[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7436]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Phoebe Hearst 
Museum of Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

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 and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the Phoebe Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Phoebe 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of Chugach Alaska Corporation and the Native Village of 
Eyak.
    Prior to 1878, human remains representing one individual [Cat. 
12-3487] were recovered from the ``Aleutian Islands (Nutchuk 
Id), Aleut'' (now known as Hinchinbrook Island), Prince William Sound, 
AK, by B.G. McIntyre of the Alaska Commercial Company. In 1913, these 
human remains were donated to the University of California Anthropology 
Museum (now the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology) by the Bancroft 
Library of the University of California. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on geographic evidence, linguistic evidence, published 
folklore, and archeological evidence indicating over 2,000 years of 
cultural continuity, this individual has been determined to be Native 
American affiliated with Chugach Alaska Corporation and the Native 
Village of Eyak.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Phoebe 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology 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 
Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology also have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and Chugach Alaska Corporation and the Native Village of 
Eyak. This notice has been sent to officials of Chugach Alaska 
Corporation and the Native Village of Eyak. Representatives of any 
other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains should contact C. Richard Hitchock, Interim 
NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of 
California, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 643-7884, before April 
25, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains to Chugach Alaska 
Corporation and the Native Village of Eyak may begin after that date if 
no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 9, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 01-7436 Filed 3-23-01; 8:45 am]
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