Notice2023-27376
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK
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Published
December 13, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Alaska Museum of the North intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was removed from the Aleutians West Census Area, AK.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86366-86367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27376]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037062; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, 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 University of Alaska Museum of the North
intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition
of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
The cultural item was removed from the Aleutians West Census Area, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after January 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Josh Reuther, University of Alaska Museum of the North, 1962
Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, telephone (907) 474-6945, email
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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
University of Alaska Museum of the North. 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 summary or related records held by
the University of Alaska Museum of the North.
Description
The one cultural item was removed from the Aleutians West Census
Area, AK. In 1958, a single unassociated funerary object was collected
from Unalaska Island by Lt. William Trafton and deposited at the
University of Alaska Museum of the North. The exact location is
unknown; the provenience is listed as Dutch Harbor. The unassociated
funerary object is an ivory labret.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural item in this notice is 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,
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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, the University of Alaska Museum of the North has
determined that:
<bullet> The one cultural item described above 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Qawalangin
Tribe of Unalaska.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after January 12, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Alaska Museum of the North
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item is considered a
single request and not competing requests. The University of Alaska
Museum of the North 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 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: December 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27376 Filed 12-12-23; 8:45 am]
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