[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 147 (Thursday, July 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45923-45924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16495]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030486;PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Princeton University, Princeton, 
NJ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Princeton University 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 Princeton University. 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 Princeton University at the address in this 
notice by August 31, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Bryan R. Just, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 
NJ 08544, telephone (609) 258-8805, 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of Princeton University, 
Princeton, NJ. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from Port Mulgrave, Yakutat Bay, near Yakutat, 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 Princeton 
University professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida

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Indian Tribes and the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe.

History and Description of the Remain

    In 1886, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual (PU 
12484) were removed from the grave of a shaman ([Iacute]xt') in Port 
Mulgrave, Yakutat Bay, near Laaxaay[iacute]k Kw[aacute]an (Yakutat), 
AK, by Princeton geology Professor, William A. Libbey III, during a 
climbing expedition. The expedition was sponsored by the New York Times 
to map Yas '[eacute]it'aa Shaa (Mount Saint Elias). George T. Emmons, 
Frederick Schwatka, Heywood Senton Karr, and others accompanied Libbey. 
The expedition collection was accessioned by the EM (Elizabeth Marsh) 
Museum (later renamed the Princeton Museum of Natural History), where 
Libbey served as Director. No known individual was identified. The 28 
associated funerary objects are one lot of shaman's cedar bark grave-
box the contents (ui.2010.160); four shaman's masks (PU 3911, PU 3922, 
PU 3923, PU 3957); three shaman's maskettes (PU 3916, PU 3919, PU 
3920); two shaman's wands (PU 5060, PU 5063); two shaman's necklaces 
(Ixt' seit) (PU 5106, PU 5107); two lots of shaman's charms (PU 5065, 
PU 5070); two lots of charms and/or hairpins (PU 5066, PU 5104); one 
possible shaman's charm in the form of a shuttle for carrying twine 
used in making nets (PU 5080); one lot of charms or picks for a wand 
(PU 5105); six rattles (PU 5198, PU 5152, PU 5153, PU 5168, PU 5200); 
one lot of mountain goat horns from a shaman's crown ([Iacute]xt' gaaw) 
(PU 5177); one buckskin coat (PU 5195); one lot of shaman's tapping 
sticks (x[iacute]tc[Agrave]) (PU 5201); and one land otter 
(K[oacute]oshdaa) grave marker (PU 5293). (The following additional 
associated funerary objects are missing from the collection--one dance 
rattle (PU 5199); one shaman's drum ([Iacute]xt' gaaw) and one 
drumstick (PU 5193); and one shaman's necklace (PU 5064).

Determinations Made by Princeton University

    Officials of Princeton University 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 based on their anthropological and 
geographical context.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 28 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 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 the human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Bryan R. Just, Princeton University Art 
Museum, Princeton, NJ 08544, telephone (609) 258-5013, email 
[email protected], by August 31, 2020. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Yakutat Tlingit 
Tribe may proceed.
    Princeton University is responsible for notifying the Central 
Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes and the Yakutat Tlingit 
Tribe that this notice has been published.

    Dated: June 18, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-16495 Filed 7-29-20; 8:45 am]
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