b332701353f2c3d362b2a1e38292d70393128">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of FWS
Alaska. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments
and determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by
FWS Alaska.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (73 FR 40371-40372, July
14, 2008). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the number of
individuals and number of associated funerary objects.
The number of individuals originally reported from Cold Cave,
Kagamil Island decreased from 30 to 17 and the number of associated
funerary objects increased from 127 to 155. The number of individuals
originally reported from Warm Cave, Kagamil Island increased from one
to eight, and the number of associated funerary objects increased from
23 to 151. The number of individuals originally reported from Mask
Cave, Kagamil Island decreased from four to one, and the number of
associated funerary objects increased from 60 to 72.
Table of Changes
Human Remains
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Original Amended
Site number of number of
individuals individuals
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Kagamil Island, Cold Cave............... 30 17
Kagamil Island, Warm Cave............... 1 8
Kagamil Island, Mask Cave............... 4 1
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Associated Funerary Objects
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Original
Site number Amended number Amended description
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Kagamil Island, Cold Cave........................ 127 155 one abrader; two awls; one
basalt biface; one bentwood
bowl; one bentwood bowl
fragment; five bidarka
skins; five bird feather
lots; four bone points;
three bone wedges; one bowl
bottom; one braid of grass;
one braid of hair; one coat
fragment; one ethnobotany
sample; 60 matting
fragments; one fur and hair
lot; two grass lots; four
containers of grave soil;
one hair and feather lot;
two hair lots; one harpoon
head; 16 kayak frame
fragments; eight lengths of
cordage; one matting bundle;
two moss and grass lots; one
obsidian point; one skin and
fur bundle; two wood
fragments; one wooden mask
attachment; nine wooden
shaft fragments; one piece
of worked antler; nine
pieces of worked bone; and
five pieces of worked wood.
Kagamil Island, Warm Cave........................ 23 151 one base of a wood vessel;
two bird wing bundles; one
blade fragment; one bone and
grass lot; five bone lots;
one bone, wood, and soil
lot; two charcoal samples;
two pieces of cordage; two
crab legs; three crystal
lots; two dust lots; eight
feather lots; five pieces of
fur; three grass and dust
lots; three grass, dust,
bone, and feather lots; one
hide/leather lot; two pieces
of human hair; 13 kayak
fragments; one lithic lot;
35 matting fragments; three
rock lots; one sea urchin
lot; one seed lot; one shell
lot; 10 undetermined
objects; one wood and
charcoal lot; one wood bowl
rim; 29 wood fragments; one
piece of wood scaffolding;
and 10 wood shaft fragments.
Kagamil Island, Mask Cave........................ 60 72 one adze; two basalt bifaces;
two basalt flakes; one bone
root digger; one bone wedge;
two doll head fragments;
five figurines; eight kayak
parts; one obsidian flake;
one shell object; one lot of
undetermined material; one
wood disc; 25 wood
fragments; 15 wood mask
fragments; one wood net
float; two wood objects; one
wood peg fragment; one wood
sample; and one wood shaft
fragment.
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Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains represent the physical remains of 26
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 378 objects are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects and Native Village of Nikolski.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 17, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, FWS Alaska must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. FWS Alaska is responsible for sending a copy of this notice
to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
10.13, and 10.14.
Dated: March 29, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08054 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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