[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87054-87055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28951]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22446; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Natural 
History, Yale University, New Haven, CT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Natural History has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request to the Peabody Museum of Natural History. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Peabody Museum of Natural History at the 
address in this notice by January 3, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum of 
Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, telephone 
(203) 432-3752.

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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Peabody Museum of 
Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Site 16, Chandler Lake, 
Brooks Range, North Slope Borough, 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 and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody 
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1956, human remains representing one individual were removed 
from a Nunamiut burial site identified as Site 16, Chandler Lake, 
Brooks Range, North Slope Borough, AK and donated to the Peabody Museum 
of Natural History the same year. The human remains represent one 
individual identified as a probable male, aged approximately 30-

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50 years. No known individuals were identified. The 21 associated 
funerary objects are 3 lots of glass beads, 1 lot of earthen beads, 1 
jade pendant, 1 bone implement, 1 iron blade with bone handle, 1 
rectangular iron blade, 1 iron implement, 1 metal scissors fragment, 2 
iron bracelets, 1 iron wire fragment, 2 iron blades, 2 lots of iron 
fragments, 1 bone implement fragment, 1 lot of bone fragments, 1 lot of 
hide fragments, and 1 long bone shaft fragment.
    Osteological data as well as the archaeological and geographic 
contexts identify these human remains as representing an individual of 
Native American ancestry. A portion of the funerary objects were 
identified by Campbell as typical of Nunamiut manufacture. The presence 
of historic trade objects confirms a post-contact date for this burial. 
The region of Anaktuvuk was, and is, occupied by the Nunamiut people 
who are today represented by the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass.

Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Natural History

    Officials of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 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(3)(A), the 21 objects described 
in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite or ceremony.
     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 associated funerary objects and the Village 
of Anaktuvuk Pass.

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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale 
Peabody Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 
06520-8118, telephone (203) 432-3752, by January 3, 2017. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
Village of Anaktuvuk Pass may proceed.
    The Peabody Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 17, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-28951 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am]
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