Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK, 86375-86376 [2023-27375]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037061;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Alaska Museum of the
North, Fairbanks, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Alaska Museum of the
North 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 Aleutians West
Census Area, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
January 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Josh Reuther, University of
Alaska Museum of the North, 1962
Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775,
telephone (907) 474–6943, email
jreuther@alaska.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 University of
Alaska Museum of the North. 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 the University of Alaska Museum of
the North.
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SUMMARY:
Description
In 1937, nine associated funerary
objects were collected by Don McKay
from Unalaska Island in the Aleutian
Islands. The exact location is unknown;
the provenience is listed as Dutch
Harbor Spit. In 1981, these funerary
objects were deposited at the University
of Alaska Museum of the North.
Museum records show that in 1937, the
human remains associated with these
funerary objects were given to Ales
Hrdlicka at the Smithsonian Institute in
Washington DC The nine associated
funerary objects are four worked bone
objects, one pounding stone, three stone
lamps, and one slate blade.
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In 1977, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from the Amaknak Bridge Site
on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian
Islands. The human remains of this
individual were removed during
archeological work conducted at the site
by Glenn Bacon and were deposited at
the University of Alaska Museum of the
North shortly thereafter. The human
remains consist of a single left half of a
mandible belonging to an adult between
30 and 50 years old and of unknown
sex. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Sometime prior to 1982, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an
unknown site on Unalaska Island in the
Aleutian Islands. The human remains of
this individual were removed by an
unknown person and were deposited at
the University of Alaska Museum of the
North prior to 1982. The human remains
consist of a single cranium frontal bone
belonging to a juvenile 4 to 6 years old
and of unknown sex. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Sometime prior to 1993, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Eider
Point on Unalaska Island in the
Aleutian Islands. The human remains of
this individual were removed by an
unknown person and were deposited at
the University of Alaska Museum of the
North prior to 1993. The human remains
consist of a single left femur belonging
to an adult female 21 to 35 years old. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Sometime prior to 1993, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Reese
Bay on Unalaska Island in the Eastern
Aleutian Islands. The human remains of
this individual were removed by an
unknown person and were deposited at
the University of Alaska Museum of the
North prior to 1993. The human remains
consist of a single left radius belonging
to an adult at least 30 years old and of
unknown sex. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Sometime prior to 1993, human
remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from an
unknown location on Unalaska Island in
the Eastern Aleutian Islands. The
human remains of these individuals
were removed by an unknown person
and were deposited at the University of
Alaska Museum of the North prior to
1993. The human remains consist of a
single cranium (in two pieces) belonging
to a juvenile 4–6 years old and of
unknown sex, and a single cranial
temporal bone belonging to an adult at
least 20 years old and of unknown sex.
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No associated funerary objects are
present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects 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, the University of Alaska
Museum of the North has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of six individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The nine objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed with our 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 Qawalangin Tribe of
Unalaska.
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 January 12, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the University of Alaska Museum of the
North must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
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repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The University of
Alaska Museum of the North 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: December 6, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–27375 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037057;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Fish and
Wildlife Service, Lahontan National
Fish Hatchery, Gardnerville, NV
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of Interior, Fish and
Wildlife Service, Lahontan National
Fish Hatchery 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 Douglas County,
NV.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
January 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Patrick W. Rennaker,
Archaeologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Cultural Resources Team,
Columbia Pacific Northwest and Pacific
Islands (R1), and Pacific Southwest (R8),
20555 Gerda Lane, Sherwood, OR
97140, telephone (503) 294–7490, email
patrick_rennaker@fws.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 the Lahontan
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National Fish Hatchery. 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 the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery.
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were
removed from Douglas County, NV. In
April of 1969, Richard Messier of the
National Park Service contacted the
Nevada Archaeological Service to
investigate a burial site which had been
exposed during road improvement
activities. The site was situated on the
crest of a hill at the junction of Highway
395 and the Fish Hatchery access road
six miles south of Garnerville. Three
distinct burial pits were visible in the
cut-bank of the hill, with human
remains and groundstone present on the
slope in front of the cut-bank.
University of Nevada Reno investigators
Dr. Don Fowler, Dr. Catherine Fowler,
and Dr. Don Hardesty inspected the site
and determined that the likelihood of
further damage was high and that the
best possible recourse at the time was to
recover as much of the disturbed
material as possible. They subsequently
recovered human remains from the
three burial pits and disturbed human
remains below the cut-bank. It is noted
that a disk shell bead was collected from
the topsoil fill above the burial pits. No
other associated grave materials were
identified at the time of excavation.
National Park Service employees also
collected several human remains
elements before the Nevada
Archaeological Service arrived, and
these were given to the investigators
upon arrival. The Research Museum at
the University of Nevada, Reno agreed
to house this material on permanent
loan from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
The initial inspection noted that the
first individual is probably a young
adult male between the ages of 14 and
20, the second is an adult male, and the
third is an adult but too incomplete for
further comment. The original site
records indicate that one shell disc bead
was present in the fill above Burial One.
Another was possibly associated with
Burial Two. The original notes indicate
the beads were removed during
excavation, but nothing in the
paperwork denotes that these items
were curated. No disk shell beads
relating to this assemblage could be
located during the 1995, 2021, and 2023
inventory process. In 2021, Museum
staff located four manos labeled as
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belonging to 26DO300 in a stack of
artifacts to be rehoused. There is no
record of these objects in the Summary
of Findings. It is assumed that the
manos were acquired after the original
excavation and the associated funerary
objects arrived at the Museum at a later
unknown date from the Park Service
employees that collected elements prior
to the Nevada Archaeological Service
arrival as noted. The four associated
funerary objects are four stone manos.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects 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: based on lifeway,
oral tradition, folklore, geography,
anthropology, ethnography, archeology,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Lahontan National
Fish Hatchery has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The four objects described in this
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 Washoe Tribe of
Nevada & California (Carson Colony,
Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords
Community, Stewart Community, &
Washoe Ranches).
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037061; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Alaska Museum of
the North, Fairbanks, 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 University of Alaska Museum of the North
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 Aleutians West Census
Area, AK.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Josh Reuther, University of Alaska Museum of the North, 1962
Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, telephone (907) 474-6943, 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 the
University of Alaska Museum of the North. 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 the University of Alaska Museum of the North.
Description
In 1937, nine associated funerary objects were collected by Don
McKay from Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. The exact location
is unknown; the provenience is listed as Dutch Harbor Spit. In 1981,
these funerary objects were deposited at the University of Alaska
Museum of the North. Museum records show that in 1937, the human
remains associated with these funerary objects were given to Ales
Hrdlicka at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC The nine
associated funerary objects are four worked bone objects, one pounding
stone, three stone lamps, and one slate blade.
In 1977, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from the Amaknak Bridge Site on Amaknak Island in the
Aleutian Islands. The human remains of this individual were removed
during archeological work conducted at the site by Glenn Bacon and were
deposited at the University of Alaska Museum of the North shortly
thereafter. The human remains consist of a single left half of a
mandible belonging to an adult between 30 and 50 years old and of
unknown sex. No associated funerary objects are present.
Sometime prior to 1982, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown site on Unalaska Island in the
Aleutian Islands. The human remains of this individual were removed by
an unknown person and were deposited at the University of Alaska Museum
of the North prior to 1982. The human remains consist of a single
cranium frontal bone belonging to a juvenile 4 to 6 years old and of
unknown sex. No associated funerary objects are present.
Sometime prior to 1993, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Eider Point on Unalaska Island in the
Aleutian Islands. The human remains of this individual were removed by
an unknown person and were deposited at the University of Alaska Museum
of the North prior to 1993. The human remains consist of a single left
femur belonging to an adult female 21 to 35 years old. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Sometime prior to 1993, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Reese Bay on Unalaska Island in the
Eastern Aleutian Islands. The human remains of this individual were
removed by an unknown person and were deposited at the University of
Alaska Museum of the North prior to 1993. The human remains consist of
a single left radius belonging to an adult at least 30 years old and of
unknown sex. No associated funerary objects are present.
Sometime prior to 1993, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from an unknown location on Unalaska Island in
the Eastern Aleutian Islands. The human remains of these individuals
were removed by an unknown person and were deposited at the University
of Alaska Museum of the North prior to 1993. The human remains consist
of a single cranium (in two pieces) belonging to a juvenile 4-6 years
old and of unknown sex, and a single cranial temporal bone belonging to
an adult at least 20 years old and of unknown sex. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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, the University of Alaska Museum of the North has
determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
The nine objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed with our 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 Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.
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 January 12, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
Alaska Museum of the North must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
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repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University
of Alaska Museum of the North 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: December 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27375 Filed 12-12-23; 8:45 am]
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