Notice2025-14157
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK
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Published
July 28, 2025
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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, Alaska State Office (BLM Alaska) has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 35552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14157]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6324; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040514; 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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after August 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Robin O. Mills, Bureau of Land
Management, 222 W 7th Avenue #13, Anchorage, AK 99513, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d6a4bbbfbabaa596b4babbf8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a3827232626390a282627642d253c">[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
A Notice of Inventory Completion, published in the Federal Register
on July 21, 2000 (65 FR 45401), repatriated a minimum number of 49
ancestors and 387 associated funerary objects to the Native Village of
Kotzebue, that were located at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology,
at Brown University, and originating from burials excavated by Louis
Giddings in the 1950s and 1960s at Cape Krusenstern and other sites in
Alaska. The new data reported here include additional associated
funerary objects at the Haffenreffer originating from the burials at
Cape Krusenstern whose remains were repatriated in 2000.
Based on the information available, these 65 associated funerary
objects include lithics, lithic blades and biface fragments, an antler
handle, and worked bone from Giddings' Burials 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, and 13.
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 associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The BLM Alaska has determined that:
<bullet> The 65 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 connection between the associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Native Village of Kotzebue.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after August 27, 2025. 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 associated funerary objects 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: July 1, 2025
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14157 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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