83 FR 7770 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

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

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FR Document		2018-03629

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, and with the cooperation of the University of Alaska Museum of the North, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe 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 BLM, Alaska State Office. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian Tribes stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024976; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), Alaska State Office, has completed an inventory of human remains 
and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian Tribes, and with the cooperation of the University of Alaska 
Museum of the North, and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects 
and present-day Indian Tribes. Lineal descendants or representatives of 
any Indian Tribe 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 BLM, Alaska State 
Office. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control 
of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian 
Tribes stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe 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 BLM, 
Alaska State Office, at the address in this notice by March 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert King, BLM-Alaska State NAGPRA Coordinator, 222 
West 7th Avenue, Box 13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7599, telephone (907) 271-
5510, 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 BLM and housed at 
the University of Alaska Museum of the North. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from the Sikoruk site (XHP-
00002) in the North Slope Borough, AK, on land administered by the BLM.
    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 BLM, 
Alaska State Office, and the University of Alaska Museum of the North 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of Native 
Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Native Village of 
Nuiqsut (aka Nooiksut), and Village of Anaktuvuk Pass.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual were 
removed from the Sikoruk site (XHP-00002) at Tukuto Lake in the North 
Slope Borough, AK, by Dr. Edwin S. Hall. The lands surrounding Tukuto 
Lake are within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and are 
administrated by the BLM. In 2016, the human remains were transferred 
from Ohio History Connection in Columbus, OH, where they had been held 
since 1971, to the University of Alaska Museum of the North in 
Fairbanks, AK, which serves as the primary repository for the BLM, 
Alaska State Office. The human remains are a 75-percent complete 
skeleton of a young adult female, 20-34 years old, and their condition 
suggests they are a few hundred years old. No known individual was 
identified. The two

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associated funerary objects are one left distal tarsal and one left 
foot phalange of a medium sized true seal (Family Phocidae).

Determinations Made by the Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State 
Office

    Officials of the BLM, Alaska State Office, 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 two 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 Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional 
Government, Native Village of Nuiqsut (aka Nooiksut), and Village of 
Anaktuvuk Pass.

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 Dr. Robert King, BLM-Alaska State NAGPRA 
Coordinator, 222 West 7th Avenue, Box 13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7599, 
telephone (907) 271-5510, 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 Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, 
Native Village of Nuiqsut (aka Nooiksut), and Village of Anaktuvuk Pass 
may proceed.
    The BLM, Alaska State Office, is responsible for notifying tribal 
representatives of Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional 
Government, Native Village of Nuiqsut (aka Nooiksut), and Village of 
Anaktuvuk Pass that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 2, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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cultural item (MH SK K.106) was likely should submit a written request with request to the BLM, Alaska State Office,
accessioned into the Joseph Allen information in support of the claim to at the address in this notice by March
Skinner Museum collection between the Aaron F. Miller, NAGPRA Coordinator, 26, 2018.
museum’s opening in 1932 and Mr. Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 50 ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert King, BLM-
Skinner’s death in 1946. Mr. Skinner College Street, South Hadley, MA Alaska State NAGPRA Coordinator, 222
donated his museum collection to 01075, telephone (413) 538–3394, email West 7th Avenue, Box 13, Anchorage,
Mount Holyoke College, and today it is afmiller@mtholyoke.edu, by March 26, AK 99513–7599, telephone (907) 271–
administered by the Mount Holyoke 2018. After that date, if no additional 5510, email r2king@blm.gov.
College Art Museum. The sacred object/ claimants have come forward, transfer SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
object of cultural patrimony is a wood of control of the sacred object and/or here given in accordance with the
and hide drum. object of cultural patrimony to the Native American Graves Protection and
At some time prior to 1936, one Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico, may Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
cultural item was removed from an proceed. 3003, of the completion of an inventory
unknown location. The cultural item The Mount Holyoke College Art of human remains and associated
(MH SK K.B.22) was accessioned into Museum is responsible for notifying the funerary objects under the control of the
the Joseph Allen Skinner Museum Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico, that BLM and housed at the University of
collection on August 30, 1936. No this notice has been published. Alaska Museum of the North. The
additional information regarding the Dated: February 2, 2018. human remains and associated funerary
source or method of acquisition is
Melanie O’Brien, objects were removed from the Sikoruk
available. The sacred object/object of
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. site (XHP–00002) in the North Slope
cultural patrimony is a handled
[FR Doc. 2018–03630 Filed 2–21–18; 8:45 am] Borough, AK, on land administered by
earthenware vessel with white slip and
the BLM.
black pigment. BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
In January of 2017, representatives This notice is published as part of the
from the Pueblo of San Felipe, New National Park Service’s administrative
Mexico, identified these four cultural DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
items as culturally affiliated with San U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
National Park Service this notice are the sole responsibility of
Felipe and as sacred objects/objects of
cultural patrimony. Based on National [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024976; the museum, institution, or Federal
NAGPRA definitions of sacred objects PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] agency that has control of the Native
and objects of cultural patrimony and a American human remains and
general knowledge of these objects Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. associated funerary objects. The
incorporating sacred imagery and being Department of the Interior, Bureau of National Park Service is not responsible
used in various types of ceremonies Land Management, Alaska State Office, for the determinations in this notice.
and/or funerary contexts, the claim for Anchorage, AK Consultation
repatriation to the Pueblo of San Felipe AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. A detailed assessment of the human
has merit. ACTION: Notice. remains was made by the BLM, Alaska
Determinations Made by the Mount State Office, and the University of
Holyoke College Art Museum SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Alaska Museum of the North
Interior, Bureau of Land Management professional staff in consultation with
Officials of the Mount Holyoke (BLM), Alaska State Office, has
College Art Museum have determined representatives of Native Village of
completed an inventory of human Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government,
that: remains and associated funerary objects,
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), Native Village of Nuiqsut (aka
in consultation with the appropriate Nooiksut), and Village of Anaktuvuk
the four cultural items described above Indian Tribes, and with the cooperation
are specific ceremonial objects needed Pass.
of the University of Alaska Museum of
by traditional Native American religious the North, and has determined that History and Description of the Remains
leaders for the practice of traditional there is a cultural affiliation between the
Native American religions by their In 1971, human remains representing,
human remains and associated funerary at minimum, 1 individual were removed
present-day adherents. objects and present-day Indian Tribes.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), from the Sikoruk site (XHP–00002) at
Lineal descendants or representatives of Tukuto Lake in the North Slope
the four cultural items described above
any Indian Tribe not identified in this Borough, AK, by Dr. Edwin S. Hall. The
have ongoing historical, traditional, or
notice that wish to request transfer of lands surrounding Tukuto Lake are
cultural importance central to the
control of these human remains and within the National Petroleum Reserve-
Native American group or culture itself,
associated funerary objects should Alaska and are administrated by the
rather than property owned by an
submit a written request to the BLM, BLM. In 2016, the human remains were
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Alaska State Office. If no additional transferred from Ohio History
is a relationship of shared group requestors come forward, transfer of Connection in Columbus, OH, where
identity that can be reasonably traced control of the human remains and they had been held since 1971, to the
between the sacred objects and objects associated funerary objects to the Indian University of Alaska Museum of the
of cultural patrimony and the Pueblo of Tribes stated in this notice may proceed. North in Fairbanks, AK, which serves as
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San Felipe, New Mexico. DATES: Lineal descendants or the primary repository for the BLM,
representatives of any Indian Tribe not Alaska State Office. The human remains
Additional Requestors and Disposition identified in this notice that wish to are a 75-percent complete skeleton of a
Lineal descendants or representatives request transfer of control of these young adult female, 20–34 years old,
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian human remains and associated funerary and their condition suggests they are a
organization not identified in this notice objects should submit a written request few hundred years old. No known
that wish to claim these cultural items with information in support of the individual was identified. The two

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associated funerary objects are one left DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR History and Description of the Cultural
distal tarsal and one left foot phalange Items
of a medium sized true seal (Family National Park Service
In 1971, 15 cultural items were
Phocidae). [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024989; removed from D13–26 in Hawaii
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] County, HI, by the University of
Determinations Made by the Bureau of
Land Management, Alaska State Office California, Santa Barbara during
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural extensive archeological excavations
Officials of the BLM, Alaska State Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, under the direction of Robert Renger.
Office, have determined that: National Park Service, Kaloko- D13–26 is located on lands which now
Honokōhau National Historical Park, HI comprise Kaloko-Honokōhau National
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Historical Park, but the park was not
human remains described in this notice
established as a unit of the National
represent the physical remains of one ACTION: Notice.
Park Service until November 10, 1978.
individual of Native American ancestry.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the The collections were entrusted to Robert
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Interior, National Park Service, Kaloko- Renger by the land owner at the
the two objects described in this notice Honokōhau National Historical Park, in conclusion of fieldwork. On October 29,
are reasonably believed to have been consultation with the appropriate 1990, Robert Renger donated the Kaloko
placed with or near individual human Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian archeological collection to Kaloko-
remains at the time of death or later as organizations, has determined that the Honokōhau National Historical Park.
part of the death rite or ceremony. cultural items listed in this notice meet The 15 unassociated funerary objects are
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there the definition of unassociated funerary 2 echinoid files, 1 bone fishhook point,
is a relationship of shared group objects. Lineal descendants or 1 basalt abrader, 3 metal nails, 3 glass
representatives of any Indian Tribe or fragments, 1 cylindrical object, and 4
identity that can be reasonably traced
Native Hawaiian organization not metal fragments.
between the Native American human
identified in this notice that wish to D13–26 is a low platform with a low
remains and Native Village of Barrow rectangular alignment and a possible
Inupiat Traditional Government, Native claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to Kaloko- fire pit. One set of human remains was
Village of Nuiqsut (aka Nooiksut), and identified and left in place within the
Honokōhau National Historical Park. If
Village of Anaktuvuk Pass. low rectangular alignment further
no additional claimants come forward,
Additional Requestors and Disposition transfer of control of the cultural items described as a crypt. Three building/use
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, stages are identifiable at the site: the
Lineal descendants or representatives or Native Hawaiian organizations stated construction of the platform, the
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian in this notice may proceed. additional use of the platform, and the
organization not identified in this notice DATES: Lineal descendants or
construction of the crypt and
that wish to request transfer of control representatives of any Indian Tribe or rectangular alignment of stones.
of these human remains and associated Native Hawaiian organization not Artifacts present at the site are
funerary objects should submit a written identified in this notice that wish to representative of both pre- and post-
request with information in support of claim these cultural items should contact time periods.
the request to Dr. Robert King, BLM- submit a written request with Determinations Made by Kaloko-
Alaska State NAGPRA Coordinator, 222 information in support of the claim to Honokōhau National Historical Park
West 7th Avenue, Box 13, Anchorage, Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical
Officials of Kaloko-Honokōhau
AK 99513–7599, telephone (907) 271– Park at the address in this notice by
National Historical Park have
5510, email r2king@blm.gov, by March March 26, 2018.
determined that:
26, 2018. After that date, if no ADDRESSES: Barbara Alberti, Acting • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
additional requestors have come Superintendent, Kaloko-Honokōhau the 15 cultural items described above
forward, transfer of control of the National Historical Park, 73–4786 are reasonably believed to have been
human remains and associated funerary Kanalani Street #14, Kailua-Kona, HI placed with or near individual human
objects to Native Village of Barrow 96740, telephone (808) 329–6881 x1201, remains at the time of death or later as
Inupiat Traditional Government, Native email barbara_alberti@nps.gov. part of the death rite or ceremony and
Village of Nuiqsut (aka Nooiksut), and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is are believed, by a preponderance of the
Village of Anaktuvuk Pass may proceed. here given in accordance with the evidence, to have been removed from a
The BLM, Alaska State Office, is Native American Graves Protection and specific burial site of a Native American
responsible for notifying tribal Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. individual.
representatives of Native Village of 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, items under the control of the U.S. is a relationship of shared group
Native Village of Nuiqsut (aka Department of the Interior, National identity that can be reasonably traced
Park Service, Kaloko-Honokōhau between the unassociated funerary
Nooiksut), and Village of Anaktuvuk
National Historical Park, City, HI, that objects and the ‘ohana of Kuali‘i, (Guye)
Pass that this notice has been published.
meet the definition of unassociated Lee, (Reggie) Lee, Lui, Naboa, Nazara,
Dated: February 2, 2018. funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. Palacat-Nelson, and Vincent.
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES

Melanie O’Brien, This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative Additional Requestors and Disposition
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018–03629 Filed 2–21–18; 8:45 am] responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Lineal descendants or representatives
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
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this notice are the sole responsibility of organization not identified in this notice
the Superintendent, Kaloko-Honokōhau that wish to claim these cultural items
National Historical Park. should submit a written request with

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83 FR 7770 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK

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