[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2161]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion of Human Remains in the Possession 
of the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the completion of an 
inventory for Native American human remains from Little Diomede Island, 
Alaska, currently in the possession of the Anchorage Museum of History 
and Art, Anchorage, AK.
    A detailed inventory and assessment has been made by members of the 
professional staff of the Anchorage Museum of History and Art in 
consultation with representatives of the Inalik Native Corporation.
    Limited provenience information indicates this human remain was 
excavated from a cemetery on Little Diomede Island. In 1970, Ms. Helen 
McCullen donated the human remains to the Anchorage Museum of History 
and Art.
    The human remains consist of one skull fragment representing one 
individual. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    The Inalik Native Corporation represents the villages of Little 
Diomede Island for repatriation purposes. The Inalik Native Corporation 
has identified the island as the traditional occupation territory for 
the Little Diomede Islanders since pre-contact times. There is no 
evidence to indicate otherwise.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
Anchorage Museum of History and Art have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.10 (b)(1)(i), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. Museum 
officials have further determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 
(a)(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between the human remains and the Inalik Native 
Corporation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Inalik Native 
Corporation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe or Native 
Alaskan village or corporation which believes itself to be culturally 
affiliated with the human remains should contact Patricia B. Wolf, 
Museum Director, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 121 W. 7th 
Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501, telephone (907) 343-4326, fax (907) 
343-6149 before March 4, 1996. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Inalik Native Corporation may begin after this date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
Dated: January 29, 1996
Veletta Canouts
Deputy Chief, Archeology and Ethnography Program
[FR Doc. 96-2161 Filed 2-1-96; 8:45 am]
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