Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK, 60238-60239 [2023-18824]

Download as PDF 60238 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 168 / Thursday, August 31, 2023 / Notices cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Placer County, CA. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after October 2, 2023. ADDRESSES: Zay D. Latt, San Francisco State NAGPRA Program, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 405–3545, email zlatt@ sfsu.edu. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the San Francisco State NAGPRA Program. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by the San Francisco State NAGPRA Program. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Description In 1964, cultural items were excavated and removed from sites PLA– 1, PLA–14, PLA–25, PLA–H–7, PLA–H– 11, PLA–H–12, PLA–19, and PLA–UNK in Placer County, CA. Upon the closure of the Tregenza Anthropology Museum in 2012, the cultural items were transferred to the San Francisco State University NAGPRA program. The objects of cultural patrimony are 15 lots consisting of modified stone, modified metal, and other objects. Cultural Affiliation The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: oral traditional, anthropological, archeological, geographical, historical, linguistic, other relevant information, and expert opinion. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the San Francisco State NAGPRA Program has determined that: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Aug 30, 2023 Jkt 259001 • The 15 cultural items described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 2, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the San Francisco State NAGPRA Program must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of cultural items are considered a single request and not competing requests. The San Francisco State NAGPRA Program is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 10.14. Dated: August 23, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–18825 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036497; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Description In 1935, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Yukon Willow Creek site in the middle Yukon Valley, about 25 miles south of Nulato, AK. The human remains, which are estimated to be over 200 years old, were removed by Frederica de Laguna, who at that time was associated with the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, PA. The human remains were brought back to the Museum, where they are currently being held in collections [PM# 35–21–149]. No associated funerary objects are present. Cultural Affiliation DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ACTION: Land Management (BLM Alaska) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from a site in the Yukon Willow Creek area about 25 miles south of Nulato, AK, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after October 2, 2023. ADDRESSES: Robert E. King, Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone (907) 271–5510, email r2king@blm.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of BLM Alaska. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by BLM Alaska. Sfmt 4703 The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological and oral traditional. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 168 / Thursday, August 31, 2023 / Notices Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, BLM Alaska has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice and the Nulato Village. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by: 1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. 2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 2, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, BLM Alaska must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. BLM Alaska is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14. Dated: August 23, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–18824 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036492; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Field Museum, Chicago, IL National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Aug 30, 2023 Jkt 259001 Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Kings County, CA. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after October 2, 2023. ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605–2496, telephone (312) 665–7317, email hrobbins@ fieldmuseum.org. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the Field Museum. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by the Field Museum. Description The 25 cultural items listed in this notice were removed from Kings County, CA. In May and June of 1901, Dr. John Hudson collected the cultural items on behalf of the Field Museum during a two-year expedition among the Native populations of California. That same year, the Field Museum accessioned these cultural items. Two of the cultural items are unassociated funerary objects. They are one lot consisting of shells and wampum, and one glass bead necklace. Nine of the cultural items are sacred objects. They are one dance clapper, one headdress, one roll of eagle down, one head net, one skirt, one hand wand, one bunch of eagle down, one lot consisting of white paint, and one roll of jay feathers. Fourteen of the cultural items are objects of cultural patrimony. They are one wooden mortar, two stone mortars, three sifting trays, one cooking basket, one small basket, one digging stick, one bone awl, one set of quiver and arrows, and three drills. Cultural Affiliation The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 60239 organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological, geographical, historical, oral traditional, and expert opinion. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Field Museum has determined that: • Two of the 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. • Nine of the cultural items described above are specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents. • Fourteen of the cultural items described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 2, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Field Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Field Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60238-60239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18824]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036497; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 
of Land Management (BLM Alaska) has completed an inventory of human 
remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between 
the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice. The human remains were removed from a site in the Yukon 
Willow Creek area about 25 miles south of Nulato, AK, in the Yukon-
Koyukuk Census Area, AK.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after October 2, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Robert E. King, Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. 7th 
Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone (907) 271-5510, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of BLM 
Alaska. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by BLM Alaska.

Description

    In 1935, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from the Yukon Willow Creek site in the middle Yukon 
Valley, about 25 miles south of Nulato, AK. The human remains, which 
are estimated to be over 200 years old, were removed by Frederica de 
Laguna, who at that time was associated with the University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, 
PA. The human remains were brought back to the Museum, where they are 
currently being held in collections [PM# 35-21-149]. No associated 
funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological and oral 
traditional.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate

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Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, BLM Alaska has 
determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Nulato Village.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after October 2, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, BLM Alaska must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. BLM Alaska is responsible for sending a copy of 
this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: August 23, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18824 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am]
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