[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28810]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Point Hope, AK in the Possession of the Nebraska State Historical 
Society, Lincoln, NE

AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains from Point Hope, AK 
in the possession of the Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, 
NE.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Nebraska 
State Historical Society professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Native Village of Point Hope and the Tigara 
Corporation.
    In 1927, human remains representing one individual were donated to 
the Society by Charles H. Dietrich. No known individual was identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    During the summer of 1902, U.S. Senator Charles H. Dietrich of 
Hastings, NE visited Alaska in the revenue cutter, Thetis. Dietrich's 
catalog indicates that he acquired several Alaskan objects from a man 
in Alaska who traded them to Dietrich in exchange for a box of 
magazines and newspapers from the United States. Based on information 
in the Society donor files, the original identification is recorded as, 
``skull found at Point Hope, where the dead are not buried.''
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Nebraska 
State Historical Society 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. Lastly, officials of the 
Nebraska State Historical Society have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity which 
can be reasonably traced between these Native American human remains 
and the Native Village of Point Hope and the Tigara Corporation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Native Village of 
Point Hope and the Tigara Corporation. Representatives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains should contact Rob Bozell, Associate Director, 
Nebraska State Historical Society, 1500 R Street, P.O. Box 82554, 
Lincoln, NE 68501-2554; telephone: (402) 471-4789, before November 27, 
1998. Repatriation of the human remains to the Native Village of Point 
Hope and the Tigara Corporation may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: October 6, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-28810 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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