82 FR 41989 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 170 (September 5, 2017)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 170 (September 5, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-18686 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 41989-41990] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-18686] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23766; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, (Alaska Region USFWS), 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 present- day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, including Alaska Native Tribes, 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 Alaska Region USFWS. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed. DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Alaska Region USFWS at the address in this notice by October 5, 2017. ADDRESSES: Edward J. DeCleva, Regional Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS-235, Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 786-3399, 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 under the control of the Alaska Region USFWS. The human remains and associated funerary objects were recovered from two sites on Kodiak Island, 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 Alaska Region USFWS professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository of Kodiak, Alaska, a NAGPRA representative on Kodiak Island designated by the Kaguyak Village, Native Village of Afognak, Native Village of Akhiok, Native Village of Larsen Bay, Native Village of Ouzinkie, Native Village of Port Lions, Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously listed as the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak), Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island)), and the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor (previously listed as Native Village of Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor). History and Description of the Remains In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, 13 individuals were removed from the Younger Kiavak site 418, Alaska Heritage Resources Survey (AHRS) site number 049-KOD-00099, Kodiak Island, AK. There are eight numbered burials and these burials contain nine of the individuals. The human remains include three possible females, two possible males, and eight individuals of indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. The 31 associated funerary objects include 3 wood samples, 1 soil sample, 1 sulfide mineral, 2 projectile points, 1 bone labret, 4 ulu blades, 2 spear prongs, 3 modified mammal bone, 1 unmodified bone, 1 metal hammerhead, 1 metal spoon, 1 lot of metal fragments, 1 u-notched stone, 1 bone socket piece, 1 groundstone scrap, 1 stone scrap, 1 lot of prehistoric pottery sherds, 1 glass bottle stopper, 1 chipped stone, 1 mammal tooth, 1 polishing stone, and 1 abrasive stone. In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, 2 individuals were removed from the Old Kiavak site 419, AHRS site number 049-KOD-00100, Kodiak Island, AK. The human remains include 2 adult individuals of indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. As part of the Aleut-Konyag project conducted by the University of Wisconsin Madison, excavations took place at several sites on Kodiak Island. Two of the sites, Old and Younger Kiavak, are located on the southeastern coast of Kodiak Island, south of the mouth of the lagoon at the head of Kiavak Bay. The Younger Kiavak site, originally tested and reported by Ale[scaron] Hrdli[ccaron]ka in 1944, contained several eroding burials, glass beads, stone lamps, and unspecified artifacts. During the 1963 excavation, Donald Clark notes that the site revealed sparse evidence of historic occupation, although numerous trade goods accompanied a shallow burial. The Old Kiavak site is located adjacent to the Younger Kiavak site. Two trenches were excavated in the main mounded portion of the site and a small test trench was excavated in the lower secondary portion of the site. Three components were identified that included the Old Kiavak phase (1678-407 B.C) of the Kachemak tradition, the Early Koniag Tradition (to A.D. 1040), and an historic period occupation (circa A.D. 1900). The collection was curated and stored at the University of Wisconsin-Madison until 2006. The U.S. Army Corps of [[Page 41990]] Engineers was tasked by the Regional Historic Preservation Officer of the Alaska Region USFWS to determine locations of Alaskan archeological collections. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers located and recovered this collection, conducted a complete inventory, and returned the human remains to the Alaska Region USFWS for storage. Determinations Made by the Alaska Region USFWS Officials of the Alaska Region USFWS have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 15 individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 31 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. 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 objects and the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor (previously listed as Native Village of Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor). Additional Requestors and Disposition Lineal descendants or representatives of any Alaska Native Tribe not identified in this notice that wishes 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 Edward DeCleva, Regional Historic Preservation Officer/Archaeologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS-235, Anchorage, AK 99013, telephone (907) 786-3399, email [email protected], by October 5, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor (previously listed as Native Village of Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor) may proceed. The Alaska Region USFWS is responsible for notifying the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor (previously listed as Native Village of Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor) that this notice has been published. Dated: August 29, 2017. Sarah Glass, Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017-18686 Filed 9-1-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Tribes, not identified in this notice that History and Description of the Remains
is a relationship of shared group wish to request transfer of control of In 1963, human remains representing,
identity that can be reasonably traced these human remains and associated at minimum, 13 individuals were
between the Native American human funerary objects should submit a written removed from the Younger Kiavak site
remains and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona request to the Alaska Region USFWS. If 418, Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni no additional requestors come forward, (AHRS) site number 049–KOD–00099,
Reservation, New Mexico. transfer of control of the human remains Kodiak Island, AK. There are eight
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, numbered burials and these burials
Additional Requestors and Disposition
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated contain nine of the individuals. The
Lineal descendants or representatives in this notice may proceed.
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian human remains include three possible
DATES: Representatives of any Indian females, two possible males, and eight
organization not identified in this notice Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
that wish to request transfer of control individuals of indeterminate sex. No
not identified in this notice that wish to known individuals were identified. The
of these human remains and associated request transfer of control of these
funerary objects should submit a written 31 associated funerary objects include 3
human remains should submit a written wood samples, 1 soil sample, 1 sulfide
request with information in support of request with information in support of
the request to Anna Pardo, NAGPRA mineral, 2 projectile points, 1 bone
the request to the Alaska Region USFWS labret, 4 ulu blades, 2 spear prongs, 3
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs, at the address in this notice by October
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, modified mammal bone, 1 unmodified
5, 2017. bone, 1 metal hammerhead, 1 metal
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
ADDRESSES: Edward J. DeCleva, Regional spoon, 1 lot of metal fragments, 1 u-
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by
Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish notched stone, 1 bone socket piece, 1
October 5, 2017. After that date, if no
and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, groundstone scrap, 1 stone scrap, 1 lot
additional requestors have come
1011 East Tudor Road, MS–235, of prehistoric pottery sherds, 1 glass
forward, transfer of control of the
Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) bottle stopper, 1 chipped stone, 1
human remains and associated funerary
786–3399, email edward_decleva@ mammal tooth, 1 polishing stone, and 1
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and
fws.gov. abrasive stone.
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico, may proceed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is In 1963, human remains representing,
The Arizona State Museum is here given in accordance with the at minimum, 2 individuals were
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe Native American Graves Protection and removed from the Old Kiavak site 419,
of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. AHRS site number 049–KOD–00100,
Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 3003, of the completion of an inventory Kodiak Island, AK. The human remains
Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni of human remains under the control of include 2 adult individuals of
Reservation, New Mexico, that this the Alaska Region USFWS. The human indeterminate sex. No known
notice has been published. remains and associated funerary objects individuals were identified. No
were recovered from two sites on associated funerary objects are present.
Dated: August 29, 2017. As part of the Aleut-Konyag project
Kodiak Island, AK.
Sarah Glass, conducted by the University of
This notice is published as part of the
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. National Park Service’s administrative Wisconsin Madison, excavations took
[FR Doc. 2017–18685 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am] responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 place at several sites on Kodiak Island.
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Two of the sites, Old and Younger
this notice are the sole responsibility of Kiavak, are located on the southeastern
the museum, institution, or Federal coast of Kodiak Island, south of the
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR agency that has control of the Native mouth of the lagoon at the head of
American human remains and Kiavak Bay. The Younger Kiavak site,
National Park Service originally tested and reported by Aleš
associated funerary objects. The
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23766; National Park Service is not responsible Hrdlička in 1944, contained several
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] for the determinations in this notice. eroding burials, glass beads, stone
lamps, and unspecified artifacts. During
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Consultation the 1963 excavation, Donald Clark notes
Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska A detailed assessment of the human that the site revealed sparse evidence of
Region, Anchorage, AK remains was made by the Alaska Region historic occupation, although numerous
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. USFWS professional staff in trade goods accompanied a shallow
ACTION: Notice. consultation with representatives of the burial.
Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological The Old Kiavak site is located
SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Repository of Kodiak, Alaska, a adjacent to the Younger Kiavak site.
Service, Alaska Region, (Alaska Region NAGPRA representative on Kodiak Two trenches were excavated in the
USFWS), has completed an inventory of Island designated by the Kaguyak main mounded portion of the site and
human remains and associated funerary Village, Native Village of Afognak, a small test trench was excavated in the
objects, in consultation with the Native Village of Akhiok, Native Village lower secondary portion of the site.
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native of Larsen Bay, Native Village of Three components were identified that
Hawaiian organizations, and has Ouzinkie, Native Village of Port Lions, included the Old Kiavak phase (1678–
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determined that there is a cultural Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously 407 B.C) of the Kachemak tradition, the
affiliation between the human remains listed as the Shoonaq’ Tribe of Kodiak), Early Koniag Tradition (to A.D. 1040),
and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly and an historic period occupation (circa
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island)), and A.D. 1900).
descendants or representatives of any the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor The collection was curated and stored
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian (previously listed as Native Village of at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
organization, including Alaska Native Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor). until 2006. The U.S. Army Corps of
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Engineers was tasked by the Regional DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The National Park Service is not
Historic Preservation Officer of the responsible for the determinations in
Alaska Region USFWS to determine National Park Service this notice.
locations of Alaskan archeological [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23787] Consultation
collections. The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers located and recovered this Notice of Inventory Completion: A detailed assessment of the human
collection, conducted a complete Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, remains and associated funerary objects
inventory, and returned the human TN was made by TVA professional staff in
remains to the Alaska Region USFWS consultation with representatives of the
for storage. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
ACTION: Notice. Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Determinations Made by the Alaska Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-
Region USFWS SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Cherokee
Officials of the Alaska Region USFWS Authority (TVA) has completed an Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
have determined that: inventory of human remains and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the associated funerary objects in Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
human remains described in this notice consultation with the appropriate Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
represent the physical remains of 15 federally recognized Indian Tribes, and as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
individuals of Native American has determined that a cultural affiliation Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The
ancestry. between the human remains and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), associated funerary objects and any Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
the 31 objects described in this notice present-day federally recognized Indian Nation of Oklahoma; and the United
are reasonably believed to have been Tribes cannot be reasonably traced. Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
placed with or near individual human Representatives of any federally Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
remains at the time of death or later as recognized Indian Tribe not identified Consulted Tribes’’).
part of the death rite or ceremony. in this notice that wish to request
History and Description of the Remains
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there transfer of control of these human
is a relationship of shared group remains and associated funerary objects The sites listed in this notice were
identity that can be reasonably traced should submit a written request to TVA. excavated as part of TVA’s Guntersville
between the Native American human If no additional requestors come Reservoir project by the Alabama
remains and associated funerary objects forward, transfer of control of the Museum of Natural History (AMNH) at
and the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor human remains and associated funerary the University of Alabama, using labor
(previously listed as Native Village of objects to the federally recognized and funds provided by the Works
Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor). Indian Tribe stated in this notice may Progress Administration. Details
proceed. regarding these excavations and sites
Additional Requestors and Disposition may be found in a report, ‘‘An
DATES: Representatives of any federally Archaeological Survey of Guntersville
Lineal descendants or representatives recognized Indian Tribe not identified
of any Alaska Native Tribe not Basin on the Tennessee River in
in this notice that wish to request Northern Alabama,’’ by William S.
identified in this notice that wishes to transfer of control of these human
request transfer of control of these Webb and Charles G. Wilder. The
remains and associated funerary objects human remains and associated funerary
human remains and associated funerary should submit a written request with
objects should submit a written request objects excavated from the sites listed in
information in support of the request to this notice have been in the physical
with information in support of the TVA at the address in this notice by
request to Edward DeCleva, Regional custody of the AMNH at the University
October 5, 2017. of Alabama since excavation, but are
Historic Preservation Officer/
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, under the control of TVA.
Archaeologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, From March to April of 1938, human
Service, Alaska Region, 1011 East Tudor
Knoxville TN 37902–1401, telephone remains representing, at minimum, 37
Road, MS–235, Anchorage, AK 99013,
(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov. individuals were removed from the
telephone (907) 786–3399, email
edward_decleva@fws.gov, by October 5, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Hardin site (1JA27) in Jackson County,
2017. After that date, if no additional here given in accordance with the AL, after TVA acquired the site on
requestors have come forward, transfer Native American Graves Protection and October 16, 1936. Excavations revealed
of control of the human remains and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. two occupations, including Late
associated funerary objects to the 3003, of the completion of an inventory Woodland Flint River phase (A.D. 500–
Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor (previously of human remains and associated 1000) and Mississippian Henry Island
listed as Native Village of Old Harbor funerary objects under the control of phase (A.D. 1200–1450). The human
and Village of Old Harbor) may proceed. TVA. The human remains and remains include adults, juveniles, and
The Alaska Region USFWS is associated funerary objects were infants of both sexes. No known
responsible for notifying the Alutiiq removed from archeological sites in individuals were identified. No
Tribe of Old Harbor (previously listed as Jackson and Marshal Counties, AL. associated funerary objects are present.
Native Village of Old Harbor and Village This notice is published as part of the From January to June of 1938, human
National Park Service’s administrative remains representing, at minimum, 158
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES
of Old Harbor) that this notice has been
published. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 individuals were removed from the
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). Saulty and Riley site (1JA28) in Jackson
Dated: August 29, 2017. The determinations in this notice are County, AL, after TVA purchased the
Sarah Glass, the sole responsibility of the museum, site on October 16, 1936. Site 1JA28 was
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. institution, or Federal agency that has composed of both a village and adjacent
[FR Doc. 2017–18686 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am] control of the Native American human mound, with Woodland (Flint River
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P remains and associated funerary objects. phase) and Mississippian (Henry Island
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