81 FR 806 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Washington, DC; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 4 (January 7, 2016)

Page Range		806-807
FR Document		2016-00071

The U. S. Department of Defense, Department of Navy has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on March 31, 2014. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and the number of associated funerary objects repatriated to the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19933; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, 
Department of the Navy, Washington, DC; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U. S. Department of Defense, Department of Navy has 
corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal 
Register on March 31, 2014. This notice corrects the minimum number of 
individuals and the number of associated funerary objects repatriated 
to the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government.

ADDRESSES: Susan S. Hughes, Department of the Navy, NAVFAC NW., 1101 
Tautog Circle, Suite 102, Silverdale, WA 98315-1101, telephone (360) 
396-0083, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given in accordance with 
the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Department of 
Defense. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed 
from sites near Point Barrow in North Slope Borough, 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 had control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number 
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register (79 FR 18058-18059, March 31, 2014). 
The transfer of these items to the Native Village of Barrow Traditional 
Government occurred on June 6, 2014. Because the Tribe intended to bury 
the individuals in their own separate coffins, the human remains were 
re-examined by a forensic anthropologist at the University of Alaska 
Museum of the North where they were temporarily stored prior to

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transfer, to separate the human remains into discrete burials. This 
resulted in a slight decrease in the number of individuals, from the 
originally stated 58 to 56 individuals. Concurrently, a comprehensive 
inventory of the associated funerary objects was made, leading to the 
discovery that three items of cultural patrimony had been included in 
the original inventory of associated funerary objects. As these are not 
considered associated funerary objects, the total number of associated 
funerary objects decreased from 124 to 121.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 18058-18059, March 31, 2014), 
paragraph 7, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:
    Between 1951 and 1953, human remains representing, at minimum 56 
individuals were removed from the sites of Birnirk, Nunavah, Nuvuk, and 
other locations near Point Barrow in North Slope Borough, AK
    In the Federal Register (79 FR 18058-18059, March 31, 2014), 
paragraph 7, sentence 5 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:
    The 121 associated funerary objects include: 32 wooden objects 
(wound plugs, dish, dart or arrow shafts, drill shaft; scoop, whale 
effigy, sod pick handle, seal scratcher, paddles, and other objects); 
24 ivory objects (needle case, kayak paddle, harpoon heads, lance 
point, pins, awl, handles, and other objects); 25 bone and tooth 
objects (harpoon heads, bow brace, ice pick, bola weights, trap 
components, weapon tips or points, worked bear canines, and other 
objects); 11 antler objects (bird dart heads, harpoon heads, and worked 
antler); 7 stone objects (burin, ground stone knife, whetstone, project 
point, hearthstone, and other stone objects); 4 objects made from skin, 
fur, or baleen (2 sewn sealskins, baleen effigy, bear fur), 2 marine 
shells, and 16 ceramic sherds.
    The U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy is 
responsible for notifying the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat 
Traditional Government that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 8, 2015.
Amberleigh Malone,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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remains, in consultation with the History and Description of the Remains DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
appropriate Indian tribes or Native In 1966, human remains representing,
Hawaiian organizations, and has at minimum, one individual were National Park Service
determined that there is a cultural removed from the Fisher-Hong Site, [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19933;
affiliation between the human remains about a mile south of the village of Knik, PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
and present-day Indian tribes or Native on the edge of an unnamed creek
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal draining White Lake, Alaska, during Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
descendants or representatives of any legally authorized excavations by Department of Defense, Department of
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian archeologists from the University of the Navy, Washington, DC; Correction
organization not identified in this notice Oregon. No known individual was
that wish to request transfer of control AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
identified. No associated funerary
of these human remains should submit objects are present. ACTION: Notice.
a written request to the University of Based on archeological context and
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural SUMMARY: The U. S. Department of
skeletal morphology, the individual Defense, Department of Navy has
History. If no additional requestors described above is determined to be
come forward, transfer of control of the corrected an inventory of human
Native American. Based on remains and associated funerary objects,
human remains to the lineal provenience, the Native American
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native published in a Notice of Inventory
human remains are reasonably believed Completion in the Federal Register on
Hawaiian organizations stated in this to be affiliated with the Knik Tribe.
notice may proceed. March 31, 2014. This notice corrects the
Historical documents, ethnographic minimum number of individuals and
DATES: Lineal descendants or sources, and oral history indicate that the number of associated funerary
representatives of any Indian tribe or the Knik people have occupied Knik objects repatriated to the Native Village
Native Hawaiian organization not Arm since pre-contact times. of Barrow Inupiat Traditional
identified in this notice that wish to Determinations Made by the University Government.
request transfer of control of these of Oregon Museum of Natural and
human remains and associated funerary ADDRESSES: Susan S. Hughes,
Cultural History Department of the Navy, NAVFAC NW.,
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the Officials of the University of Oregon 1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 102,
request to the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History Silverdale, WA 98315–1101, telephone
Museum of Natural and Cultural History have determined that: (360) 396–0083, email susan.s.hughes@
at the address in this notice by February • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the navy.mil.
8, 2016. human remains described in this notice SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
represent the physical remains of one hereby given in accordance with the
ADDRESSES: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, individual of Native American ancestry. Native American Graves Protection and
Director of Collections, Museum of • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Natural and Cultural History, 1224 is a relationship of shared group 3003, of the correction of an inventory
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR identity that can be reasonably traced of human remains and associated
97403–1224, telephone (541) 346–5120. between the Native American human funerary objects under the control of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is remains and the Knik Tribe, Alaska. Department of Defense. The human
here given in accordance with the Additional Requestors and Disposition remains and associated funerary objects
Native American Graves Protection and were removed from sites near Point
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Lineal descendants or representatives
Barrow in North Slope Borough, AK.
3003, of the completion of an inventory of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
This notice is published as part of the
of human remains and associated organization not identified in this notice
National Park Service’s administrative
funerary objects under the control of the that wish to request transfer of control
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
University of Oregon Museum of of these human remains should submit
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, a written request with information in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
OR. The human remains and associated support of the request to Dr. Pamela
the museum, institution, or Federal
funerary objects were removed from Endzweig, Director of Collections,
agency that had control of the Native
Knik Arm, near Anchorage, AK. University of Oregon Museum of
American human remains and
Natural and Cultural History, 1224
This notice is published as part of the associated funerary objects. The
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
National Park Service’s administrative National Park Service is not responsible
97403–1224, telephone (541) 346–5120,
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 for the determinations in this notice.
by February 8, 2016. After that date, if
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in This notice corrects the minimum
no additional requestors have come
this notice are the sole responsibility of number of individuals and number of
forward, transfer of control of the
the museum, institution, or Federal associated funerary objects published in
human remains to the Knik Tribe,
agency that has control of the Native a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Alaska, may proceed.
American human remains. The National The University of Oregon Museum of Federal Register (79 FR 18058–18059,
Park Service is not responsible for the Natural and Cultural History is March 31, 2014). The transfer of these
determinations in this notice. responsible for notifying the Knik Tribe, items to the Native Village of Barrow
Alaska, that this notice has been Traditional Government occurred on
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published. June 6, 2014. Because the Tribe
A detailed assessment of the human intended to bury the individuals in their
remains was made by University of Dated: December 8, 2015. own separate coffins, the human
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural Amberleigh Malone, remains were re-examined by a forensic
History professional staff in Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. anthropologist at the University of
consultation with representatives of the [FR Doc. 2016–00073 Filed 1–6–16; 8:45 am] Alaska Museum of the North where they
Knik Tribal Council, Alaska. BILLING CODE 4312–50–P were temporarily stored prior to

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81 FR 806 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Washington, DC; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNational Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 4 (January 7, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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