Notice2024-18952
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK
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Published
August 23, 2024
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, Alaska State Office (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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68199-68200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18952]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038568; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, 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, Alaska State Office (BLM Alaska) has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural
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affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after September 23, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Robin O. Mills, Bureau of Land Management, 222 W 7th Avenue
#13, Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone (907) 474-2359, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#31435c585d5d4271535d5c1f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83f1eeeaefeff0c3e1efeeade4ecf5">[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 the
BLM Alaska, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least four individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The human remains include 15 skeletal
elements representing minimally four individuals, secured during the
1958-1961 archaeological excavations at Cape Krusenstern, Alaska, by
Louis Giddings. Previous repatriations from this site and others nearby
occurred in 2000 to the Tribe identified in this notice. The new
identified remains were discovered by specifically searching for human
remains in excavation bags containing animal faunal elements, in
August-November 2023. The new remains were found from three
archaeological proveniences: (1) 10 ribs (MNI one individual; adult)
from House 8, (2) two vertebrae & one metacarpal (MNI one individual;
adult) from a seal fauna feature near House 30, and (3) one metatarsal
and one clavicle (MNI two individuals; one teenager, one child) from
House 41.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The 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> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
in this notice and the Native Village of Kotzebue.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 September 23, 2024. 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. The BLM Alaska is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: August 15, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18952 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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