[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20631-20632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08864]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23165; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum 
of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and 
Anthropology (the Museum) 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 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 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 University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology at the address in this notice by June 2, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Julian Siggers, Williams Director, University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19104, telephone (215) 898-4050.

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 University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA. 
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from 
Baranoff 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 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 the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Central 
Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Chilkat Indian Village 
(Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines); Hoonah Indian 
Association; Sitka Tribe of Alaska; Yakutat Tlingit Tribe; and Sealaska 
Corporation, a non-federally recognized entity.

History and Description of the Remains

    In December 1931, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from a cave, in an unknown location, on the 
shoreline of Baranof Island in the Peril Strait in Alaska by Louis 
Shotridge. The human remains (UPM no. 31-29-17) represent the intact, 
fully clothed body of a single individual, male, 45-50 years old. The 
human remains are naturally mummified from the waist to the head. The 
pelvis and lower limbs are fully skeletonized. The human remains are 
believed to be those of Kagank, a Tlingit Kaagwaantaan Shaman. The 12 
associated funerary objects include one exterior woven mat, one hide 
wrapping, one wool blanket, one wooden frame structure over the face, 
one nose pin, one pair of hide gloves, one hide shirt with quill 
decoration, one fine woven cloth, one pair of hide boots, one bird 
wing, one ornament of braided hair, and one twined basket.
    The positioning and ornamentation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects was reviewed by the Museum staff and 
several Tlingit consultants. The evidence strongly suggests that this 
individual is from the Northwest Coast region. Louis Shotridge 
collected the human remains directly from their original cave setting 
on the shoreline of Baronoff Island in the Peril Strait and shipped 
them to the University of Pennsylvania Museum in early 1932. According 
to collector information, consultation, and ethnographic and 
anthropological literature, the cave is located within traditional 
Tlingit Sitka Territory. Collector documents and consultation 
information identify this individual as Kagank, a Tlingit shaman from 
the Kaagwaantaan clan. According to Shotridge's ethnographic field 
notes, the name Kagank originates with the Kagwaantaan clan at Chilkat 
during the early period of their occupation of the area. According to 
consultation information provided in 2013, the name Kagank is also 
attributed to a 19th century Tlingit Kaagwaantaan shaman who died en 
route to a Deisheetan Clan potlatch. Members of the Kaagwaantaan Clan 
are represented today by the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian 
Tribes; Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association 
(Haines); Hoonah Indian Association; Sitka Tribe of Alaska; and Yakutat 
Tlingit Tribe. During consultation in 2005, representatives of the 
Hoonah Indian Association indicated that these human remains were not 
affiliated with the village of Hoonah.

Determinations Made by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology

    Officials of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 
and Anthropology have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice

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represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American 
ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 12 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 Central 
Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Chilkat Indian Village 
(Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines); Sitka Tribe of Alaska; 
and Yakutat Tlingit Tribe.

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 Julian Siggers, Director, University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19104, telephone (215) 898-4050, by June 2, 2017. 
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; 
Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines); 
Sitka Tribe of Alaska; and Yakutat Tlingit Tribe may proceed.
    The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and 
Anthropology is responsible for notifying the Central Council of the 
Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan); 
Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines); Hoonah Indian Association; Sitka 
Tribe of Alaska; Yakutat Tlingit Tribe; and Sealaska Corporation, a 
non-federally recognized entity, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 28, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-08864 Filed 5-2-17; 8:45 am]
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