Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK, 73369-73370 [2023-23540]
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47, 19–MD–158) in Middlesex County,
MA, two individuals were removed
(previously identified as one
individual). The 40 funerary objects
(previously identified as 0 associated
funerary objects) are two ceramic
sherds; five lots consisting of lithics;
one lot consisting of bone fragments;
four lots consisting of lithic debitage;
three lots consisting of unmodified
stone; one lot consisting of bone
fragments, ceramic sherds and charcoal;
one lot consisting of ground stone
objects, possible hammerstones, lithic
flakes/debitage, quartz flakes, ceramic
sherds, bone fragments, and unmodified
stones; 17 lots consisting of lithics,
debitage, ceramic sherds, charcoal, soil,
and ground stone tools; one lot
consisting of quartz flakes, flake shatter,
ground stone objects, and soil; one lot
consisting of a quartz scraper, flake
shatter, and unmodified stones; and four
soil samples.
From the Call Site (19–MD–37) in
Middlesex County, MA, 69 funerary
objects are identified as associated with
the remains of the two individuals
identified in the previous notice
(previously, 66 associated funerary
objects were identified). These
associated funerary objects are two
chipped stone projectile points, two
pottery sherds, six burned animal bone
fragments, two small flat pebbles, one
charcoal sample, 43 chipped stone
flakes, 10 unmodified rocks, and three
soil samples.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology has determined
that:
• The human remains represent the
physical remains of 16 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
• The 186 objects described in this
amended notice 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe, and the Wampanoag
Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
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ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes identified in this notice and, if
joined to a request from one or more of
the Indian Tribes, the Assonet Band of
the Wampanoag Nation, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
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
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after November 24, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes 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, 10.13,
and 10.14.
Dated: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036821;
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Anchorage, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
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remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from the Iyatayet site on
the northwestern shore of Cape Denbigh
and northwest of Shaktoolik, in the
Nome Census Area, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
November 24, 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.
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the Iyatayet site on the
northwestern shore of Cape Denbigh
and northwest of Shaktoolik, AK. The
human remains, which are estimated to
be at least 800 years old, were removed
by an unknown party, probably in the
1950s or 1960s, and were placed in the
collection of the Haffenreffer Museum of
Anthropology at Brown University in
Providence, RI. (The museum’s
sponsorship of multiple expeditions to
Alaska in the mid-20th century might
account for its custody of these human
remains.) The one associated funerary
object is one lot consisting of
unidentified faunal remains.
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
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, BLM Alaska has
determined that:
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• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Native Village of
Shaktoolik.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after November 24, 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 and
associated funerary objects 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.)
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Dated: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036526;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Eastern California Museum,
Independence, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Eastern
California Museum (ECM) 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 Inyo County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Shawn E. Lum, Eastern
California Museum, 155 Grant Street,
P.O. Box 206, Independence, CA 93526,
telephone (760) 878–0258, email
ecmuseum@inyocounty.us.
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 Eastern California
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 inventory or related
records held by Eastern California
Museum.
SUMMARY:
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Inyo County, CA. The human
remains were found on November 24,
1962, at an Indian campsite near Goose
Lake and northeast of Independence, in
the Owens Valley. These human
remains (Accession #A1942/NL1/NL2)
were loaned to ECM in 1968. In 2022,
with donor permission, the loan was
converted to a gift, with the
understanding that ECM would work to
respectfully repatriate the human
remains.
Additional statement from Sean
Scruggs: Theft, collections, and
destruction of ancestral lands are the
reasons repatriation by tribal people is
necessary by people like myself, Sean
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Officer for the Fort Independence Indian
Reservation. The act of repatriation is
honorable itself, much like that of the
United States military when fallen
soldiers are returned home from foreign
lands. Through repatriation, tribal
people work to restore traditional
homelands by returning family members
home to give them the peace and honor
they so richly deserve.
Tribal people have no ceremony for
re-burials. Native Americans did not
collect and desecrate burial sites, they
were left intact for the natural world as
our Creator intended. The act of
repatriation puts me, and others, at
spiritual, emotional, and physical risk
by attempting to return these family
members where they belong. Entrusted
not only with their physical remains,
but their spirit as well—tribal people get
only one chance help a person complete
their journey home.
On May 1, 2023, a NAGPRA
osteologist confirmed at least two of
three facts that I ‘‘felt’’ prior to the
assessment of the man I am choosing to
care for. I connected with the individual
and felt that he was a man around my
age (40–50) and that he experienced
something traumatic. He and I both
share trauma in our lives. As such, my
intuition tells me that he was a warrior
and possibly a Chief among our people.
The expert confirmed that the person is
a male about 45 years old who had fire
effects consistent with a cremation that
was likely interrupted. Later, I had
visions through this man’s eyes as he
went through the cremation whereby, I
could feel the heat of the fire and see the
flames of the fire through his eyes. I can
feel his emotional pain and sorrow with
visions of his wife and young daughter
standing in the light of the fire as his
body burned. Additionally, I felt that
the cremation had either been stopped
and or covered for fear of being
discovered by settlers, making this event
extremely traumatic and likely around
the 1850’s.
In Payahuunadu¨ or the Land of
Flowing Water (the Owens Valley),
which is the place of our Creation,
cremations and burial methods changed
dramatically as a result of
extermination, forced removal, creation
of reservations, and assimilation. This
extreme generational trauma and
cultural disruption still creates dramatic
shifts in the ability of our people to pass
from this life to the next. Native
Americans were not recognized as
citizens until June 2, 1924. To me, the
only rights that our ancestors have are
those few afforded by NAGPRA which
still doesn’t recognize their basic right
to rest in peace on their ancestral
homes. The extraordinary efforts of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036821; 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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from the Iyatayet site on the northwestern shore of Cape
Denbigh and northwest of Shaktoolik, in the Nome Census Area, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 24, 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
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Iyatayet site on the northwestern shore of Cape Denbigh and
northwest of Shaktoolik, AK. The human remains, which are estimated to
be at least 800 years old, were removed by an unknown party, probably
in the 1950s or 1960s, and were placed in the collection of the
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University in Providence,
RI. (The museum's sponsorship of multiple expeditions to Alaska in the
mid-20th century might account for its custody of these human remains.)
The one associated funerary object is one lot consisting of
unidentified faunal remains.
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 Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, BLM Alaska has determined that:
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The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
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.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Native Village of Shaktoolik.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 24, 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 and associated
funerary objects 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: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23540 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]
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