Notice2023-23541
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 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 three areas near Kasilof, south of Soldotna, in the northwestern portion of the upper Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73376-73377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23541]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036823; 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 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 three areas near
Kasilof, south of Soldotna, in the northwestern portion of the upper
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains 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#1466267f7d7a73547678793a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fd8fcf9694939abd9f9190d39a928b">[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 1930, human remains representing, at minimum, seven individuals
were removed from three areas about five to ten miles apart and located
south of Soldotna, in the northwestern portion of the upper Kenai
Peninsula Borough, AK. Five partial sets of human remains [PM# 30-25-
150; 30-25-151 & 30-25-153; 30-25-151.1; 30-25-152; 30-25-154] were
removed from what was described as an ``old graveyard in front of
Andrew Berg's house,'' located within what is now the Kenai National
Wildlife Refuge, about 30 miles southeast of Soldotna on the north
shore of Tustumena Lake, AK. Two additional, partial sets of human
remains [PM# 30-25-157; 30-25-158] were collected at two different
locations about two miles apart during road construction near Kasilof,
AK, about 25 miles southeast of Soldotna and west of Tustumena Lake,
AK. The remains of all seven individuals, which are estimated to be
over 200 years old, were removed by Frederica de Laguna who, at that
time, was associated with the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, PA. Following their
removal, the human remains were placed in the custody of this museum,
where they are currently held. 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 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 seven individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains
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described in this notice and the Kenaitze Indian Tribe.
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 November 24, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the 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.
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. 2023-23541 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]
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