Notice2024-28493
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of History and Archaeology, Anchorage, AK
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Published
December 5, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of History and Archaeology 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 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96680-96681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28493]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039137; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of History and
Archaeology, 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 Office of History and Archaeology 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Richard VanderHoek, Ph.D., Office of History and
Archaeology, 550 W 7th Avenue, Suite 1310, Anchorage, AK 99501-3561,
telephone (907)-269-8728, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aad8c3c9c2cbd8ce84dccbc4cecfd8c2c5cfc1eacbc6cbd9c1cb84cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6849f959e978492d88097989293849e99939db6979a97859d97d8919980">[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
Office of History and Archaeology, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing at least two individuals have been
identified, with one mandible (jawbone), and two cranial (skull)
fragments. No associated funerary objects are present. The remains were
found by Henry Wilson of Kotzebue, AK along the beach between Sealing
Point (Cape Krusenstern National Monument) and Kivalina. Wilson brought
the remains to the NPS Northwest Arctic Heritage Center on September
23, 2014 for identification. Michael Wendt, Project Archaeologist for
NPS Western Arctic National Parklands notified the State Historic
Preservation Office. OHA and SHPO received the remains on 10/2/2014.
The box containing the remains and some documentation was found in the
OHA lab 2/2024. Age is unknown, but the remains are probably
archaeological.
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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 Office of History and Archaeology has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Native Village of Kivalina.
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after January 6, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the Office of History and Archaeology
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 Office of History and
Archaeology 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: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-28493 Filed 12-4-24; 8:45 am]
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