83 FR 45657 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 175 (September 10, 2018)

Page Range		45657-45658
FR Document		2018-19534

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 should submit a written request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45657-45658]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19534]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026172; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has 
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations. 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 should submit a written 
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. If no additional requestors 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may 
proceed.

DATES: 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 should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs at the address in this notice by October 10, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise 
Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, 
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.

[[Page 45658]]

3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under the 
control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Washington, DC. The human remains were removed from an unknown 
location in Alaska.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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. 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 U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs professional staff 
in consultation with a physical anthropologist with extensive 
experience in forensic work with Alaska Native human remains. Based on 
the report of the physical anthropologist, the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
sent an inventory and letters inviting consultation to representatives 
of 133 Indian tribes (names of invited tribes available upon request). 
None of the invited tribes wished to consult.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date in or about 1973, human remains representing, at 
minimum, two individuals were removed from an unknown location in 
Alaska. On or about December 5, 2014, these human remains were mailed 
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Alaska Region Office in a box with a 
letter attached. The writer, ``Madeline Hale,'' stated that, ``sometime 
around 1973, [Ms. Hale's] then boyfriend Mike went to Alaska and came 
back with [the enclosed human remains]. He said he'd found it out in 
the wilderness somewhere at an Indian burial ground.'' No additional 
information was provided. Ms. Hale did not provide a return mailing 
address or any other contact information, and attempts to locate her 
were unsuccessful. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    At the time of the excavation and removal of these human remains, 
the land from which the human remains were removed was not the tribal 
land of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. In May 2015, 
the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs sent 
letters to 133 Indian tribes who are recognized as aboriginal to the 
area from which these Native American human remains were most likely 
removed. The names of these invited tribes are available upon request. 
None of these Indian Tribes agreed to accept control of the human 
remains. In May 2018, the Bureau of Indian Affairs agreed to transfer 
control of the human remains to the Chinik Eskimo Community (Golovin); 
King Island Native Community; Native Village of Brevig Mission; Native 
Village of Council; Native Village of Diomede (aka Inalik); Native 
Village of Elim; Native Village of Gambell; Native Village of Koyuk; 
Native Village of Mary's Igloo; Native Village of Saint Michael; Native 
Village of Savoonga; Native Village of Shaktoolik; Native Village of 
Shishmaref; Native Village of Teller; Native Village of Unalakleet; 
Native Village of Wales; Native Village of White Mountain; Stebbins 
Community Association; and the Village of Solomon, hereafter referred 
to as ``The Tribes.''

Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs

    Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on cranial analysis by a 
physical anthropologist with extensive experience performing such 
analyses.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA 
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone 
(703) 390-6343, email [email protected], by October 10, 2018. After 
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
    The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs is 
responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: August 3, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-19534 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4312-52-P

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 175 / Monday, September 10, 2018 / Notices 45657

has completed an inventory of human History and Description of the Remains Apache Tribe of Oklahoma may
remains, in consultation with the In 1900, human remains representing, proceed.
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native The University of Oregon Museum of
at minimum, nine individuals were
Hawaiian organizations, and has Natural and Cultural History is
removed from the Tularosa River region
determined that there is a cultural responsible for notifying the Fort Sill
in New Mexico. The human remains
affiliation between the human remains Apache Tribe of Oklahoma that this
were donated to the museum by a
and present-day Indian Tribes or Native notice has been published.
private party in 1946 and accessioned
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal into the museum’s collection. The Dated: August 3, 2018.
descendants or representatives of any human remains consist of isolated Melanie O’Brien,
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian elements from six adult individuals of Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
organization not identified in this notice indeterminate sex (cat. #s 11–202, 11– [FR Doc. 2018–19524 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am]
that wish to request transfer of control 204, 11–205, 11–206, 11–207, and 11– BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
of these human remains should submit 210), one indeterminate adolescent (cat.
a written request to the University of #11–203), and two adult females (cat.
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural #11–208, 11–209). Because of their DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
History. If no additional requestors fragmentary nature, it is not impossible
come forward, transfer of control of the that the remains represent fewer than National Park Service
human remains to the lineal nine individuals. No associated funerary
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026172;
objects are present. PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Hawaiian organizations stated in this Historical documents, ethnographic
notice may proceed. sources, and oral history indicate that Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
DATES: Lineal descendants or the Chiricahua Apache have occupied Department of the Interior, Bureau of
representatives of any Indian Tribe or the Tularosa River region since Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
Native Hawaiian organization not precontact times. Based on presumed
archeological context and/or skeletal AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these evidence, the nine individuals ACTION: Notice.
human remains should submit a written represented by the human remains were SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the
request with information in support of determined to be of Native American Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, has
the request to the University of Oregon ancestry and Chiricahua Apache. The completed an inventory of human
Museum of Natural and Cultural History Chiricahua Apache are represented remains, in consultation with the
at the address in this notice by October today by the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
10, 2018. Oklahoma. Hawaiian organizations, and has
ADDRESSES: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, Determinations Made by the University determined that there is no cultural
Director of Collections, Museum of of Oregon Museum of Natural and affiliation between the human remains
Natural and Cultural History, 1224 Cultural History and any present-day Indian Tribes or
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Native Hawaiian organizations.
Officials of the University of Oregon
97403–1224, telephone (541) 346–5120, Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
email endzweig@uoregon.edu. Native Hawaiian organization not
have determined that:
identified in this notice that wish to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
request transfer of control of these
here given in accordance with the human remains described in this notice
human remains should submit a written
Native American Graves Protection and represent the physical remains of nine
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. individuals of Native American
If no additional requestors come
3003, of the completion of an inventory ancestry.
forward, transfer of control of the
of human remains under the control of • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
human remains to the Indian Tribes or
the University of Oregon Museum of is a relationship of shared group
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, identity that can be reasonably traced
this notice may proceed.
OR. The human remains were removed between the Native American human
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
from the Tularosa River region, NM. remains and the Fort Sill Apache Tribe
of Oklahoma. Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
This notice is published as part of the not identified in this notice that wish to
National Park Service’s administrative Additional Requestors and Disposition request transfer of control of these
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Lineal descendants or representatives human remains should submit a written
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian request with information in support of
this notice are the sole responsibility of organization not identified in this notice the request to the Bureau of Indian
the museum, institution, or Federal that wish to request transfer of control Affairs at the address in this notice by
agency that has control of the Native of these human remains should submit October 10, 2018.
American human remains. The National a written request with information in ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum
Park Service is not responsible for the support of the request to Dr. Pamela Program Manager/NAGPRA
determinations in this notice. Endzweig, Director of Collections, Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
Consultation Museum of Natural and Cultural Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES

History, 1224 University of Oregon, Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
A detailed assessment of the human Eugene, OR 97403–1224, telephone Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
remains was made by the University of (541) 346–5120, email endzweig@ 6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural uoregon.edu, by October 10, 2018. After SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
History professional staff in that date, if no additional requestors here given in accordance with the
consultation with representatives of the have come forward, transfer of control Native American Graves Protection and
Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma. of the human remains to the Fort Sill Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.

VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Sep 07, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10SEN1.SGM 10SEN1

45658 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 175 / Monday, September 10, 2018 / Notices

3003, of the completion of an inventory likely removed. The names of these human remains to The Tribes may
of human remains under the control of invited tribes are available upon proceed.
the U.S. Department of the Interior, request. None of these Indian Tribes The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, agreed to accept control of the human Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible
DC. The human remains were removed remains. In May 2018, the Bureau of for notifying The Tribes that this notice
from an unknown location in Alaska. Indian Affairs agreed to transfer control has been published.
This notice is published as part of the of the human remains to the Chinik Dated: August 3, 2018.
National Park Service’s administrative Eskimo Community (Golovin); King Melanie O’Brien,
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Island Native Community; Native
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Village of Brevig Mission; Native Village
The determinations in this notice are [FR Doc. 2018–19534 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am]
of Council; Native Village of Diomede
the sole responsibility of the museum, (aka Inalik); Native Village of Elim; BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
institution, or Federal agency that has Native Village of Gambell; Native
control of the Native American human Village of Koyuk; Native Village of
remains. The National Park Service is DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Mary’s Igloo; Native Village of Saint
not responsible for the determinations Michael; Native Village of Savoonga; National Park Service
in this notice. Native Village of Shaktoolik; Native
Village of Shishmaref; Native Village of [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA-NPS0026290;
Consultation PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Teller; Native Village of Unalakleet;
A detailed assessment of the human Native Village of Wales; Native Village
remains was made by the U.S. Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
of White Mountain; Stebbins Department of Agriculture, Forest
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Community Association; and the Village
Indian Affairs professional staff in Service, Boise National Forest, Boise,
of Solomon, hereafter referred to as ID
consultation with a physical
‘‘The Tribes.’’
anthropologist with extensive
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
experience in forensic work with Alaska Determinations Made by the U.S.
Native human remains. Based on the Department of the Interior, Bureau of ACTION: Notice.
report of the physical anthropologist, Indian Affairs SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs sent an Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service,
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
inventory and letters inviting Boise National Forest, has completed an
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs have
consultation to representatives of 133 inventory of human remains and
determined that:
Indian tribes (names of invited tribes
available upon request). None of the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the associated funerary objects, in
human remains described in this notice consultation with the appropriate
invited tribes wished to consult. Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
are Native American based on cranial
History and Description of the Remains analysis by a physical anthropologist organizations, and has determined that
At an unknown date in or about 1973, with extensive experience performing there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains representing, at such analyses. human remains and associated funerary
minimum, two individuals were • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the objects and present-day Indian Tribes or
removed from an unknown location in human remains described in this notice Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
Alaska. On or about December 5, 2014, represent the physical remains of two descendants or representatives of any
these human remains were mailed to the individuals of Native American Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
Bureau of Indian Affairs Alaska Region ancestry. organization not identified in this notice
Office in a box with a letter attached. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a that wish to request transfer of control
The writer, ‘‘Madeline Hale,’’ stated relationship of shared group identity of these human remains and associated
that, ‘‘sometime around 1973, [Ms. cannot be reasonably traced between the funerary objects should submit a written
Hale’s] then boyfriend Mike went to Native American human remains and request to the Boise National Forest. If
Alaska and came back with [the any present-day Indian Tribe. no additional requestors come forward,
enclosed human remains]. He said he’d • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), transfer of control of the human remains
found it out in the wilderness the disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the
somewhere at an Indian burial ground.’’ may be to The Tribes. lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or
No additional information was Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
Additional Requestors and Disposition this notice may proceed.
provided. Ms. Hale did not provide a
return mailing address or any other Representatives of any Indian Tribe or DATES: Lineal descendants or
contact information, and attempts to Native Hawaiian organization not representatives of any Indian Tribe or
locate her were unsuccessful. No known identified in this notice that wish to Native Hawaiian organization not
individuals were identified. No request transfer of control of these identified in this notice that wish to
associated funerary objects are present. human remains should submit a written request transfer of control of these
At the time of the excavation and request with information in support of human remains and associated funerary
removal of these human remains, the the request to Anna Pardo, Museum objects should submit a written request
land from which the human remains Program Manager/NAGPRA with information in support of the
were removed was not the tribal land of Coordinator, U.S. Department of the request to the Boise National Forest at
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES

any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 the address in this notice by October 10,
organization. In May 2015, the U.S. Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, 2018.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390– ADDRESSES: Cecilia Romero Seesholtz,
Indian Affairs sent letters to 133 Indian 6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by Boise National Forest, 1249 South
tribes who are recognized as aboriginal October 10, 2018. After that date, if no Vinnell Way, Suite 200, Boise, ID 83709,
to the area from which these Native additional requestors have come telephone (208) 373–4102, email
American human remains were most forward, transfer of control of the cseesholtz@fs.fed.us.

VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Sep 07, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10SEN1.SGM 10SEN1

Document Created: 2018-09-08 00:42:58
Document Modified: 2018-09-08 00:42:58

Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Bureau of
FR Citation		83 FR 45657

83 FR 45657 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNational Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 175 (September 10, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service