Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK, 48670-48671 [E7-16784]
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used by members of Koniag, Inc.;
Leisnoi, Inc.; Lesnoi Village; Natives of
Kodiak, Inc.; and Sun’aq Tribe of
Kodiak.
Officials of the Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of at least two individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of
the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is
a relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and the Koniag, Inc.; Leisnoi, Inc.;
Lesnoi Village; Natives of Kodiak, Inc.;
and Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. Sven Haakanson, Jr.,
Executive Director, Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, 215 Mission
Rd., Suite 101, Kodiak, AK 99615,
telephone (907) 486–7004, before
September 24, 2007. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Koniag, Inc.;
Leisnoi, Inc.; Lesnoi Village; Natives of
Kodiak, Inc.; and Sun’aq Tribe of
Kodiak may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository is
responsible for notifying the Koniag,
Inc.; Leisnoi, Inc.; Lesnoi Village;
Natives of Kodiak, Inc.; and Sun’aq
Tribe of Kodiak that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 6, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq
Museum and Archaeological
Repository, Kodiak, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
yshivers on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary object
in the possession of Alutiiq Museum
and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak,
AK. The human remains and associated
funerary object were removed from
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Sitkalidak Island and near Old Harbor,
AK.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Alutiiq Museum
and Archaeological Repository
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Koniag, Inc.; Old
Harbor Native Corporation; and Village
of Old Harbor.
In July of 1992, human remains
representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from Refuge
Rock (49–KOD–00450) off the coast of
Sitkalidak Island, AK, by Dr. Richard
Knecht during archeological excavation
on conveyed Native lands. Permission
to excavate and study the human
remains was granted by the Old Harbor
Native Corporation. The human remains
were taken to the Kodiak Area Native
Association’s Alutiiq Culture Center. In
April of 1995, the entire site collection
was transferred to the Alutiiq Museum
and Archaeological Repository where
they are currently stored (accession
number AM100). No known individuals
were identified. The one associated
funerary object is an ivory ornament
(catalog number AM100:674).
The Refuge Rock site, also known in
Alutiiq as Awa’uq (to become numb), is
a fortified 18th century Alutiiq
settlement on an islet adjacent to
Sitkalidak Island on the southeastern
coast of the Kodiak archipelago. In 1784,
Russian fur hunters ambushed the
settlement, killing hundreds and
initiating the conquest of Kodiak. Both
individuals were recovered from a semisubterranean house believed to have
been occupied at the time of the siege.
The human remains are reasonably
believed to be Native American and
most closely affiliated with the
contemporary Kodiak Alutiiq people.
Specifically, the human remains are
from an area traditionally used by
members of the Koniag Inc.; Old Harbor
Native Corporation; and Village of Old
Harbor.
In 1960, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from an unknown
archeological site near Old Harbor, AK,
by physical anthropologists Drs.
Laughlin and Jorgensen. When Dr.
Laughlin moved to the University of
Connecticut at Storrs, the human
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remains were brought with him. After
Dr. Laughlin’s death in the late 1990s,
his entire collection, including this
individual, were transferred to the
Museum of the Aleutians in Unalaska,
AK, where they were deposited in the
care of archeologist Dr. Richard Knecht.
In or around 2000, Dr. Knecht sent the
human remains to the Alutiiq Museum
and Archaeological Repository where
they are currently stored (cranium
OH60B1). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
This individual could be from one of
a number of archeological sites in the
Old Harbor region of the Kodiak
archipelago visited by Dr. Laughlin in
the summer of 1960. There are no notes
accompanying this individual and
attempts to locate provenience
information have failed. A review of the
human remains suggests they are
archeological. Humic staining on the
bones and worn dentition with no
evidence of modern dentistry suggest a
prehistoric individual. Archeological
data indicate that modern Alutiiqs
evolved from archeologically
documented societies of the Kodiak
region, and can trace their ancestry back
over 7,500 years in the region. The
human remains are likely Native
American and most closely affiliated
with the modern Kodiak Alutiiq people.
Specifically, the human remains are
from an area traditionally used by
members of the Koniag Inc.; Old Harbor
Native Corporation; and Village of Old
Harbor.
Officials of the Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of a minimum of three
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Alutiiq
Museum and Archaeological Repository
also have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the one object
described above is reasonably believed
to have been placed with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the
Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is
a relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and associated funerary object and the
Koniag, Inc.; Old Harbor Native
Corporation; and Village of Old Harbor.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary object should
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contact Dr. Sven Haakanson, Jr.,
Executive Director, Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, 215 Mission
Rd., Suite 101, Kodiak, AK 99615,
telephone (907) 486–7004, before
September 24, 2007. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
object to the Koniag, Inc.; Old Harbor
Native Corporation; and Village of Old
Harbor may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository is responsible for notifying
the Koniag, Inc.; Old Harbor Native
Corporation; and Village of Old Harbor
that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 6, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7–16784 Filed 8–23–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural
Item: Denver Museum of Nature &
Science, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
yshivers on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the
possession of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, Denver, CO, which
meets the definition of ‘‘object of
cultural patrimony’’ under 25 U.S.C.
3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The cultural item is a Killerwhale
Flotilla Chilkat Robe, which is also
called a blanket, as the two terms are
used interchangeably to describe the
item (A705.1). The robe is a shoulder
blanket style in a two–dimensional flat
textile widely rectangular at the top and
sides and sloping at the base toward the
center, so that it is broadly shield–
shaped. The fabric was created by
means of twined weaving in handspun
mountain goat wool and yellow cedar
bark, which is a technique known as
Chilkat twining from its specialty
production by Chilkat Tlingit women.
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The robe is draped loosely over the
shoulders, falling to mid–legs and tied
across the chest with sewn-on ties or
held closed with the hands. The white
design field of the entire blanket is filled
with twelve black bordered rectangular
segments, each containing a stylized
side–view killerwhale motif featuring a
prominent fin on the back. Black form
lines enclose and detail the X–ray views
of whale ribs and body parts,
highlighted with natural dyed yellow
and green. The whale heads are toward
the blanket center. A wide black border
encircles the blanket. Long fringes of
alternating white and green twisted
wool and cedar bark sections rim the
side and basal edges.
In approximately 1890, the cultural
item was made by a master weaver, a
woman named Cacaydayat, during the
succession of Gush Tlein as Shakes VI
(1878–1916). After the death of Shakes
VI in 1916, the robe passed in valid
succession to Shakes VII, Charlie Jones
or X’adaaneik and Kaax’eishge, though
not formally recognized in ceremony
until 1940. Sometime before his death
in 1944, Shakes VII sold the robe to Mr.
Waters, a dentist from Seattle, WA,
although museum records state that the
robe was sold ‘‘around 1945–46.’’ Mrs.
Amy K. Churchill of Wrangell, AK,
whose father James Bradley was a
claimant to the Shakes VIII title, but
neither one a Naanya’aayi Clan member,
purchased the robe from Mr. Waters at
an unknown date after 1944. Mrs. Emma
Frost of Oregon City, OR, inherited the
robe from her mother Mrs. Churchill
around 1965. In August 1973, Mrs. Frost
sold the robe to Michael R. Johnson and
Sharon M. Johnson, collectors and art
dealers of Bellevue, WA. In October
1973, Mr. and Mrs. Kernon Weckbaugh
of Denver, CO, purchased the robe from
the Johnsons and donated the robe to
the museum.
During consultation, representatives
of the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes gave evidence of the robe
as clan ‘‘treasured property’’ and also
recounted its place in clan belief and
ceremonial practice. The robe is
identified as an item of Chilkat regalia
among the most valued of ceremonial
clothing used in funerary rites and is
high status apparel at traditional
ceremonies and potlatches. The robe is
required for the ceremonial rites
conducted to renew and ensure the
spiritual harmony of the Tlingit people.
The Clan’s right of possession was
explained at length through a line of
family–member caretakers succeeding
Shakes VI, as well as unauthorized
holders. Earlier Killerwhale Robes of the
Clan, not traced explicitly, would have
been associated with the lineage of
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Shakes chiefs. The robe is not owned by
a single individual, instead there are
designated caretakers and belongs to the
clan as a whole, and therefore it could
not have been alienated by a single
individual. The clan that takes care of
the robe and this particular Killerwhale
pattern is the Naanya.aayi Clan,
represented in this claim by the Central
Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian
Tribes.
Officials of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), the
one cultural item has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual. Officials of the
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
also have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a
relationship of shared group identity
which can be reasonably traced between
the object of cultural patrimony and the
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the object of cultural
patrimony should contact Dr. Stephen
Nash, Chair, Department of
Anthropology, Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado
Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205,
telephone (303) 370–6056, before
September 24, 2007. Repatriation of the
cultural item to the Central Council of
the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes on
behalf of the Naanya.aayi Clan may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Denver Museum of Nature &
Science is responsible for notifying the
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 8, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7–16785 Filed 8–23–07; 8:45 am]
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National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural
Item: Denver Museum of Nature &
Science, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository, Kodiak, AK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
object in the possession of Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository, Kodiak, AK. The human remains and associated funerary
object were removed from Sitkalidak Island and near Old Harbor, AK.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Alutiiq
Museum and Archaeological Repository professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Koniag, Inc.; Old Harbor Native
Corporation; and Village of Old Harbor.
In July of 1992, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from Refuge Rock (49-KOD-00450) off the coast
of Sitkalidak Island, AK, by Dr. Richard Knecht during archeological
excavation on conveyed Native lands. Permission to excavate and study
the human remains was granted by the Old Harbor Native Corporation. The
human remains were taken to the Kodiak Area Native Association's
Alutiiq Culture Center. In April of 1995, the entire site collection
was transferred to the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository
where they are currently stored (accession number AM100). No known
individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object is an
ivory ornament (catalog number AM100:674).
The Refuge Rock site, also known in Alutiiq as Awa'uq (to become
numb), is a fortified 18th century Alutiiq settlement on an islet
adjacent to Sitkalidak Island on the southeastern coast of the Kodiak
archipelago. In 1784, Russian fur hunters ambushed the settlement,
killing hundreds and initiating the conquest of Kodiak. Both
individuals were recovered from a semi-subterranean house believed to
have been occupied at the time of the siege. The human remains are
reasonably believed to be Native American and most closely affiliated
with the contemporary Kodiak Alutiiq people. Specifically, the human
remains are from an area traditionally used by members of the Koniag
Inc.; Old Harbor Native Corporation; and Village of Old Harbor.
In 1960, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from an unknown archeological site near Old Harbor, AK, by
physical anthropologists Drs. Laughlin and Jorgensen. When Dr. Laughlin
moved to the University of Connecticut at Storrs, the human remains
were brought with him. After Dr. Laughlin's death in the late 1990s,
his entire collection, including this individual, were transferred to
the Museum of the Aleutians in Unalaska, AK, where they were deposited
in the care of archeologist Dr. Richard Knecht. In or around 2000, Dr.
Knecht sent the human remains to the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository where they are currently stored (cranium OH60B1). No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
This individual could be from one of a number of archeological
sites in the Old Harbor region of the Kodiak archipelago visited by Dr.
Laughlin in the summer of 1960. There are no notes accompanying this
individual and attempts to locate provenience information have failed.
A review of the human remains suggests they are archeological. Humic
staining on the bones and worn dentition with no evidence of modern
dentistry suggest a prehistoric individual. Archeological data indicate
that modern Alutiiqs evolved from archeologically documented societies
of the Kodiak region, and can trace their ancestry back over 7,500
years in the region. The human remains are likely Native American and
most closely affiliated with the modern Kodiak Alutiiq people.
Specifically, the human remains are from an area traditionally used by
members of the Koniag Inc.; Old Harbor Native Corporation; and Village
of Old Harbor.
Officials of the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of a minimum of three
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Alutiiq
Museum and Archaeological Repository also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the one object described above is
reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or
ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there
is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the Native American human remains and associated
funerary object and the Koniag, Inc.; Old Harbor Native Corporation;
and Village of Old Harbor.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
object should
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contact Dr. Sven Haakanson, Jr., Executive Director, Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, 215 Mission Rd., Suite 101, Kodiak, AK
99615, telephone (907) 486-7004, before September 24, 2007.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object to the
Koniag, Inc.; Old Harbor Native Corporation; and Village of Old Harbor
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository is responsible for
notifying the Koniag, Inc.; Old Harbor Native Corporation; and Village
of Old Harbor that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 6, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-16784 Filed 8-23-07; 8:45 am]
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