Notice2023-09768
Notice of Inventory Completion: Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts, Puyallup, WA
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Published
May 9, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Bristol Bay, AK.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29943-29944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09768]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035806; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Karshner Museum and Center for
Culture & Arts, Puyallup, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture &
Arts has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined
that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains were removed from Bristol Bay, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Karen S. Higgins, Karshner Museum and Center for Culture &
Arts, 309 4th Street NE, Puyallup, WA 98372, telephone (253) 841-8748,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2cacbc5c5cbccd1c9d1e2d2d7dbc3ceced7d28cc993908cd5c38cd7d1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e6667696967607d657d4e7e7b776f62627b7e20653f3c20796f207b7d">[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 the
Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related
records held by the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown geographic location in Bristol Bay, AK. On an unknown
date, possibly between 1953 and 1974, the human remains were donated to
the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts by Dr. Donald W.
Rennie, the nephew of the Museum's founder, Warner Karshner. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following type of information was
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Chignik Bay Tribal Council; Chignik Lake Village; Curyung
Tribal Council; Egegik Village; Igiugig Village; Ivanof Bay Tribe; King
Salmon Tribe; Kokhanok Village; Levelock Village; Manokotak Village;
Naknek Native Village; Native Village of Aleknagik; Native Village of
Chignik Lagoon; Native Village of Ekuk; Native Village of Ekwok; Native
Village of Perryville; Native Village of Pilot Point; Native Village of
Port Heiden; New Koliganek Village Council; New Stuyahok Village;
Newhalen Village; Nondalton Village; Pedro Bay Village; Portage Creek
Village (a.k.a. Ohgsenakale); South Naknek Village; Traditional Village
of Togiak; Twin Hills Village; Ugashik Village; Village of Clarks
Point; and the Village of Iliamna.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after June 8, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The Karshner Museum and
Center for Culture & Arts is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes 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,
and 10.14.
Dated: May 3, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09768 Filed 5-8-23; 8:45 am]
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