[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41446-41447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15293]


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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 American 
Museum of Natural History, New York, NY

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), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY.
     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 American 
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional 
Government and Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation.
     In 1912, human remains representing a minimum of 121 individuals 
were collected by Vilhjalmur Stefansson from Point Barrow, North Slope 
Borough, AK, during an American Museum of Natural History expedition. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
     In 1912, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected by Vilhajlmur Stefansson from Birnirk, three miles 
northeast of Barrow, North Slope Borough, AK, during an American Museum 
of Natural History expedition. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
     These individuals have been identified as Native American based on 
geographic information and documentation at the American Museum of 
Natural History. Consultation with tribal representatives, geographic 
location, and documentation at the American Museum of Natural History 
suggest that a relationship exists between contemporary inhabitants of 
the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government and these 
human remains from Point Barrow, AK, and Birnirk, AK.
     Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
American Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of a minimum of 122 individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the American Museum of Natural History 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 the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat 
Traditional Government and Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation.
     This notice has been sent to officials of the Native Village of 
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government and Ukpeagvik Inupiat 
Corporation. Representatives of

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any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains should contact Elaine Guthrie, Acting Director 
of Cultural Resources, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park 
West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, telephone (212) 769-5835, 
before July 18, 2002. Repatriation of the human remains to the Native 
Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government and Ukpeagvik Inupiat 
Corporation may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: April 25, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-15293 Filed 6-17-02; 8:45 am]
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