Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Anchorage, AK, 40371-40372 [E8-15902]
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The Unangan Repatriation
Commission, a non–federally
recognized Native Alaskan group,
provided the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service with a list of cultural affiliation
for islands and corresponding village
corporations and tribal entities. No
corporation or tribe specifically claims
Tanaga Island. Cultural affiliation of
Aleut ancestors from unclaimed islands
lies with the Aleut Corporation, the
regional corporation representing all
Aleut people. After Russian contact
with the Aleutians began in A.D. 1751,
the population declined precipitously.
By the 1790s, many of the Aleuts were
concentrated in a small number of
regional centers. For the western
Aleutians, most were removed to the
Native Village of Atka. Therefore, based
on historical records, geographic
location, and information presented
during consultation, it is reasonably
determined that the descendants of
Tanaga Island are members of the
present–day Aleut Corporation and
Native Village of Atka.
Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Region 7 have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of three
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Region 7 also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 21 objects described
above are 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 U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7
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 objects and the
Aleut Corporation and Native Village of
Atka.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Debra Corbett, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road,
Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907)
786–3399, before August 13, 2008.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Aleut
Corporation and Native Village of Atka
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region
7 is responsible for notifying the Aleut
Corporation; Aleutian/Pribilof Islands
Association, Inc.; Atxam Corporation;
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and Native Village of Atka that this
notice has been published.
Dated: June 5, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Region 7,
Anchorage, AK
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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Region 7, Anchorage, AK. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Kagamil
Island, 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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Region 7 professional
staff and forensic anthropologists from
the University of Alaska, Anchorage,
and with assistance from the Alaska
State Office of History and Archaeology,
in consultation with representatives of
the Chaluka Corporation.
Between 1947 and 1950, human
remains representing a minimum of 30
individuals were removed from Cold
Cave on Kagamil Island, AK, by
Theodore P. Bank II, an ethno–botanist,
and William S. Laughlin, a physical
anthropologist. The human remains
were sent to the University of Michigan.
In 1982, at the request of the
Ounalashka Corporation and the
National Park Service, the collection
was moved to the University of Alaska
Museum in Fairbanks. In 2002, the
human remains and associated funerary
artifacts were sent to The Museum of
the Aleutians in Unalaska, AK, at the
request of the Ounalashka Corporation
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and the museum. No known individuals
were identified. The 127 associated
funerary objects are 42 assorted bidarka
pieces; 1 lot of wood fragments and
other wooden objects; 1 wood bidarka
paddle; 1 wooden spear shaft; 4 skin
fragments from bidarka; 3 bone wedges;
1 bone bladder plug; 1 bone rack peg;
2 toggles; 3 bone points; 1 bone harpoon
point; 1 bird bone awl; 2 bone awls; 1
digging tool; 1 bone fore–shaft; 1 bone
hook; 1 bone fishhook shank; 1 bone
artifact; 6 bird bones; 1 ivory labret; 1
walrus tusk; 1 curved antler fragment; 7
pieces of cordage; 1 cord wrapped with
skin; 1 piece of matting with black
decoration; 23 matting fragments; 1
piece of matting containing duff, wood
and bones; 1 piece of matting with grass
and hair; 2 loose human hairs; 1 lot of
stuffing moss in unknown quantities; 1
grass bundle; 1 lot of grass padding; 1
birch bark fragment; 1 stone chip; 1
obsidian point; 2 basalt points; 1 broken
basalt blade; 1 worked pumice block; 2
pieces of bird feather coat remains; and
2 sea otter pelt remains.
Between 1947 and 1950, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Warm
Cave on Kagamil Island, AK, by
Theodore P. Bank II, an ethno–botanist,
and William S. Laughlin, a physical
anthropologist. The human remains
were sent to the University of Michigan.
In 1982, at the request of the
Ounalashka Corporation and the
National Park Service, the collection
was moved to the University of Alaska
Museum in Fairbanks. In 2002, the
human remains and associated funerary
artifacts were sent to The Museum of
the Aleutians, at the request of the
Ounalashka Corporation and the
museum. No known individual was
identified. The 23 associated funerary
objects are 7 round wooden shafts; 5
wood pieces; 2 wood pieces with thong
attached; 1 wooden piece bound with
gut; 1 wood object with peg holes; 1
piece birch bark; 3 pieces of matting,
hair and fiber; 1 piece of cordage; 1
obsidian flake; and 1 worked shale
fragment.
Between 1947 and 1950, human
remains representing a minimum of four
individuals were removed from Mask
Cave on Kagamil Island, AK, by
Theodore P. Bank II, an ethno–botanist.
The human remains were sent to the
University of Michigan. In 1982, at the
request of the Ounalashka Corporation
and the National Park Service, the
collection was moved to the University
of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks. In
2002, the human remains and associated
funerary artifacts were sent to The
Museum of the Aleutians, at the request
of the Ounalashka Corporation and the
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museum. No known individuals were
identified. The 60 funerary objects are 3
complete or nearly complete painted
wood masks; approximately 29 mask
fragments; 4 figurines and carved
wooden objects; 17 bidarka pieces
including a keel piece and a cross piece;
1 ivory labret; 1 ivory needle; 2 stone
artifacts; 1 basalt flake; 1 shell object;
and 1 lot of duff collected near a mask.
All individuals found within these
caves are believed to be associated with
the modern day populations of Umnak
Island and Chaluka Corporation. There
are no radiocarbon dates available for
the human remains. All known dated
cave burials from the Aleutians are
younger than 2,000 years old (Black
1982, pg 24; Black 2003, pg 36; Hayes
2002). The human remains collected
from burial caves on Kagamil Island
were interred using traditional Aleut
burial practices. The burial context and
physical traits of the human remains are
consistent with those observed for precontact Aleut populations. Skeletal
morphology of present–day Aleut
populations is similar to that of
prehistoric Aleut populations and
demonstrates biological affiliation
between present–day Aleut groups and
prehistoric populations in the Aleutian
Islands.
Analysis by the University of Alaska,
Anchorage, with the assistance of the
Alaska State Office of History and
Archaeology, included cranio–metric
analysis and non–metric analysis of the
post cranial skeletal human remains.
The use of radiography was used to
determine the contents of a small
mummy bundle from Warm Cave.
Analysis of the human remains
concluded that these individuals are all
of Aleut origin and are related culturally
and geographically to each other and to
the modern day inhabitants of Umnak
Island, which are members of the
Chaluka Corporation and Native Village
of Nikolski. Cultural affiliation between
the late prehistoric populations on
Kagamil Island and the Chaluka
Corporation is demonstrated by recent
historical records. The Islands of the
Four Mountains were occupied by a
culturally distinct group of which little
is known. Contact with Russian
explorers was made in A.D. 1741. In the
late 1700s, with assistance from Russian
explorers, the Umnak Aleuts waged war
on the people of the Islands of Four
Mountains and around A.D. 1766 to
1772, that group had been substantially
destroyed. Survivors of the conflict were
incorporated into villages on Umnak.
Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Region 7 have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
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represent the physical remains of 35
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Region 7 also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 210 objects described
above are 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 U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7
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 objects and the
Chaluka Corporation and Native Village
of Nikolski.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Debra Corbett, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road,
Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907)
786–3399, before August 13, 2008.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Chaluka Corporation and Native Village
of Nikolski may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region
7 is responsible for notifying the
Chaluka Corporation and Native Village
of Nikolski that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 5, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–15902 Filed 7–11–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Region 7,
Anchorage, AK
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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Region 7, Anchorage, AK. The
human remains and associated funerary
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objects were removed from Atka Island,
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 objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Region 7 professional
staff with assistance from the Alaska
State Office of History and Archaeology
and University of Alaska, Anchorage, in
consultation with representatives of the
Aleut Corporation; Atka IRA Council
and Atxam Corporation, which
represent the Native Village of Atka; and
Unangan Repatriation Commission, a
non–federally recognized Native
Alaskan group.
In either 1948 or 1949, human
remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from burial
caves on Atka Island, AK, by Theodore
P. Bank II, an ethnobotanist, during an
expedition undertaken for the purpose
of collecting botanical as well as
archeological specimens, which
included human remains. The human
remains from Atka Island have been
curated at several institutions before
finally arriving at the Museum of the
Aleutians, Dutch Harbor, AK, in 2002
after which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service was informed. No known
individuals were identified. The 18
associated funerary objects are 1 stone
lamp, 2 stone lamp fragments, 2 carved
stone artifacts, 1 stone point, 1 ivory
artifact, 9 bone tools, 1 sea otter skull,
and 1 water worn bear mandible.
The cultural affiliation has been
determined based on previous
occupations of the island, as well as the
physical traits exhibited by both past
populations and those of the recovered
human remains. Atka Island has been
occupied for at least 2,000 years and
probably close to 6,000 years by the
Aleut people. All known dated cave
burials from the Aleutians are younger
than 2,000 years old (Black, 1982, pg 24;
Black 2003, pg 36; Hayes 2002). The
skeletal morphology, other scientific
testing, and physical traits associated
with prehistoric Aleut populations and
modern day Aleuts are consistent with
the human remains. The burial contexts
of the human remains are consistent
with those observed for pre–contact
Aleut populations. Based on scientific
studies, burial context, and aboriginal
occupation, the descendants of the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Anchorage, 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
objects in the possession of the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Anchorage, AK. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were removed from Kagamil Island, 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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Region 7 professional staff and forensic
anthropologists from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and with
assistance from the Alaska State Office of History and Archaeology, in
consultation with representatives of the Chaluka Corporation.
Between 1947 and 1950, human remains representing a minimum of 30
individuals were removed from Cold Cave on Kagamil Island, AK, by
Theodore P. Bank II, an ethno-botanist, and William S. Laughlin, a
physical anthropologist. The human remains were sent to the University
of Michigan. In 1982, at the request of the Ounalashka Corporation and
the National Park Service, the collection was moved to the University
of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks. In 2002, the human remains and
associated funerary artifacts were sent to The Museum of the Aleutians
in Unalaska, AK, at the request of the Ounalashka Corporation and the
museum. No known individuals were identified. The 127 associated
funerary objects are 42 assorted bidarka pieces; 1 lot of wood
fragments and other wooden objects; 1 wood bidarka paddle; 1 wooden
spear shaft; 4 skin fragments from bidarka; 3 bone wedges; 1 bone
bladder plug; 1 bone rack peg; 2 toggles; 3 bone points; 1 bone harpoon
point; 1 bird bone awl; 2 bone awls; 1 digging tool; 1 bone fore-shaft;
1 bone hook; 1 bone fishhook shank; 1 bone artifact; 6 bird bones; 1
ivory labret; 1 walrus tusk; 1 curved antler fragment; 7 pieces of
cordage; 1 cord wrapped with skin; 1 piece of matting with black
decoration; 23 matting fragments; 1 piece of matting containing duff,
wood and bones; 1 piece of matting with grass and hair; 2 loose human
hairs; 1 lot of stuffing moss in unknown quantities; 1 grass bundle; 1
lot of grass padding; 1 birch bark fragment; 1 stone chip; 1 obsidian
point; 2 basalt points; 1 broken basalt blade; 1 worked pumice block; 2
pieces of bird feather coat remains; and 2 sea otter pelt remains.
Between 1947 and 1950, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Warm Cave on Kagamil Island, AK, by
Theodore P. Bank II, an ethno-botanist, and William S. Laughlin, a
physical anthropologist. The human remains were sent to the University
of Michigan. In 1982, at the request of the Ounalashka Corporation and
the National Park Service, the collection was moved to the University
of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks. In 2002, the human remains and
associated funerary artifacts were sent to The Museum of the Aleutians,
at the request of the Ounalashka Corporation and the museum. No known
individual was identified. The 23 associated funerary objects are 7
round wooden shafts; 5 wood pieces; 2 wood pieces with thong attached;
1 wooden piece bound with gut; 1 wood object with peg holes; 1 piece
birch bark; 3 pieces of matting, hair and fiber; 1 piece of cordage; 1
obsidian flake; and 1 worked shale fragment.
Between 1947 and 1950, human remains representing a minimum of four
individuals were removed from Mask Cave on Kagamil Island, AK, by
Theodore P. Bank II, an ethno-botanist. The human remains were sent to
the University of Michigan. In 1982, at the request of the Ounalashka
Corporation and the National Park Service, the collection was moved to
the University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks. In 2002, the human
remains and associated funerary artifacts were sent to The Museum of
the Aleutians, at the request of the Ounalashka Corporation and the
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museum. No known individuals were identified. The 60 funerary objects
are 3 complete or nearly complete painted wood masks; approximately 29
mask fragments; 4 figurines and carved wooden objects; 17 bidarka
pieces including a keel piece and a cross piece; 1 ivory labret; 1
ivory needle; 2 stone artifacts; 1 basalt flake; 1 shell object; and 1
lot of duff collected near a mask.
All individuals found within these caves are believed to be
associated with the modern day populations of Umnak Island and Chaluka
Corporation. There are no radiocarbon dates available for the human
remains. All known dated cave burials from the Aleutians are younger
than 2,000 years old (Black 1982, pg 24; Black 2003, pg 36; Hayes
2002). The human remains collected from burial caves on Kagamil Island
were interred using traditional Aleut burial practices. The burial
context and physical traits of the human remains are consistent with
those observed for pre-contact Aleut populations. Skeletal morphology
of present-day Aleut populations is similar to that of prehistoric
Aleut populations and demonstrates biological affiliation between
present-day Aleut groups and prehistoric populations in the Aleutian
Islands.
Analysis by the University of Alaska, Anchorage, with the
assistance of the Alaska State Office of History and Archaeology,
included cranio-metric analysis and non-metric analysis of the post
cranial skeletal human remains. The use of radiography was used to
determine the contents of a small mummy bundle from Warm Cave. Analysis
of the human remains concluded that these individuals are all of Aleut
origin and are related culturally and geographically to each other and
to the modern day inhabitants of Umnak Island, which are members of the
Chaluka Corporation and Native Village of Nikolski. Cultural
affiliation between the late prehistoric populations on Kagamil Island
and the Chaluka Corporation is demonstrated by recent historical
records. The Islands of the Four Mountains were occupied by a
culturally distinct group of which little is known. Contact with
Russian explorers was made in A.D. 1741. In the late 1700s, with
assistance from Russian explorers, the Umnak Aleuts waged war on the
people of the Islands of Four Mountains and around A.D. 1766 to 1772,
that group had been substantially destroyed. Survivors of the conflict
were incorporated into villages on Umnak.
Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7 have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of 35 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Region 7 also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(3)(A), the 210 objects described above are 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7 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 objects and the Chaluka
Corporation and Native Village of Nikolski.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Debra Corbett, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 786-3399,
before August 13, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Chaluka Corporation and Native
Village of Nikolski may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7 is responsible for
notifying the Chaluka Corporation and Native Village of Nikolski that
this notice has been published.
Dated: June 5, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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