Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK, 20630-20631 [2017-08880]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 84 / Wednesday, May 3, 2017 / Notices
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.
This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals published in a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (81 FR 60380–60381,
September 1, 2016). Additional human
remains from these sites were
discovered during the reorganization of
a storage area. Transfer of control of the
items in this correction notice has not
occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (81 FR 60380,
September 1, 2016), column 3,
paragraph 2, sentence 1, under the
heading ‘‘History and Description of the
Remains,’’ is corrected by replacing the
number ‘‘242’’ with the number ‘‘243’’.
In the Federal Register (81 FR 60381,
September 1, 2016), column 2,
paragraph 2, sentence 1, under the
heading ‘‘Determinations Made by the
Tennessee Valley Authority,’’ is
corrected by replacing the number
‘‘292’’ with the number ‘‘293’’.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Dr. Thomas O.
Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, WT11D, Knoxville, TN 37902–
1401, telephone (865) 632–7458, email
tomaher@tva.gov, by June 2, 2017. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains to the Chickasaw
Nation may proceed.
TVA is responsible for notifying the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee
Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
that this notice has been published.
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Dated: March 1, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK
(Alaska Region USFWS), in consultation
with the appropriate Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural items listed
in this notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the
Alaska Region USFWS. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural items to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Alaska Region USFWS, at the
address in this notice by June 2, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Edward J. DeCleva, Regional
Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region,
1011 East Tudor Road, MS–235,
Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907)
786–3399, email Edward_decleva@
fws.gov.
SUMMARY:
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 cultural
items under the control of the USFWS
Alaska Region that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects 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
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this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
In 1967, 42 cultural items were
removed from site NH–1, now identified
as 49–XNI–003, in Nash Harbor,
Nunivak Island, AK. They were
transferred to the University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
in 2005. The 42 unassociated funerary
objects are 1 girl’s triangular wooden
bowl; 2 fragments of a bone sled runner;
1 bone arrow shaft; 1 plain Nash Harbor
ceramic vessel with grass and gravel
temper; 1 ground slate whetstone; 1
piece of slate debitage; 33 pieces of
Nash ceramics (some conjoined); and 2
matching fragments of a wood shaft.
In 1973, two cultural items were
removed from site EN–1, now identified
as 49–XNI–015, at Cape Etolin, Nunivak
Island, AK. They were transferred to the
University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History in 2005.
The two unassociated funerary objects
are 2 shotgun shells including shot and
one bead.
Nunivak Island is traditional territory
of the Central-Yup’ik-speaking Nunivak
Eskimo or Nuniwarmiut people. Oral
tradition and archeological
investigations indicate that Nunivak
Island was inhabited at least 2600 years
ago and most likely continuously
occupied by descendants of the initial
population. The nature of the funerary
artifacts suggests a post-contact age.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region
Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Alaska Region, have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 44 cultural items 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Nuniwarmiut people of
Alaska, today represented by the Native
Village of Mekoryuk.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Edward J. DeCleva, Regional Historic
Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, 1011
East Tudor Road, MS–235, Anchorage
AK 99503, telephone (907) 786–3399,
email Edward_decleva@fws.gov, by June
2, 2017. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to the Native Village of
Mekoryuk may proceed.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Alaska Region, is responsible for
notifying the Native Village of
Mekoryuk that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 29, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology,
Philadelphia, PA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology (the Museum) has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the lineal
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descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology at the address in this
notice by June 2, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Julian Siggers, Williams
Director, University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104, telephone (215)
898–4050.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology,
Philadelphia, PA. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from Baranoff 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes; Chilkat Indian Village
(Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association
(Haines); Hoonah Indian Association;
Sitka Tribe of Alaska; Yakutat Tlingit
Tribe; and Sealaska Corporation, a nonfederally recognized entity.
History and Description of the Remains
In December 1931, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a cave, in
an unknown location, on the shoreline
of Baranof Island in the Peril Strait in
Alaska by Louis Shotridge. The human
remains (UPM no. 31–29–17) represent
the intact, fully clothed body of a single
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individual, male, 45–50 years old. The
human remains are naturally
mummified from the waist to the head.
The pelvis and lower limbs are fully
skeletonized. The human remains are
believed to be those of Kagank, a Tlingit
Kaagwaantaan Shaman. The 12
associated funerary objects include one
exterior woven mat, one hide wrapping,
one wool blanket, one wooden frame
structure over the face, one nose pin,
one pair of hide gloves, one hide shirt
with quill decoration, one fine woven
cloth, one pair of hide boots, one bird
wing, one ornament of braided hair, and
one twined basket.
The positioning and ornamentation of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects was reviewed by the
Museum staff and several Tlingit
consultants. The evidence strongly
suggests that this individual is from the
Northwest Coast region. Louis Shotridge
collected the human remains directly
from their original cave setting on the
shoreline of Baronoff Island in the Peril
Strait and shipped them to the
University of Pennsylvania Museum in
early 1932. According to collector
information, consultation, and
ethnographic and anthropological
literature, the cave is located within
traditional Tlingit Sitka Territory.
Collector documents and consultation
information identify this individual as
Kagank, a Tlingit shaman from the
Kaagwaantaan clan. According to
Shotridge’s ethnographic field notes, the
name Kagank originates with the
Kagwaantaan clan at Chilkat during the
early period of their occupation of the
area. According to consultation
information provided in 2013, the name
Kagank is also attributed to a 19th
century Tlingit Kaagwaantaan shaman
who died en route to a Deisheetan Clan
potlatch. Members of the Kaagwaantaan
Clan are represented today by the
Central Council of Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes; Chilkat Indian Village
(Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association
(Haines); Hoonah Indian Association;
Sitka Tribe of Alaska; and Yakutat
Tlingit Tribe. During consultation in
2005, representatives of the Hoonah
Indian Association indicated that these
human remains were not affiliated with
the village of Hoonah.
Determinations Made by the University
of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology
Officials of the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23188; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage,
AK (Alaska Region USFWS), in consultation with the appropriate Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written
request to the Alaska Region USFWS. If no additional claimants come
forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Alaska Region USFWS, at the
address in this notice by June 2, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Edward J. DeCleva, Regional Historic Preservation Officer,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, 1011 East Tudor Road,
MS-235, Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 786-3399, email
Edward_decleva@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 cultural items under the
control of the USFWS Alaska Region that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects 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 Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
In 1967, 42 cultural items were removed from site NH-1, now
identified as 49-XNI-003, in Nash Harbor, Nunivak Island, AK. They were
transferred to the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History in 2005. The 42 unassociated funerary objects are 1 girl's
triangular wooden bowl; 2 fragments of a bone sled runner; 1 bone arrow
shaft; 1 plain Nash Harbor ceramic vessel with grass and gravel temper;
1 ground slate whetstone; 1 piece of slate debitage; 33 pieces of Nash
ceramics (some conjoined); and 2 matching fragments of a wood shaft.
In 1973, two cultural items were removed from site EN-1, now
identified as 49-XNI-015, at Cape Etolin, Nunivak Island, AK. They were
transferred to the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History in 2005. The two unassociated funerary objects are 2 shotgun
shells including shot and one bead.
Nunivak Island is traditional territory of the Central-Yup'ik-
speaking Nunivak Eskimo or Nuniwarmiut people. Oral tradition and
archeological investigations indicate that Nunivak Island was inhabited
at least 2600 years ago and most likely continuously occupied by
descendants of the initial population. The nature of the funerary
artifacts suggests a post-contact age.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska
Region
Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region,
have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 44 cultural items
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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Nuniwarmiut people of Alaska,
today represented by the Native Village of Mekoryuk.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Edward J. DeCleva, Regional Historic
Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region,
1011 East Tudor Road, MS-235, Anchorage AK 99503, telephone (907) 786-
3399, email Edward_decleva@fws.gov, by June 2, 2017. After that date,
if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of
the unassociated funerary objects to the Native Village of Mekoryuk may
proceed.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, is responsible
for notifying the Native Village of Mekoryuk that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 29, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-08880 Filed 5-2-17; 8:45 am]
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