Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK, and Public Museum of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI, 65141-65142 [E9-29291]
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Dated: November 9, 2009.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–29299 Filed 12–9–09; 8:45 am]
1937 Alaskan cruise were recorded as
collected from southeast Alaska. Based
on this evidence, the museum considers
the objects to have been removed from
a location along the Alaska Steamship
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Company’s Seattle-Skagway-Sitka route
in southeast Alaska.
The museum consulted with the
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Sealaska Corporation regarding these
unassociated funerary objects. In 1971,
National Park Service
the Sealaska Corporation was formed
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
under the Alaska Native Claims
Items: Paul H. Karshner Memorial
Settlement Act, and its shareholders
Museum, Puyallup, WA
include Native residents of southeast
Alaska and Native people who
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
originated from southeast Alaska.
ACTION: Notice.
Southeast Alaska is within the
traditional territory of the Tlingit and
Notice is here given in accordance
Haida Alaskan Native groups (De
with the Native American Graves
Laguna 1990: 203–228; Whorl
Protection and Repatriation Act
1990:149–158 in Handbook of North
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
American Indians, Vol. 7, Northwest
to repatriate cultural items in the
Coast). Consultation evidence presented
possession of the Paul H. Karshner
by the Sealaska Corporation supports
Memorial Museum, Puyallup, WA, that
the use of Russian trade beads among
meets the definition of ‘‘unassociated
Alaskan Native Tlingit people as early
funerary objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. as 1741, when the first contact between
This notice is published as part of the Tlingit people and Russians occurred
National Park Service’s administrative
(Dauenhauer, 2008). The beads became
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
a symbol of wealth for Tlingit people
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
who owned them, and it was a common
in this notice are the sole responsibility
practice among the Tlingit to inter beads
of the museum, institution, or Federal
with their deceased.
agency that has control of the cultural
Officials of the Paul H. Karshner
items. The National Park Service is not
Memorial Museum have determined
responsible for the determinations in
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B),
this notice.
the two cultural items described above
In 1937, two unassociated funerary
are reasonably believed to have been
objects were removed from a grave in
placed with or near individual human
Alaska, by Dr. Warner and Mrs. Ella
remains at the time of death or later as
Karshner while on a tourist cruise of
part of the death rite or ceremony and
southeast Alaska, and donated to the
are believed, by a preponderance of the
Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum in
evidence, to have been removed from a
1938 (Catalog No. 1938.01.1–71). The
specific burial site of an Native
objects are described in museum records American individual. Officials of the
as, ‘‘2 strings of old Russian beads from
Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum
an Alaskan grave. Probably used in
also have determined that, pursuant to
barter with Indians when Alaska
25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a
belonged to Russia.’’ The two necklaces relationship of shared group identity
are composed of glass beads of various
that can be reasonably traced between
colors. One necklace has faceted blue
the unassociated funerary objects and
and round red beads (26’’ long); the
the Sealaska Corporation.
other necklace has blue, green, white,
Representatives of any other Indian
red, black, and yellow round beads (66’’ tribe that believes itself to be culturally
long).
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
While there is no record of the exact
objects should contact Dr. Jay Reifel,
location the funerary objects were
Assistant Superintendent, Puyallup
obtained, the museum has a letter
School District, telephone (253) 840–
written by Mrs. Karshner describing the 8971, or Ms. Beth Bestrom, Curator,
couple’s 1937 Alaskan cruise on the SS
Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum,
Cordova, an Alaska Steamship Company 309 4th St. NE, Puyallup, WA 98372,
(ASC) vessel. On their cruise, she noted telephone (253) 841–8748, before
they stopped for two weeks at Klawock, January 8, 2010. Repatriation of the
located on the west side of Prince of
unassociated funerary objects to the
Wales Island. A 1936 Alaska Steamship Sealaska Corporation may proceed after
Company route map confirms Klawock
that date if no additional claimants
was a stop along their Seattle-Skagwaycome forward.
The Paul H. Karshner Memorial
Sitka route. All of the other items
Museum is responsible for notifying the
donated by the Karshners from their
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Sealaska Corporation that this notice
has been published.
Dated: October 29, 2009.
Richard C. Waldbauer,
Acting 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, Bureau of
Land Management, Alaska State Office,
Anchorage, AK, and Public Museum of
West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI
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 control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office,
Anchorage, AK, and in the possession of
the Public Museum of West Michigan
(Grand Rapids Public Museum), Grand
Rapids, MI. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Amaknak Island,
Aleutians East Borough, 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 and associated funerary objects
was made by the Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, and
the Grand Rapids Public Museum
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Ounalashka
Corporation and Qawalangin Tribe of
Unalaska.
In 1971, human remains representing
a minimum of 15 individuals were
removed from the Dutch Harbor Site on
Amaknak Island, Aleutians East
Borough, AK, during an expedition that
was co-sponsored by the American
Institute for Exploration, Western
Michigan University, and the Public
Museum of Grand Rapids. The
expedition was directed by Western
Michigan University faculty and Ted
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Banks, president of the American
Institute for Exploration. No known
individuals were identified. The 2,152
associated funerary are 131 hammer
stones; 17 stone lamps; 1,184 stone
flakes; 5 lithic cores; 49 lithic scrapers;
34 slate knives; 44 projectile points; 23
net sinkers; 203 fired cracked rocks; 25
stone abraders; 36 harpoon points; 169
bone tools; 1 bottle of whale amber; 1
quartz crystal; 1 channel coal fragment;
1 stone maul; 1 bone seal effigy; 1 stone
effigy; 1 stone human effigy; 1 ground
stone discoidal; 3 labrets; 1 bone
fishhook; 205 bags of fish, shell, animal,
and sea mammal bone; and 15 charcoal,
wood, and soil samples.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from a
35–foot mound. This mound was the
result of multiple dumping episodes
from a succession of native villages. The
funerary objects were found with the
human remains and are consistent with
other associated funerary objects
reported from other locations in this
region. The human remains and
associated funerary objects have been
determined to be prehistoric.
Consultation with the Qawalangin
Tribe of Unalaska, the Ounalashka
Corporation, as well as academic expert
opinions provided by the Alaska State
Archaeologist and anthropology
professors at the University of Alaska,
are unanimous in identifying the
current residents of Unalaska Island to
be the descendants of the prehistoric
people who occupied the site. Amaknak
Island and the surrounding area have
been inhabited for over 8,000 years by
Aleut (Unangan) people. Based on
geographic location, oral history and
archeological evidence, the human
remains and associated funerary objects
from Amaknak Island are determined to
be Native American and ancestors of
members of the Ounalashka Corporation
and Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.
Officials of the Bureau of Land
Management 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 15 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Bureau of Land Management have also
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 2,152 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 Bureau
of Land Management 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
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remains and associated funerary objects
and the Ounalashka Corporation and
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Robert E. King, Alaska State
NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Land
Management, 222 W. 7th Ave., Box 13,
Anchorage, AK 99513–7599, telephone
(907) 271–5510, before January 8, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Ounalashka Corporation and
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Alaska State Office, Bureau of
Land Management is responsible for
notifying the Ounalashka Corporation
and Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska that
this notice has been published.
Dated: November 13, 2009.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–29291 Filed 12–8–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West, Los Angeles, CA
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 an associated funerary
object in the possession of the
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian at the Autry National Center of
the American West, Los Angeles, CA.
The human remains and associated
funerary object were removed from
either Inyo or Tulare County, CA.
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 the Southwest
Museum of the American Indian at the
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Autry National Center of the American
West professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the PaiuteShoshone Tribe of the Fallon
Reservation and Colony, Nevada, which
is representing the Great Basin InterTribal NAGPRA Coalition, a nonFederally recognized Indian coalition,
consisting of the Inter-Tribal Council of
Nevada, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group, and the following
Federally-recognized Indian tribes:
Battle Mountain Shoshone Tribe
(Constituent band of the Te-Moak Tribe
of Western Shoshone Indians of
Nevada); Bridgeport Paiute Indian
Colony of California; Duckwater
Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater
Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone
Tribe of Nevada; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian
Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe
of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada;
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the
Moapa River Indian Reservation,
Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the
Bishop Community of the Bishop
Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and
Colony, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian
Colony, Nevada; Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada; South Fork Band (Constituent
band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada);
Susanville Indian Rancheria, California;
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
Indians of Nevada; Washoe Tribe of
Nevada and California; and Yomba
Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba
Reservation, Nevada. Additional tribes
consulted were the Alturas Indian
Rancheria, California; Big Pine Band of
Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone; Burns
Paiute Tribe; Cedarville Rancheria,
California; Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of
the Chemehuevi Reservation, California;
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute
Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Death
Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of
California; Elko Band (Constituent band
of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western
Shoshone Indians of Nevada); Fort
Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort
Bidwell Reservation of California; Fort
Independence Indian Community of
Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence
Reservation, California; Fort McDermitt
Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort
McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada
and Oregon; Kaibab Band of Paiute
Indians of the Kaibab Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Northwestern
Band of the Shoshoni Nation of Utah
(Washakie); Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
(Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Paiute-
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK, and
Public Museum of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI
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 control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK, and in the
possession of the Public Museum of West Michigan (Grand Rapids Public
Museum), Grand Rapids, MI. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Amaknak Island, Aleutians East Borough, 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 and associated funerary
objects was made by the Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office,
and the Grand Rapids Public Museum professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Ounalashka Corporation and Qawalangin Tribe
of Unalaska.
In 1971, human remains representing a minimum of 15 individuals
were removed from the Dutch Harbor Site on Amaknak Island, Aleutians
East Borough, AK, during an expedition that was co-sponsored by the
American Institute for Exploration, Western Michigan University, and
the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. The expedition was directed by
Western Michigan University faculty and Ted
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Banks, president of the American Institute for Exploration. No known
individuals were identified. The 2,152 associated funerary are 131
hammer stones; 17 stone lamps; 1,184 stone flakes; 5 lithic cores; 49
lithic scrapers; 34 slate knives; 44 projectile points; 23 net sinkers;
203 fired cracked rocks; 25 stone abraders; 36 harpoon points; 169 bone
tools; 1 bottle of whale amber; 1 quartz crystal; 1 channel coal
fragment; 1 stone maul; 1 bone seal effigy; 1 stone effigy; 1 stone
human effigy; 1 ground stone discoidal; 3 labrets; 1 bone fishhook; 205
bags of fish, shell, animal, and sea mammal bone; and 15 charcoal,
wood, and soil samples.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
a 35-foot mound. This mound was the result of multiple dumping episodes
from a succession of native villages. The funerary objects were found
with the human remains and are consistent with other associated
funerary objects reported from other locations in this region. The
human remains and associated funerary objects have been determined to
be prehistoric.
Consultation with the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska, the Ounalashka
Corporation, as well as academic expert opinions provided by the Alaska
State Archaeologist and anthropology professors at the University of
Alaska, are unanimous in identifying the current residents of Unalaska
Island to be the descendants of the prehistoric people who occupied the
site. Amaknak Island and the surrounding area have been inhabited for
over 8,000 years by Aleut (Unangan) people. Based on geographic
location, oral history and archeological evidence, the human remains
and associated funerary objects from Amaknak Island are determined to
be Native American and ancestors of members of the Ounalashka
Corporation and Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.
Officials of the Bureau of Land Management 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 15 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of Land Management have also
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 2,152 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 Bureau of Land
Management 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 Ounalashka Corporation and Qawalangin Tribe of
Unalaska.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Dr. Robert E. King, Alaska State NAGPRA
Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. 7th Ave., Box 13,
Anchorage, AK 99513-7599, telephone (907) 271-5510, before January 8,
2010. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
to the Ounalashka Corporation and Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management is responsible
for notifying the Ounalashka Corporation and Qawalangin Tribe of
Unalaska that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 13, 2009.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-29291 Filed 12-8-09; 8:45 am]
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