[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 73 (Friday, April 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20201-20202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9296]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
From the Norton Sound Region, AK in the Possession of the University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA

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), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains from the Norton 
Sound Region,

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AK in the possession of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University 
of Pennsylvania Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Native Village of Unalakleet, the Native Village 
of Shaktoolik, the Native Village of St. Michael, the Stebbins 
Community Association, and the Bering Straits Native Foundation.
    In 1969, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
from a site east of Kouwegok Slough near Unalakleet, AK during 
excavations conducted under the auspices of the University of 
Pennsylvania by archeologist Bruce Lutz. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on excavation records and accession information provided by 
the collector, this individual has been identified as Native American 
from the Post-Norton period (after 1000 A.D.). No further information 
exists for this individual.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum 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. Officials of the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum 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 Unalakleet.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Native Village of 
Unalakleet, the Native Village of Shaktoolik, the Native Village of St. 
Michael, the Stebbins Community Association, and the Bering Straits 
Native Foundation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Dr. Jeremy Sabloff, the Williams Director, University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 33rd and Spruce 
Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324; telephone: (215) 898-4051, fax 
(215) 898-0657, before May 15, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains 
to the Native Village of Unalakleet may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
    The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations 
within this notice.

    Dated: April 7, 2000.
G. Mark Schoepfle,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Archeology and Ethnography 
Program.
[FR Doc. 00-9296 Filed 4-13-00; 8:45 am]
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