83 FR 7765 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 36 (February 22, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-03634

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 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 and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 
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 and associated 
funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or

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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 Alaska Region USFWS at the address in 
this notice by March 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Edward 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Alaska Region 
USFWS, Anchorage, AK. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed from Amchitka Island and Adak Island, Aleutians West 
Census Area, 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 Native Village of Atka, the Atxam Corporation, and the Aleut 
Corporation.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1944, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from an unknown site on Amchitka Island, Aleutians West 
Census Area, AK, by Fred Swearingen, who made surface collections from 
the midden site. The human remains were transferred to the University 
of Washington, Burke Museum in 1945, and then to the Alaska Region 
USFWS headquarters in 2016. The human remains include 21 vertebrae, 
three ribs, sternum, sacrum, one patella, and hand and foot bones, and 
represent one adult male. No known individual was identified. The one 
associated funerary object is an unmodified mammal bone.
    There are no diagnostics artifacts or radiocarbon dates associated 
with the human remains. The consensus among anthropologists is that 
midden sites began to appear around 3,000 years ago. The human remains 
were found on the surface of the midden and likely date to the Late 
Prehistoric period, possibly no earlier than 500--1000 years B.P.
    On April 15th, 1944, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Adak Island, Aleutians West Census Area, 
AK, by Harley Goodrich while operating a bulldozer. The human remains 
include one cranium, discovered at a depth of approximately 25 feet. 
The human remains were transferred to the University of Washington, 
Burke Museum on August 1, 1944. A physical anthropologist at the Burke 
Museum determined that the human remains are from an adult female. No 
known individuals were identified. No known funerary objects were 
present.
    The present-day Aleut cultural affiliation with prehistoric Aleut 
populations is evident in the human remains. The context and physical 
traits are consistent with those expected for pre-contact Aleut 
populations.

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 two individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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 the Native Village of Atka.

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 Edward 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], by March 26, 2018. After that date, 
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Native Village 
of Atka may proceed.
    The Alaska Region USFWS is responsible for notifying the Native 
Village of Atka, the Atxam Corporation, and the Aleut Corporation that 
this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 2, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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human remains should submit a written of Nebraska; and the Sac & Fox Nation • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
request with information in support of of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska disposition of the human remains may
the request to History Colorado at the were invited to consult, but did not be to The Invited and Consulted Tribes.
address in this notice by March 26, participate (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Additional Requestors and Disposition
2018. Invited and Consulted Tribes’’).
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, History History and Description of the Remains Native Hawaiian organization not
Colorado, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
At some time before 1996, human identified in this notice that wish to
(303) 866–4531, email sheila.goff@
remains representing, at minimum, one request transfer of control of these
state.co.us.
individual were removed from an human remains should submit a written
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is request with information in support of
unknown location in South Dakota and
here given in accordance with the the request to Sheila Goff, History
delivered to the Colorado Office of
Native American Graves Protection and Colorado, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
Archaeology and Historic Preservation
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. (303) 866–4531, email sheila.goff@
in 1996. The human remains are of an
3003, of the completion of an inventory state.co.us, by March 26, 2018. After
of human remains under the control of adult female. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary that date, if no additional requestors
History Colorado, Denver, CO. The have come forward, transfer of control
human remains were removed from an objects are present.
of the human remains to The Invited
unknown location in South Dakota. History Colorado has no evidence that and Consulted Tribes may proceed.
This notice is published as part of the at the time of the excavation and History Colorado is responsible for
National Park Service’s administrative removal of these human remains the notifying The Invited and Consulted
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 land from which the human remains Tribes that this notice has been
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). were removed was the tribal land of any published.
The determinations in this notice are Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
Dated: February 2, 2018.
the sole responsibility of the museum, organization. Between February 2015
and November 2017, History Colorado Melanie O’Brien,
institution, or Federal agency that has
contacted The Invited and Consulted Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
control of the Native American human
remains. The National Park Service is Tribes, who are recognized as aboriginal [FR Doc. 2018–03632 Filed 2–21–18; 8:45 am]
not responsible for the determinations to the area from which these Native BILLING CODE 4312–52–P

in this notice. American human remains were
removed, requesting telephonic
Consultation consultation. The Cheyenne River Sioux DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
A detailed assessment of the human Tribe of the Cheyenne River
remains was made by History Colorado National Park Service
Reservation, South Dakota, have agreed
professional staff in consultation with to accept control of the human remains [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024981;
representatives of the Cheyenne River and the Indian Tribes who participated PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River in consultations concurred.
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Determinations Made by the History Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Colorado Region, Anchorage, AK
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Brule Officials of History Colorado have AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule determined that: ACTION: Notice.
Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
Indian Community in the State of human remains described in this notice SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe are Native American based on Service, Alaska Region (Alaska Region
(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux osteological analysis conducted at USFWS) has completed an inventory of
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Metropolitan State University of Denver. human remains and associated funerary
South Dakota); Otoe-Missouria Tribe of objects, in consultation with the
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
human remains described in this notice Hawaiian organizations, and has
Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
represent the physical remains of one determined that there is a cultural
Nebraska; Prairie Island Indian
individual of Native American ancestry. affiliation between the human remains
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a and present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Sac & relationship of shared group identity Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe cannot be reasonably traced between the descendants or representatives of any
of the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux Native American human remains and Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton any present-day Indian Tribe. organization not identified in this notice
Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, • According to final judgments of the that wish to request transfer of control
South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Indian Claims Commission or the Court of these human remains and associated
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of of Federal Claims, the land from which funerary objects should submit a written
North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated the Native American human remains request to the Alaska Region USFWS. If
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, were removed is the aboriginal land of no additional requestors come forward,
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North Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, The Invited and Consulted Tribes. transfer of control of the human remains
Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or and associated funerary objects to the
of South Dakota. The Assiniboine and Executive Orders, indicate that the land lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian from which the Native American human Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
Reservation, Montana; Crow Creek remains were removed is the aboriginal this notice may proceed.
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek land of The Invited and Consulted DATES: Lineal descendants or
Reservation, South Dakota; Omaha Tribe Tribes. representatives of any Indian Tribe or

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Native Hawaiian organization not human remains. The consensus among objects to the Native Village of Atka may
identified in this notice that wish to anthropologists is that midden sites proceed.
request transfer of control of these began to appear around 3,000 years ago. The Alaska Region USFWS is
human remains and associated funerary The human remains were found on the responsible for notifying the Native
objects should submit a written request surface of the midden and likely date to Village of Atka, the Atxam Corporation,
with information in support of the the Late Prehistoric period, possibly no and the Aleut Corporation that this
request to the Alaska Region USFWS at earlier than 500—1000 years B.P. notice has been published.
the address in this notice by March 26, On April 15th, 1944, human remains Dated: February 2, 2018.
2018. representing, at minimum, one Melanie O’Brien,
ADDRESSES: Edward DeCleva, Regional individual were removed from Adak
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish Island, Aleutians West Census Area,
[FR Doc. 2018–03634 Filed 2–21–18; 8:45 am]
and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, AK, by Harley Goodrich while operating
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1011 East Tudor Road MS–235, a bulldozer. The human remains
Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) include one cranium, discovered at a
786–3399, email edward_decleva@ depth of approximately 25 feet. The
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
fws.gov. human remains were transferred to the
University of Washington, Burke National Park Service
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Museum on August 1, 1944. A physical
here given in accordance with the anthropologist at the Burke Museum [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024982;
Native American Graves Protection and determined that the human remains are PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. from an adult female. No known
3003, of the completion of an inventory Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
individuals were identified. No known Items: United States Army Corps of
of human remains and associated funerary objects were present.
funerary objects under the control of the Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, OK
The present-day Aleut cultural
Alaska Region USFWS, Anchorage, AK. affiliation with prehistoric Aleut AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
The human remains and associated populations is evident in the human ACTION: Notice.
funerary objects were removed from remains. The context and physical traits
Amchitka Island and Adak Island, are consistent with those expected for SUMMARY: The United States Army
Aleutians West Census Area, AK. pre-contact Aleut populations. Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, in
This notice is published as part of the consultation with the appropriate
National Park Service’s administrative Determinations Made by the Alaska Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Region USFWS organizations, has determined that the
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Officials of the Alaska Region USFWS cultural items listed in this notice meet
this notice are the sole responsibility of have determined that: the definition of unassociated funerary
the museum, institution, or Federal • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the objects. Lineal descendants or
agency that has control of the Native human remains described in this notice representatives of any Indian tribe or
American human remains and represent the physical remains of two Native Hawaiian organization not
associated funerary objects. The individuals of Native American identified in this notice that wish to
National Park Service is not responsible ancestry. claim these cultural items should
for the determinations in this notice. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), submit a written request to the United
the one object described in this notice States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa
Consultation
is reasonably believed to have been District. If no additional claimants come
A detailed assessment of the human placed with or near individual human forward, transfer of control of the
remains was made by the Alaska Region remains at the time of death or later as cultural items to the lineal descendants,
USFWS professional staff in part of the death rite or ceremony. Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian
consultation with representatives of the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there organizations stated in this notice may
Native Village of Atka, the Atxam is a relationship of shared group proceed.
Corporation, and the Aleut Corporation. identity that can be reasonably traced DATES: Lineal descendants or
between the Native American human representatives of any Indian tribe or
History and Description of the Remains
remains and the Native Village of Atka. Native Hawaiian organization not
In 1944, human remains representing,
Additional Requestors and Disposition identified in this notice that wish to
at minimum, one individual were
Lineal descendants or representatives claim these cultural items should
removed from an unknown site on
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian submit a written request with
Amchitka Island, Aleutians West
organization not identified in this notice information in support of the claim to
Census Area, AK, by Fred Swearingen,
that wish to request transfer of control the United States Army Corps of
who made surface collections from the
of these human remains and associated Engineers, Tulsa District, at the address
midden site. The human remains were
funerary objects should submit a written in this notice by March 26, 2018.
transferred to the University of
Washington, Burke Museum in 1945, request with information in support of ADDRESSES: Michelle Horn, CESWT–
and then to the Alaska Region USFWS the request to Edward DeCleva, Regional ODR–N, US Army Corps of Engineers,
headquarters in 2016. The human Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish Tulsa District, 2488 East 81st Street,
remains include 21 vertebrae, three ribs, and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Tulsa, OK 74137–4290, telephone (918)
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES

sternum, sacrum, one patella, and hand 1011 East Tudor Road MS–235, 669–7642, email Michelle.C.Horn@
and foot bones, and represent one adult Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) usace.army.mil.
male. No known individual was 786–3399, email edward_decleva@ SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
identified. The one associated funerary fws.gov, by March 26, 2018. After that here given in accordance with the
object is an unmodified mammal bone. date, if no additional requestors have Native American Graves Protection and
There are no diagnostics artifacts or come forward, transfer of control of the Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
radiocarbon dates associated with the human remains and associated funerary 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural

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83 FR 7765 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK

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