[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 193 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 51716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25349]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
From Unalakleet, AK, in the Control of the Alaska State Office, Bureau 
of Land Management, Anchorage, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects in the control of the Alaska State Office, 
Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Bureau of 
Land Management and University of Alaska Museum professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Native Village of Unalakleet.
    During the summer of 1990, human remains representing one 
individual were recovered from site UKT-023 during a legally authorized 
salvage project. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary object are present. Site UKT-023 has been identified as a 19th 
century Eskimo habitation site based on architecture and written 
accounts of the area from the 1860s. Oral history presented by 
representative of the Native Village of Unalakleet, in addition to the 
traditional Eskimo name for this site area, indicates this site is 
associated with the Village of Unalakleet.
    Based on the above mentioned information, Bureau of Land Management 
officials have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the 
human remains listed above represent the physical remains of one 
individual of Native American ancestry. Bureau of Land Management 
officials have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), 
there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Native Village of Unalakleet.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Native Village of 
Unalakleet. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and 
associated funerary objects should contact Dr. Robert E. King, Alaska 
State NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. 7th Avenue, 
#13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7599; telephone: (907) 271-5510, before 
November 4, 1996. Repatriation of the human remains to the Native 
Village of Unalakleet may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
Dated: September 30, 1996,
C. Timothy McKeown,
Acting, Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Acting Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 96-25349 Filed 10-2-96; 8:45 am]
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