Notice2023-23539
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK
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Published
October 25, 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 near the Native Village of Ambler in the Northwest Arctic Borough, AK.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73366-73367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23539]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036824; 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 near the Native Village of Ambler in the Northwest Arctic
Borough, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 24, 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#6012520b090e0720020c0d4e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c7e3e6765626b4c6e6061226b637a">[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
Human remains representing, at minimum, 11 individuals were removed
from the Northwest Arctic Borough near the Native Village of Ambler,
AK. In the 1950s or 1960s, the human remains were removed from three
site locations along the Kobuk River--``Ambler 1,'' ``Ivisahpat,'' and
``Onion Portage''--during a series of expeditions sponsored by the
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University in Providence,
RI, and conducted under the direction of Douglas Anderson. Following
their removal, the human remains, which are over 150 years old, were
placed in the custody of the Haffenreffer Museum, where they are
currently held. The seven associated funerary objects are three caribou
bone fragments, two stone flakes, and two stone or bone items.
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 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The seven objects described in this notice that 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 described in this notice and the Native Village of Ambler.
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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 November 24, 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 and associated
funerary objects 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.
(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: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23539 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]
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