[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 193 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51716-51717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25350]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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 Hooper Bay.
    In 1950, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
from the Old Sealing Camp site by Mr. Wendell

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Oswalt. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present. The Old Sealing Camp site has been identified as a 
habitation site from late precontact times based on oral history. The 
circumstances in which the human remains were recovered suggest a 19th 
century context. Consultation evidence presented by representative of 
the Native Village of Hooper Bay indicates this site has been 
traditionally associated with the Village of Hooper Bay during and 
prior to the 19th century.
    In 1964, human remains representing two individuals were recovered 
from an older section of the Native Village of Hooper Bay by Mr. Otto 
Geist. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
object are present. The circumstances in which the human remains were 
recovered suggest a 19th century context. Consultation evidence 
presented by representative of the Native Village of Hooper Bay 
indicates this site has been traditionally associated with the Village 
of Hooper Bay during and prior to the 19th century.
    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 three 
individuals 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 the 
Native Village of Hooper.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Native Village of 
Hooper Bay. 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 and associated 
funerary objects to the Native Village of Hooper Bay 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. 96-25350 Filed 10-2-96; 8:45 am]
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