[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 62 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16957-16958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7852]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items from the Prince 
William Sound Region, AK in the Control of the Chugach National Forest, 
U.S. Forest Service, Anchorage, AK and in Possession of the University 
of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of the intent to repatriate 
cultural items from the Prince William Sound Region, Alaska in the 
control of the Chugach National Forest, U.S. Forest Service, Anchorage, 
AK and in possession of the University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK 
which meet the definition of ``unassociated funerary objects'' under 
Section 2 of the Act.
    The two cultural items consist of two bone needles.
    In 1933, these two cultural items were recovered with a burial at 
the Palugvik Village site on Hawkins Island, AK during excavations 
conducted under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania Museum 
by Frederica de Laguna. The human remains recovered with these cultural 
items have previously been repatriated from the Danish National Museum. 
Based on archeological evidence, the Palugvik Village site has been 
dated to c. 1500 A.D.
    The three cultural items consist of a string of glass beads and two 
shell pendants.
    In 1933, these three cultural items were recovered with a burial at 
Glacier Island, AK during excavations conducted under the auspices of 
the University of Pennsylvania Museum by Frederica de Laguna. The human 
remains recovered with these cultural items have previously been 
repatriated from the Danish National Museum. Based on archeological 
evidence, this Glacier Island burial has been dated to the post-contact 
period, post-1780 A.D.
    In 1953, the cultural items mentioned above were sent to the 
University of Alaska Museum from the University of Pennsylvania Museum 
as part of an exchange collection.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the U.S. 
Forest Service have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(2)(ii), these five cultural items 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 and are believed, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific 
burial site of a Native American individual. Officials of the U.S. 
Forest Service have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), 
there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between these items and the Chugach Alaska 
Corporation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Chugach Alaska 
Corporation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these objects should contact 
Linda Yarborough, Acting Forest Archaeologist, Chugach National Forest, 
3301 C Street, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99503; telephone: (907) 271-
2511, fax: (907) 271-2725 before May 1, 2000. Repatriation of these 
objects to the Chugach Alaska Corporation may begin after that date if 
no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 23, 2000.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Manager, Archeology and 
Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 00-7852 Filed 3-29-00; 8:45 am]
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