[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46040-46041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18857]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0028709; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology, 
University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Anchorage 
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 Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska 
Anchorage. 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 
Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Anchorage at the 
address in this notice by October 3, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Dr. John Stalvey, Interim Provost, University of Alaska 
Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, telephone (907) 
786-1050, 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 Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska 
Anchorage, Anchorage, AK. The human remains were removed from Reese Bay 
Site (UNL-063), Unalaska Island, Aleutians West 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 Alaska 
Native 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 
Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska

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Anchorage professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.

History and Description of the Remains

    Between 1986 and 1990, human remains representing, at minimum, four 
individuals were removed from the Reese Bay site (UNL-063) in Reese 
Bay, Unalaska Island, Aleutians West Borough, AK, by Douglas W. Veltre 
and colleagues with permission of the Ounalashka Corporation. The human 
remains belong to one female of indeterminate age; one individual of 
indeterminate age and sex, represented by an arm bone, two femurs, and 
one thoracic vertebra; one individual of indeterminate age and sex, 
represented by approximately 15 teeth; and one individual of 
indeterminate age and sex, represented by three cranial fragments and 
one mandible. Interviews with Unalaska Aleut elders were undertaken 
from 1986 to 1990 to determine the cultural affiliation of the human 
remains. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Reese Bay is a Late Prehistoric/Early Historic site on Unalaska 
Island in the Aleutian Archipelago. Archeological, ethnohistoric, and 
oral tradition data all place the Reese Bay site within the traditional 
territory of the Unangan (Eastern Aleuts) of Unalaska village. The 
Unangax (Aleut) people have lived in this area for at least 9,000 
years, and are the only indigenous people of the Aleutian Archipelago.

Determinations Made by the Department of Anthropology, University of 
Alaska Anchorage

    Officials of the Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska 
Anchorage have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of four individuals of 
Alaska Native ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Alaska 
Native human remains and the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.

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. John 
Stalvey, Interim Provost, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 
Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, telephone (907) 786-1050, email 
[email protected], by October 3, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska may proceed.
    The Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Anchorage is 
responsible for notifying the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: August 13, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-18857 Filed 8-30-19; 8:45 am]
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