83 FR 32317 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Tongass National Forest, Juneau Ranger District, Juneau, AK
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 134 (July 12, 2018)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 134 (July 12, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-14903 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 32317-32318] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-14903] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0025692; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Tongass National Forest, Juneau Ranger District, Juneau, AK AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Tongass National Forest, Juneau Ranger District, (Tongass National Forest) 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 associated funerary objects and present- day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Tongass National Forest. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian [[Page 32318]] organizations stated in this notice may proceed. DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 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 with information in support of the request to the Tongass National Forest at the address in this notice by August 13, 2018. ADDRESSES: M. Earl Stewart, Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest, 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901-6591, telephone (907) 228-6281, 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 the human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of the USDA Tongass National Forest, Juneau Ranger District, Juneau, AK. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Entrance Island, near Hobart Bay, AK, on two separate occasions by two separate collectors. 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 Tongass National Forest archeologists in partnership with the professional staff of the Alaska State Museum and in consultation with representatives of Douglas Indian Association and the Organized Village of Kake. History and Description of the Remains In the summer of 1961, funerary objects, in several pieces, were removed from a small cave on Entrance Island near Hobart Bay, AK. An individual exploring the island reported that he found a small cave that contained human remains and portions of a bentwood box, as well as some other burial items believed to have been placed there at the time of burial. He collected a basket of a type that reportedly was used to cradle a baby and sometimes was used to bury the deceased. Additional items collected include a piece of leather cordage, a portion of a woven cedar mat, and a piece of wood with evidence of a kerf corner, all of which were connected with either the basket or the bentwood box. The human remains and the bentwood box were not removed from the cave at that time. The individual returned the four burial items to the Tongass National Forest in 2017. Subsequently, it was determined that these funerary objects are associated with the below described human remains and funerary object that were separately collected by a different individual. In 1961, the desiccated remains of an infant inside a bentwood box that had been wrapped in a cedar mat were removed from a small burial cave on Entrance Island, near Hobart Bay. In November 1961, these human remains and funerary objects were sent to the Alaska State Museum for curation. Based on oral testimony, this burial site and the above described burial cave are determined to be one and the same. The human remains consist of a single individual, a mummified infant, estimated to be between the ages of 6 and 9 months. Determination of sex or affinity based on skeletal features was not possible. The bentwood box containing the infant's remains was painted and uncarved. It was recovered from beneath the cedar bark mat. When found, the infant had ermine skins tied in its hair. The human remains and associated funerary objects are believed to be of pre-contact or first contact date, as after contact, the Christian burial practice of underground internment became widespread. The human remains are reasonably believed to be associated with the K[eacute]ex Kw[aacute]an, who have traditionally used and occupied the island. The cultural affiliation of the human remains was determined by consulting Haa Aan[iacute] Our Land Tlingit and Haida Land Rights and Use, by Walter R. Goldschmidt and Theodore H. Haas, edited by Thomas F. Thorton (1998). Additional cultural affiliation information was provided by the Organized Village of Kake and the Douglas Indian Association. The K[eacute]ex Kw[aacute]an continue to live in their traditional territory and use the Hobart Bay area. Their present-day descendants are the Organized Village of Kake. Determinations Made by the Tongass National Forest Officials of the Tongass National Forest have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the seven 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 human remains and associated funerary objects and the Organized Village of Kake. Additional Requestors and Disposition Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 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 with information in support of the request to M. Earl Stewart, Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest, 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901-6591, telephone (907) 228-6281, email [email protected], by August 13, 2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Organized Village of Kake may proceed. The Tongass National Forest is responsible for notifying the Douglas Indian Association and the Organized Village of Kake that this notice has been published. Dated: May 31, 2018. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2018-14903 Filed 7-11-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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request transfer of control of these The Harry George collection was Additional Requestors and Disposition
human remains should submit a written originally meant to be donated to the St. Lineal descendants or representatives
request with information in support of Joseph Museum prior to George’s death of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
the request to the St. Joseph Museum at in 1923, but due to lack of storage space, organization not identified in this notice
the address in this notice by August 13, it was on loan to the Missouri State that wish to request transfer of control
2018. Museum in Jefferson City until it of these human remains should submit
ADDRESSES: Trevor Tutt, Collections transferred to the St. Joseph Museum in a written request with information in
Manager, St. Joseph Museums, Inc., October 1944. The bulk of the collection support of the request to Trevor Tutt,
St. Joseph, MO 64506, telephone (816) was stored in the basement of the St. Collections Manager, St. Joseph
232–8471, email trevor@ Joseph City Hall while select items were Museums, Inc., St. Joseph, MO 64506,
stjosephmuseum.org. displayed at the AJ August House, the telephone (816) 232–8471, email
second location of the St. Joseph trevor@stjosephmuseum.org, by August
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Museum. After the St. Joseph Museum 13, 2018. After that date, if no
here given in accordance with the received the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion as additional requestors have come
Native American Graves Protection and their main display site in 1946, the vast forward, transfer of control of the
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. majority of the items went on display human remains to the Organized Village
3003, of the completion of an inventory there. That same year, funds were of Kake may proceed.
of human remains under the control of provided for the St. Joseph Museum to The St. Joseph Museum is responsible
the St. Joseph Museums, Inc., St. Joseph, purchase the George Collection outright. for notifying the Organized Village of
MO. The human remains were removed The human remains in the collection Kake that this notice has been
from Kake, AK. have remained in storage since at least published.
This notice is published as part of the the 1970s. When the St. Joseph
National Park Service’s administrative Museum, now the St. Joseph Museums, Dated: June 12, 2018.
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Inc., moved to the Glore Psychiatric Melanie O’Brien,
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Museum in 2004, much of the George Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
this notice are the sole responsibility of Collection was moved as well, including [FR Doc. 2018–14901 Filed 7–11–18; 8:45 am]
the museum, institution, or Federal the jaw bone. In 2017, it, and other BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
agency that has control of the Native human remains were returned to storage
American human remains. The National at the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion for
Park Service is not responsible for the processing under NAGPRA. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
determinations in this notice. Research into the Harry George
Collection, specifically the William H. National Park Service
Consultation
Case photographs, began around 2017.
A detailed assessment of the human Zachary Jones, Archivist at the Alaska [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025692;
remains was made by the St. Joseph State Archives, assisted in identifying PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Museum professional staff in objects in the collection and initiated
consultation with the Organized Village Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
consultation with representatives of the
of Kake. Frank Hughes, the NAGPRA Department of Agriculture, Tongass
Organized Village of Kake.
Coordinator for the Organized Village of National Forest, Juneau Ranger
History and Description of the Remains Kake, contacted Trevor Tutt, the District, Juneau, AK
Prior to 1910, human remains Collections Manager for the St. Joseph AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
representing, at minimum, one Museums, Inc., and began ACTION: Notice.
individual were removed from Kake, correspondence related to items of
AK. Subsequently, William H. Case cultural patrimony and remains related SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
transferred these human remains to to Kake, Alaska. Through Agriculture, Tongass National Forest,
Harry L. George, who, in turn donated correspondence, the oral tradition of Juneau Ranger District, (Tongass
them to the St. Joseph Museum. The human remains being thrown in salt National Forest) has completed an
human remains—a jaw bone—belonged water in retaliation against a sickness in inventory of human remains and
to a Medicine Man who had died and the village was confirmed. As research associated funerary objects, in
was buried in a grave house, in indicates that missionary activity in consultation with the appropriate
accordance with Native custom. When a Kake peaked during the 1890s–1910 Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
sickness, attributed to evil spirits, fell period, the jaw might have been organizations, and has determined that
upon the village the Medicine Man’s removed during that two decade span. there is a cultural affiliation between the
bones were thrown in salt water. A Determinations Made by the St. Joseph human remains and associated funerary
white missionary from Kake was said to Museum objects and present-day Indian Tribes or
have retrieved the jaw bone from the Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
Pacific Ocean several years later, Officials of the St. Joseph Museum descendants or representatives of any
accounting for the barnacles found on have determined that: Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
the teeth. As Russian missionaries first • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the organization not identified in this notice
arrived in Kake in the 1790s, the human remains described in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
retrieval of the jaw by a white represent the physical remains of one of the human remains and associated
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
missionary would have occurred individual of Native American ancestry. funerary objects should submit a written
between the 1790s and early 1910, when • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there request to the Tongass National Forest.
Case photographed it and sent the is a relationship of shared group If no additional requestors come
images to George. George had purchased identity that can be reasonably traced forward, transfer of control of the
the jawbone along with a series of ivory between the Native American human human remains and associated funerary
buttons and a jade axe head for $30.00 remains and the Organized Village of objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
no later than July 14, 1911. Kake. Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
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organizations stated in this notice may include a piece of leather cordage, a represent the physical remains of one
proceed. portion of a woven cedar mat, and a individual of Native American ancestry.
DATES: Lineal descendants or piece of wood with evidence of a kerf • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
representatives of any Indian Tribe or corner, all of which were connected the seven objects described in this
Native Hawaiian organization not with either the basket or the bentwood notice are reasonably believed to have
identified in this notice that wish to box. The human remains and the been placed with or near individual
request transfer of control of these bentwood box were not removed from human remains at the time of death or
human remains and associated funerary the cave at that time. The individual later as part of the death rite or
objects should submit a written request returned the four burial items to the ceremony.
with information in support of the Tongass National Forest in 2017. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
request to the Tongass National Forest at Subsequently, it was determined that is a relationship of shared group
the address in this notice by August 13, these funerary objects are associated identity that can be reasonably traced
2018. with the below described human between the human remains and
remains and funerary object that were associated funerary objects and the
ADDRESSES: M. Earl Stewart, Forest
separately collected by a different Organized Village of Kake.
Supervisor, Tongass National Forest,
648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, AK individual. Additional Requestors and Disposition
99901–6591, telephone (907) 228–6281, In 1961, the desiccated remains of an
infant inside a bentwood box that had Lineal descendants or representatives
email estewart@fs.fed.us. of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
been wrapped in a cedar mat were
removed from a small burial cave on organization not identified in this notice
here given in accordance with the that wish to request transfer of control
Native American Graves Protection and Entrance Island, near Hobart Bay. In
November 1961, these human remains of these human remains and associated
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. funerary objects should submit a written
3003, of the completion of an inventory and funerary objects were sent to the
Alaska State Museum for curation. request with information in support of
of the human remains and associated the request to M. Earl Stewart, Forest
funerary objects under the control of the Based on oral testimony, this burial site
and the above described burial cave are Supervisor, Tongass National Forest,
USDA Tongass National Forest, Juneau 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, AK
Ranger District, Juneau, AK. The human determined to be one and the same. The
human remains consist of a single 99901–6591, telephone (907) 228–6281,
remains and associated funerary objects email estewart@fs.fed.us, by August 13,
were removed from Entrance Island, individual, a mummified infant,
estimated to be between the ages of 6 2018. After that date, if no additional
near Hobart Bay, AK, on two separate requestors have come forward, transfer
occasions by two separate collectors. and 9 months. Determination of sex or
affinity based on skeletal features was of control of the human remains and
This notice is published as part of the associated funerary objects to the
National Park Service’s administrative not possible. The bentwood box
containing the infant’s remains was Organized Village of Kake may proceed.
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 The Tongass National Forest is
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in painted and uncarved. It was recovered
responsible for notifying the Douglas
this notice are the sole responsibility of from beneath the cedar bark mat. When
Indian Association and the Organized
the museum, institution, or Federal found, the infant had ermine skins tied
Village of Kake that this notice has been
agency that has control of the Native in its hair.
published.
American human remains and The human remains and associated
funerary objects are believed to be of Dated: May 31, 2018.
associated funerary objects. The
pre-contact or first contact date, as after Melanie O’Brien,
National Park Service is not responsible
contact, the Christian burial practice of Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
for the determinations in this notice.
underground internment became [FR Doc. 2018–14903 Filed 7–11–18; 8:45 am]
Consultation widespread. The human remains are BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
A detailed assessment of the human reasonably believed to be associated
remains was made by Tongass National with the Kéex Kwáan, who have
Forest archeologists in partnership with traditionally used and occupied the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
the professional staff of the Alaska State island. The cultural affiliation of the
human remains was determined by National Park Service
Museum and in consultation with
representatives of Douglas Indian consulting Haa Aanı́ Our Land Tlingit [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025756;
Association and the Organized Village and Haida Land Rights and Use, by PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
of Kake. Walter R. Goldschmidt and Theodore H.
Haas, edited by Thomas F. Thorton Notice of Inventory Completion:
History and Description of the Remains (1998). Additional cultural affiliation University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
In the summer of 1961, funerary information was provided by the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
objects, in several pieces, were removed Organized Village of Kake and the ACTION: Notice.
from a small cave on Entrance Island Douglas Indian Association. The Kéex
near Hobart Bay, AK. An individual Kwáan continue to live in their SUMMARY: The University of San Diego
exploring the island reported that he traditional territory and use the Hobart has completed an inventory of human
found a small cave that contained Bay area. Their present-day descendants remains in consultation with the
human remains and portions of a are the Organized Village of Kake. appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
bentwood box, as well as some other Hawaiian organizations, and has
Determinations Made by the Tongass
burial items believed to have been determined that there is no cultural
National Forest
placed there at the time of burial. He affiliation between the human remains
collected a basket of a type that Officials of the Tongass National and any present-day Indian Tribes or
reportedly was used to cradle a baby Forest have determined that: Native Hawaiian organizations.
and sometimes was used to bury the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
deceased. Additional items collected human remains described in this notice Native Hawaiian organization not
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