[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45998-45999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17417]


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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 A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 
Berkeley, CA

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 Phoebe A. 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.
     An assessment of the human remains, and catalogue records and 
associated documents relevant to the human remains, was made by Phoebe 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.
     In 1963, human remains representing at least one individual were 
removed from Structure E, Mound A, at the Birnirk site, Point Barrow, 
AK, by K. Bohnsack. These human remains were donated to the Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum in 1964 by S. Holland. 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 Phoebe A. Hearst 
Museum. Consultation with tribal representatives, geographic location, 
and documentation at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum suggest that a 
relationship exists between contemporary inhabitants of the Arctic 
Slope Regional Corporation and these human remains from Point Barrow, 
AK, and Birnirk, AK.
     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 A. 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 the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should 
contact C. Richard Hitchcock, NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst 
Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 
94720, telephone (510) 642-6096, before August 12, 2002. Repatriation 
of the human remains to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.


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    Dated:May 24, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-17417 Filed 7-10-02; 8:45 am]
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