Notice2023-16067
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK
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Published
July 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM Alaska) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from four areas northeast of Seldovia, AK, on or near the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, located off the southwestern part of the lower Kenai Peninsula, AK.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48912-48913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16067]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036255; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK
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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management (BLM Alaska) has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from four areas northeast of Seldovia, AK, on or near the
southern shore of Kachemak Bay, located off the southwestern part of
the lower Kenai Peninsula, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Robert E. King, Bureau of Land Management, 222 W 7th Avenue,
#13, Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone (907) 271-5510, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a18580103040d2a080607440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8bf9b9e0e2e5eccbe9e7e6a5ece4fd">[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 BLM
Alaska. 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 BLM Alaska.
Description
In 1931, human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals
were removed from three areas within about 25 miles northeast of
Seldovia, AK, on or near the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, which is
located off the southwestern part of the lower Kenai Peninsula, AK.
These human remains, estimated to be over 200 years old, were removed
by Frederica de Laguna, who was associated with the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia,
PA. The human remains were brought back to this museum, where they are
currently housed. One partial set of human remains [PM# 31-20-585] was
removed from what was called Rocky Island (otherwise known as Sixty-
foot Rock), located north of Cohen Island in Kachemak Bay, about 12
miles northeast of Seldovia, AK. Two partial sets of human remains [PM#
31-20-2323; PM# 31-20-2321] were collected on Yukon Island in Kachemak
Bay, about 10 miles northeast of Seldovia, AK. A fourth partial set of
human remains [PM# 31-20-312.1] were collected on Aurora Spit, located
on the north shore of the southwestern part of the lower Kenai
Peninsula, about 25 miles northeast of Seldovia, AK. The one associated
funerary object is a bone point [PM# 31-20-356] that was found near the
partial set of human remains collected on Aurora Spit.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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 types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: archeological and oral traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, BLM Alaska has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is 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 described in this notice
and the Seldovia Village Tribe.
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 August 28, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, BLM Alaska 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. BLM Alaska is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
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Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: July 19, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-16067 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am]
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