[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56867-56868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24764]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026732; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 
Riverside, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Riverside Metropolitan Museum has completed an inventory 
of human remains, 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 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 Riverside 
Metropolitan Museum. 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 
Riverside Metropolitan Museum at the address in this notice by December 
14, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Robyn G. Peterson, Ph.D., Museum Director, Riverside 
Metropolitan Museum, 3580 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, 
telephone 951-826-5792, email [email protected].

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 under 
the control of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, CA. The 
human remains were removed from an unknown location, 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 
Riverside Metropolitan Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location in Alaska and entered 
the possession of a Captain Hammond. Captain Hammond is known to have 
sailed between San Francisco, CA, and Alaska in the late 19th and early 
20th centuries. During this period, he acquired a collection of Inupiat 
objects. Upon Captain Hammond's death, the human remains and other 
Inupiat ethnographic materials were acquired by a collector, who 
donated them in 1982 to the Riverside Metropolitan Museum. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Historical records suggest Captain Hammond worked for Alaskan 
salmon fishing companies and his travels along the coast provided him 
with opportunities to interact with Alaskan coastal Inupiat peoples. 
This geographic evidence, and the association of these human remains 
within the Hammond Collection of Inupiat materials, suggests that these 
human remains are Inupiat. According to oral history, archaeological 
evidence, and ethnographic records, the Inupiat Community of the Arctic 
Slope are directly descended from the earlier Inupiat peoples who lived 
in this region.

Determinations Made by the Riverside Metropolitan Museum

    Officials of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum 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(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope.

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 Robyn G. 
Peterson, Ph. D., Museum Director, Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 3580 
Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, telephone 951-826-5792, email 
[email protected], by December 14, 2018. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope may proceed.
    The Riverside Metropolitan Museum is responsible for notifying the 
Inupiat Community for the Arctic Slope that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: October 9, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-24764 Filed 11-13-18; 8:45 am]
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