[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35786-35787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14745]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-15722; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological 
Repository, Kodiak, AK and the University of Alaska Museum of the 
North, Fairbanks, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository and the 
University of Alaska Museum of the North have completed an inventory of 
human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and have determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of 
these human remains should submit a written request to the Alutiiq 
Museum and Archaeological Repository. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal 
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository at the address in this 
notice by July 24, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Alisha Drabek, Executive Director, Alutiiq Museum and 
Archaeological Repository, 215 Mission Road, Suite 101, Kodiak, AK 
99615, telephone (907) 486-7004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains in the 
physical custody of the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, 
Kodiak, AK, and under the control of the University of Alaska Museum of 
the North, Fairbanks, AK. The human remains were removed from the 
Blisky site (49-KOD-00210) on Near Island, AK.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Alutiiq 
Museum and Archaeological Repository professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly Lesnoi 
Village (aka Woody Island)) and the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously 
listed as the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak).

History and Description of the Remains

    In the spring of 1989, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the Blisky site (49-KOD-00210) on Near 
Island in the northern Kodiak Archipelago by Dr. Richard Knecht during 
an archeological excavation. The human remains were stored at the 
Kodiak Area Native Association's Alutiiq Culture Center and, in 1995, 
the remains were transferred to the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological 
Repository. The human remains consist of a humerus bone (accession 
 AM115). No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    The Blisky site is a prehistoric settlement on Near Island, one of 
a cluster of small islands that form the

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northeastern entrance to Chiniak Bay on northern Kodiak Island. The 
human remains came from midden deposits, most likely associated with 
the Koniag or Kachemak tradition. Many archeologists believe that the 
people of the Kachemak tradition are ancestral to the people of the 
Koniag tradition, who are in turn ancestral to contemporary Alutiiq 
people. Specifically, the human remains were removed from an area 
traditionally used by the Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly Lesnoi 
Village (aka Woody Island)) and the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously 
listed as the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak) people.

Determinations Made By the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository 
and the University of Alaska Museum of the North

    Officials of the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository and 
the University of Alaska Museum of the North have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and the Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly 
Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island)) and the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak 
(previously listed as the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak).

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Dr. 
Alisha Drabek, Executive Director, Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological 
Repository, 215 Mission Road, Suite 101, Kodiak, AK 99615, telephone 
(907) 486-7004, by July 24, 2014. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 
to the Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly Lesnoi Village (aka Woody 
Island)) and the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously listed as the 
Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak) may proceed.
    The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository is responsible for 
notifying the Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly Lesnoi Village (aka 
Woody Island)) and the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously listed as the 
Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak) that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 5, 2014.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-14745 Filed 6-23-14; 8:45 am]
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