Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK, 38754-38755 [2021-15566]
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incorporated into the report, and a final
report is issued to the Tribe.
Title of Collection: Tribal Trust
Evaluations for Public Law 93–639
Compact Tribes.
OMB Control Number: 1035–0005.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Tribes
that have an annual funding agreement
in place to compact Indian trust
programs.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 64 Tribes. Federal
agencies are exempt from the PRA and
are not included in the total annual
respondents/responses/burden hour
estimates.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,024.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 2 hours for reporting and 1
hour for recordkeeping.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 3,072.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: Once per
fiscal or calendar year (year the
respective Tribe operates under).
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour
Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Jeffrey Parrillo,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Alaska State Office,
Anchorage, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
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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 BLM. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
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 BLM at the address in this
notice by August 23, 2021.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert E. King, Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 W
7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513,
telephone (907) 271–5510, email
r2king@blm.gov.
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
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, Alaska State
Office, Anchorage, AK. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Unalaska Island and
Amaknak Island in the Eastern Aleutian
Islands, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the BLM with the
help of the University of Alaska
Museum of the North professional staff
in consultation with representatives of
the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.
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History and Description of the Remains
In 1948, human remains representing
at minimum, one individual were
removed from the Chernofski site on
Unalaska Island, Eastern Aleutian
Islands, AK. The work was done as part
of the Harvard Peabody Museum’s
Aleutian Expedition of 1948, led by
Harvard University graduate student
William S. Laughlin. The Harvard
Peabody Museum felt it had
authorization for the work under a
contract to partially fund the 1948
Expedition, but it obtained an
Antiquities Act Permit for work during
a second season in 1949, due to
uncertainty about the authorization for
the 1948 work. The human remains of
the one individual removed in 1948
were accessioned by the Harvard
Peabody Museum, where they remained
until 2017, when they were transferred
to the Bureau of Land Management in
Alaska and placed in their current
location at the University of Alaska
Museum of the North. The human
remains consist of a single mandible
from an adult of unknown sex. No
known individual was identified. The
one associated funerary object is the
fragment of a ground stone lamp.
The site is more than 200 years old;
its actual age unknown. The stone lamp
fragment is consistent with items found
in other archeological sites more than
200 years old in the Eastern Aleutian
Islands. Based on genetic studies as well
as a continuity in artifact styles,
scientists view the current aboriginal
Unangan population of the Eastern
Aleutian Islands as direct descendants
of the people who first came to the
region 9,000 or more years ago and were
never replaced by any other people.
This view is consistent with oral
traditional information provided by
today’s Unangan people.
In 1950, human remains representing
at minimum, five individuals were
removed from the Eider Point Site on
Unalaska Island, Eastern Aleutian
Islands, AK. That same year, human
remains representing one individual
were removed from the Amaknak Burial
Site on Amaknak Island, near Unalaska
Island. Both removals were carried out
by Ted P. Bank II, of the University of
Michigan, under a Federal permit.
Initially, the human remains were
placed at the University of Michigan.
Around the late 1990s, these six sets of
human remains were moved to the
Museum of the Aleutians, Unalaska,
Alaska. Until 2018, the human remains
were believed to be under the control of
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS). Accordingly, FWS moved the
remains from the Museum of the
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Aleutians to Anchorage, Alaska
sometime prior to 2012. In 2018, when
the human remains were transferred to
the Bureau of Land Management in
Anchorage, AK, the BLM placed them at
the University Museum of the North,
Fairbanks, AK, where they are currently
located. The human remains for each of
the six individuals vary as to
completeness with none more than 10–
15% complete. One individual is
represented by a single mandible. The
others are represented predominately by
smaller bones, including some complete
or fragmentary vertebrae, ribs, ulnas,
femurs, metatarsals, and tibias. Some of
the six individuals are also represented
by innominate fragments, one pubis,
one sacrum, and one scapula. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The remains of the six individuals
removed from the Eider Point Site and
the Amaknak Burial Site are all over 200
years old; their actual age is unknown.
The connection between the remains of
these six individuals and today’s
Unangan people is based on the above
cited information.
Sometime between the late 1940s and
late 1970s, human remains representing,
at minimum, four individuals were
removed from an unknown site on
Amaknak Island by William Laughlin
who, during these years, was associated
variously with several universities.
These four sets of human remains were
found at the Museum of
Anthropological Archaeology at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
They had been placed there at an
unknown date due to Laughlin’s
collaboration on Eastern Aleutian
archeological work with Ted P. Bank II
of the University of Michigan. The four
individuals are represented by 13 teeth
and a single long bone fragment. The
four individuals include three adults
and one subadult, all of unknown sex.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
The remains of the four individuals
removed from Amaknak Island are all
over 200 years old; their actual age is
unknown. The connection between the
remains of these six individuals and
today’s Unangan people is based on the
above cited information.
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Alaska State Office
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
Alaska State Office have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
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represent the physical remains of 11
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the one object described in this notice
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.
• 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 Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.
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 and associated
funerary object should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Robert E. King, Bureau of
Land Management, Alaska State Office,
222 W 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK
99513, telephone (907) 271–5510, email
r2king@blm.gov, by August 23, 2021.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary object to the
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska may
proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Alaska
State Office is responsible for notifying
the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology, 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 objects of cultural
patrimony. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
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Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to the
University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology. 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 University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology at the address in this
notice by August 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne Amati, University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology, 2000 E
Asbury Avenue, Sturm Hall 146,
Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 871–
2687, email anne.amati@du.edu.
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
University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO, that meet
the definition of objects 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 Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
At an unknown date, one cultural
item was removed from an unknown
site in the state of Arizona. At an
unknown date, the item came into the
possession of Kohlberg’s Antique Store
in Denver, CO, where it was purchased
by Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees
donated the item to the University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology. The
one object of cultural patrimony is a
dipper (DU# 3887). It is in the Gila Plain
style and was likely produced between
A.D. 200–1450, which encompasses the
Hohokam cultural sequence.
At unknown dates, 16 cultural items
were removed from unknown sites in
the state of Arizona. At unknown dates,
the items came into the possession of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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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: 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, 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 BLM. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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
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 BLM at the address in this notice by
August 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert E. King, Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 W 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK
99513, telephone (907) 271-5510, email [email protected].
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 U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office,
Anchorage, AK. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Unalaska Island and Amaknak Island in the Eastern Aleutian
Islands, 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 BLM with
the help of the University of Alaska Museum of the North professional
staff in consultation with representatives of the Qawalangin Tribe of
Unalaska.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1948, human remains representing at minimum, one individual were
removed from the Chernofski site on Unalaska Island, Eastern Aleutian
Islands, AK. The work was done as part of the Harvard Peabody Museum's
Aleutian Expedition of 1948, led by Harvard University graduate student
William S. Laughlin. The Harvard Peabody Museum felt it had
authorization for the work under a contract to partially fund the 1948
Expedition, but it obtained an Antiquities Act Permit for work during a
second season in 1949, due to uncertainty about the authorization for
the 1948 work. The human remains of the one individual removed in 1948
were accessioned by the Harvard Peabody Museum, where they remained
until 2017, when they were transferred to the Bureau of Land Management
in Alaska and placed in their current location at the University of
Alaska Museum of the North. The human remains consist of a single
mandible from an adult of unknown sex. No known individual was
identified. The one associated funerary object is the fragment of a
ground stone lamp.
The site is more than 200 years old; its actual age unknown. The
stone lamp fragment is consistent with items found in other
archeological sites more than 200 years old in the Eastern Aleutian
Islands. Based on genetic studies as well as a continuity in artifact
styles, scientists view the current aboriginal Unangan population of
the Eastern Aleutian Islands as direct descendants of the people who
first came to the region 9,000 or more years ago and were never
replaced by any other people. This view is consistent with oral
traditional information provided by today's Unangan people.
In 1950, human remains representing at minimum, five individuals
were removed from the Eider Point Site on Unalaska Island, Eastern
Aleutian Islands, AK. That same year, human remains representing one
individual were removed from the Amaknak Burial Site on Amaknak Island,
near Unalaska Island. Both removals were carried out by Ted P. Bank II,
of the University of Michigan, under a Federal permit. Initially, the
human remains were placed at the University of Michigan. Around the
late 1990s, these six sets of human remains were moved to the Museum of
the Aleutians, Unalaska, Alaska. Until 2018, the human remains were
believed to be under the control of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS). Accordingly, FWS moved the remains from the Museum of the
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Aleutians to Anchorage, Alaska sometime prior to 2012. In 2018, when
the human remains were transferred to the Bureau of Land Management in
Anchorage, AK, the BLM placed them at the University Museum of the
North, Fairbanks, AK, where they are currently located. The human
remains for each of the six individuals vary as to completeness with
none more than 10-15% complete. One individual is represented by a
single mandible. The others are represented predominately by smaller
bones, including some complete or fragmentary vertebrae, ribs, ulnas,
femurs, metatarsals, and tibias. Some of the six individuals are also
represented by innominate fragments, one pubis, one sacrum, and one
scapula. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The remains of the six individuals removed from the Eider Point
Site and the Amaknak Burial Site are all over 200 years old; their
actual age is unknown. The connection between the remains of these six
individuals and today's Unangan people is based on the above cited
information.
Sometime between the late 1940s and late 1970s, human remains
representing, at minimum, four individuals were removed from an unknown
site on Amaknak Island by William Laughlin who, during these years, was
associated variously with several universities. These four sets of
human remains were found at the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. They had been placed
there at an unknown date due to Laughlin's collaboration on Eastern
Aleutian archeological work with Ted P. Bank II of the University of
Michigan. The four individuals are represented by 13 teeth and a single
long bone fragment. The four individuals include three adults and one
subadult, all of unknown sex. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The remains of the four individuals removed from Amaknak Island are
all over 200 years old; their actual age is unknown. The connection
between the remains of these six individuals and today's Unangan people
is based on the above cited information.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Alaska State Office
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 11 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described
in this notice 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.
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
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.
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 and associated
funerary object should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Robert E. King, Bureau of Land Management,
Alaska State Office, 222 W 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513,
telephone (907) 271-5510, email [email protected], by August 23, 2021.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary object
to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
Alaska State Office is responsible for notifying the Qawalangin Tribe
of Unalaska that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 14, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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