Notice2026-10564
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK
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Published
May 28, 2026
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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) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31734-31735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10564]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7185; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042863; 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) has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 29, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and 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#21534c484d4d5261434d4c0f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3b1aeaaafafb083a1afaeeda4acb5">[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, 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
These data supplement NICs published previously for other
repatriations of ancestral remains and funerary objects for sites in
Kachemak Bay, AK (71 FR 19688, April 15, 1993; 65 FR 24503, April 26,
2000; 88 FR 48912, July 28, 2023). Based on the information available,
additional human remains representing at least 10 individuals have been
reasonably identified at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (UPM),
Philadelphia, PA, including five (n=5) from the Yukon Island site (49-
SEL-00001) in southern Kachemak Bay (UPM 31-20-11.3, 31-20-108.1, 31-
20-443), and five (n=5) from the Cottonwood Creek site (49-SEL-00030)
on the north shore of Kachemak Bay (UPM 32-7-144A & -144B, 32-7-715,
32-7-1522.1, 32-7-1705).
There are 21 associated funerary objects (AFOs). A total of six
AFOs from SEL-00030 include: an antler artificial burial eye (UPM 31-
20-104, associated with (@) previously repatriated remains 31-20-102),
a slate blade (31-20-109, @31-20-108), bear faunal remains (31-20-
115.1, @previously repatriated 31-20-115), a bone point (31-20-445) and
cut faunal remains (31-20-453) and a bone awl (31-20-469), all
@previously repatriated 31-20-443.
A total of 14 AFOs from SEL-00001 include: a barbed bone point (31-
20-2351, @with previously repatriated 31-20-2346), two bone artificial
burial eyes (32-7-1747) and a marble labret (32-7-1748) and a pointed
bone splinter (32-7-1753) @previously repatriated 32-7-1744, a bone
artificial burial eye (32-7-1749, @previously repatriated 32-7-1743),
two bone artificial burial eyes (32-7-1750a-b, @previously repatriated
32-7-1745), a marble labret (32-7-1752, @previously repatriated 32-7-
1746), and five AFOs @previously repatriated 32-9-1 (ivory labret, 32-
9-2; ear plug 32-9-3; basalt lance blade, 32-9-4;
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organic dart head, 32-9-5; bird bone bead, 32-9-53).
A total of one AFO is from the Yukon Island Fox Farm site (49-SEL-
00041): a greenstone adze blade (31-20-2148), associated with
previously repatriated ancestral remains 31-20-2320.
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 and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The BLM has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 10 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 21 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Native
Village of Nanwalek (aka English Bay); Native Village of Port Graham;
and the Seldovia Village Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
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 human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 29, 2026. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the BLM must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The BLM 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: May 19, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-10564 Filed 5-27-26; 8:45 am]
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