Notice2025-04614
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Kobuk Valley National Park, Kotzebue, AK
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Published
March 19, 2025
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, National Park Service, Kobuk Valley National Park (KOVA) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains removed from Federal or Tribal lands to from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 12779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04614]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039572; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Kobuk Valley National Park, Kotzebue, 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,
National Park Service, Kobuk Valley National Park (KOVA) intends to
carry out the disposition of human remains removed from Federal or
Tribal lands to from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for
disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 18, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by March
19, 2026, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains.
ADDRESSES: Siikauraq Whiting Superintendent, Kobuk Valley National
Park, P.O. Box 1029, Kotzebue, AK 99752, telephone (907) 385-7036,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c1f0505070d191e0d1d331b04051805020b2c021c1f420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="106379797b71656271614f67787964797e77507e60633e777f66">[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
Superintendent, KOVA, and additional information on the human remains
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in
the related records.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least two individuals have been reasonably identified. Repatriations
associated with the intended exhumation of human remains at the
Igliqtiqsui[gdot]vigruaq site (XBM-00047) occurred in 2014. An
additional 11 fragments of human remains were identified in 2023 at the
same site located along the Kobuk River in Kobuk Valley National Park,
Northwest Arctic Borough, AK. The human remains in this notice are
associated with human remains that were included in a Notice of
Intended Disposition published in the Anchorage Daily News on August
6th and 13th, 2013; in the Arctic Sounder on August 15th, 2013 (pg 12);
and in the Arctic Sounder on August 22nd, 2013 (pg 13). All of the
human remains are stored at the Alaska Regional Curatorial Center
(ARCC) at the NPS Regional Office in Anchorage, AK.
Determinations
KOVA has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The Native Village of Kiana has priority for disposition
of the human remains described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by March 19,
2026, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 18, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are received,
KOVA must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to disposition.
Requests for joint disposition of the human remains are considered a
single request and not competing requests. KOVA is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the lineal descendants, 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. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: February 19, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04614 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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