Notice2024-18953
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the 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 68201-68202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18953]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038573; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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) intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 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
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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
BLM Alaska, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
summary or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 69 unassociated funerary objects have been requested for
repatriation. The 69 unassociated funerary objects are lance and arrow
blades and shafts, game pieces, different types of projectile points,
other hunting tools and accessories, wood shavings, dolls, stone tools,
a carving, an effigy, bowls, dishes, cups, and scoop pieces, and
wrapping material.
Based on the information available, Native American unassociated
funerary objects have been identified at the University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). These objects
were collected by William Van Valin when he was hired by the Penn
Museum to lead the John Wanamaker Expedition to Alaska, in 1917-1919.
The 69 unassociated funerary objects derive from the
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Kugusugaruk site (49-BAR-00003) located 6.6 miles southwest of present-
day Utqiagvik, Alaska; available records are unable to link these items
to specific human remains from northern Alaska at the Penn Museum, the
Smithsonian Institute (SI), National Museum of Natural History (NMNH),
or any other museum.
Determinations
The BLM Alaska has determined that:
<bullet> The 69 unassociated funerary objects described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains, and are connected, either 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 an individual or individuals with cultural
affiliation to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and funerary objects described in this notice and the Native Village of
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 items 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 cultural items 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 and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: August 15, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18953 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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