Notice2024-01803
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK
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Published
January 30, 2024
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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 Point Hope in the North Slope Borough, AK.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5930-5931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01803]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037316; 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 Point Hope in the North Slope Borough, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Miriam (Nicole) Hayes, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK
99513, telephone (907)-271-4354, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8d5d6d0d9c1ddcbf8dad4d596dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="573a393f362e322417353b3a79303821">[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
State Office.
Description
During 1939-1941, human remains representing, at minimum, 706
individuals were removed from numerous burial locations including at
Tigara, Ipiutak, and Jabbertown, all within two miles of Point Hope,
AK. These include ones from within what is presently referred to as the
Ipiutak early village site that is now within a National Historic
Landmark in the southern shore of Ipiutak Lagoon as well as a few from
an early 20th century cemetery. The human remains, which are estimated
to range in age from around 100 years old up to 2,500 years old, were
removed under federal permit in 1939-1941 by archeologists Froelich
Rainey and Helge Larsen and others associated with the University of
Alaska (UAF) Museum in Fairbanks, AK (now the University of Alaska
Museum of the North (UAMN)) and the American Museum of Natural History
(AMNH). The human remains were all initially brought back to the AMNH
where 701 are presently located with the other five in the UAMN. There
are 2,174 associated funerary objects, with 1,462 in the AMNH and 712
in the UAMN.
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In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed by Fredrick H. West, an archeologist associated with the
UAF, from an archeological site near Cape Thompson, AK, about 26 miles
southeast of Point Hope, AK. No associated funerary objects are
present. These human remains are currently in the UAMN.
In 1961, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed by W. O. Pruit, an archeologist associated with the UAF,
from an archeological site near Cape Thompson, AK, about 26 miles
southeast of Point Hope, AK. No associated funerary objects are
present. These human remains are currently in the UAMN.
In 1961, human remains representing, at minimum, 46 individuals
were removed by Otto W. Geist, an archeologist associated with the UAF,
from an archeological site during construction of an airfield near
Point Hope, AK. No associated funerary objects are present. These human
remains are currently in the UAMN.
In 1975, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed by Anne Shinkwin, an archeologist associated with the UAF,
as a surface collection from an archeological site within Point Hope,
AK. No associated funerary objects are present. These human remains are
currently in the UAMN.
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 information and oral tradition.
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 758 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 2,174 objects described in this notice 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 described in this notice
and the Native Village of Point Hope, Point Hope, AK.
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 February 29, 2024.
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 Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: January 24, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-01803 Filed 1-29-24; 8:45 am]
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