[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46005-46007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17564]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032428; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of San Diego, San 
Diego, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of San Diego 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 University 
of San Diego. 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 
University of San Diego at the address in this notice by September 16, 
2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Derrick Cartwright, University of San 
Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110, telephone (619) 260-7632, 
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 University of San Diego, San Diego, CA. The human 
remains were removed from the Aleutian Islands, 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 University 
of San Diego staff in consultation with representatives of the Alutiiq 
Museum and Archaeological Repository, acting as agent for the Alutiiq 
Tribe of Old Harbor [previously listed as Native Village of Old Harbor 
and Village of Old Harbor]; Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida 
Indian Tribes; Kaguyak Village; Native Village of Afognak; Native 
Village of Akhiok; Native Village of Larsen Bay; Native Village of 
Ouzinkie; Native Village of Port Lions; Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak 
[previously listed as Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak]; and the Tangirnaq 
Native Village [previously listed as Lesnoi Village (aka Woody 
Island)].
    Invitations to consult were extended to the Agdaagux Tribe of King 
Cove; Akiachak Native Community; Akiak Native Community; Alatna 
Village; Algaaciq Native Village (St. Mary's); Allakaket Village; 
Angoon Community Association; Anvik Village; Arctic Village (See Native 
Village of Venetie Tribal Government); Asa'carsarmiut Tribe; Beaver 
Village; Birch Creek Tribe; Chalkyitsik Village; Cheesh-Na Tribe 
[previously listed as Native Village of Chistochina]; Chevak Native 
Village; Chickaloon Native Village; Chignik Bay Tribal Council 
[previously listed as Native Village of Chignik]; Chignik Lake Village; 
Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines); 
Chinik Eskimo Community (Golovin); Chuloonawick Native Village; Circle 
Native Community; Craig Tribal Association [previously listed as Craig 
Community Association]; Curyung Tribal Council; Douglas Indian 
Association; Egegik Village; Eklutna Native Village; Emmonak Village; 
Evansville Village (aka Bettles Field); Galena Village (aka Louden 
Village); Gulkana Village Council [previously listed as Gulkana 
Village]; Healy Lake Village; Holy Cross Tribe [previously listed as 
Holy Cross Village]; Hoonah Indian Association; Hughes Village; Huslia 
Village; Hydaburg Cooperative Association; Igiugig Village; Inupiat 
Community of the Arctic Slope; Iqugmiut Traditional Council

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[previously listed as Iqurmuit Traditional Council]; Ivanof Bay Tribe 
[previously listed as Ivanoff Bay Tribe and Ivanoff Bay Village]; 
Kaktovik Village (aka Barter Island); Kasigluk Traditional Elders 
Council; Kenaitze Indian Tribe; Ketchikan Indian Community [previously 
listed as Ketchikan Indian Corporation]; King Island Native Community; 
King Salmon Tribe; Klawock Cooperative Association; Knik Tribe; 
Kokhanok Village; Koyukuk Native Village; Levelock Village; Lime 
Village; Manley Hot Springs Village; Manokotak Village; McGrath Native 
Village; Mentasta Traditional Council; Metlakatla Indian Community, 
Annette Island Reserve; Naknek Native Village; Native Village of 
Akutan; Native Village of Aleknagik; Native Village of Ambler; Native 
Village of Atka; Native Village of Atqasuk [previously listed as 
Atqasuk Village (Atkasook)]; Native Village of Barrow Inupiat 
Traditional Government; Native Village of Belkofski; Native Village of 
Brevig Mission; Native Village of Buckland; Native Village of Cantwell; 
Native Village of Chenega (aka Chanega); Native Village of Chignik 
Lagoon; Native Village of Chitina; Native Village of Chuathbaluk 
(Russian Mission, Kuskokwim); Native Village of Council; Native Village 
of Deering; Native Village of Diomede (aka Inalik); Native Village of 
Eagle; Native Village of Eek; Native Village of Ekuk; Native Village of 
Ekwok [previously listed as Ekwok Village]; Native Village of Elim; 
Native Village of Eyak (Cordova); Native Village of False Pass; Native 
Village of Fort Yukon; Native Village of Gakona; Native Village of 
Gambell; Native Village of Georgetown; Native Village of Goodnews Bay; 
Native Village of Hamilton; Native Village of Hooper Bay; Native 
Village of Kanatak; Native Village of Karluk; Native Village of Kiana; 
Native Village of Kipnuk; Native Village of Kivalina; Native Village of 
Kluti Kaah (aka Copper Center); Native Village of Kobuk; Native Village 
of Kongiganak; Native Village of Kotzebue; Native Village of Koyuk; 
Native Village of Kwigillingok; Native Village of Kwinhagak (aka 
Quinhagak); Native Village of Marshall (aka Fortuna Ledge); Native 
Village of Mary's Igloo; Native Village of Mekoryuk; Native Village of 
Minto; Native Village of Nanwalek (aka English Bay); Native Village of 
Napaimute; Native Village of Napakiak; Native Village of Napaskiak; 
Native Village of Nelson Lagoon; Native Village of Nightmute; Native 
Village of Nikolski; Native Village of Noatak; Native Village of 
Nuiqsut (aka Nooiksut); Native Village of Nunam Iqua [previously listed 
as Native Village of Sheldon's Point]; Native Village of Nunapitchuk; 
Native Village of Paimiut; Native Village of Perryville; Native Village 
of Pilot Point; Native Village of Point Hope; Native Village of Point 
Lay; Native Village of Port Graham; Native Village of Port Heiden; 
Native Village of Ruby; Native Village of Saint Michael; Native Village 
of Savoonga; Native Village of Scammon Bay; Native Village of Selawik; 
Native Village of Shaktoolik; Native Village of Shishmaref; Native 
Village of Shungnak; Native Village of Stevens; Native Village of 
Tanacross; Native Village of Tanana; Native Village of Tatitlek; Native 
Village of Tazlina; Native Village of Teller; Native Village of Tetlin; 
Native Village of Tuntutuliak; Native Village of Tununak; Native 
Village of Tyonek; Native Village of Unalakleet; Native Village of 
Unga; Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government (Arctic Village and 
Village of Venetie); Native Village of Wales; Native Village of White 
Mountain; Nenana Native Association; New Koliganek Village Council; New 
Stuyahok Village; Newhalen Village; Newtok Village; Nikolai Village; 
Ninilchik Village; Nome Eskimo Community; Nondalton Village; Noorvik 
Native Community; Northway Village; Nulato Village; Nunakauyarmiut 
Tribe; Organized Village of Grayling (aka Holikachuk); Organized 
Village of Kake; Organized Village of Kasaan; Organized Village of 
Kwethluk; Organized Village of Saxman; Orutsararmiut Traditional Native 
Council [previously listed as Orutsararmuit Native Village (aka 
Bethel)]; Oscarville Traditional Village; Pauloff Harbor Village; Pedro 
Bay Village; Petersburg Indian Association; Pilot Station Traditional 
Village; Pitka's Point Traditional Council [previously listed as Native 
Village of Pitka's Point]; Platinum Traditional Village; Portage Creek 
Village (aka Ohgsenakale); Pribilof Islands Aleut Communities of St. 
Paul & St. George Islands; Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point 
[previously listed as Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point Village]; 
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska; Rampart Village; Salamatof Tribe 
[previously listed as Village of Salamatoff]; Seldovia Village Tribe; 
Shageluk Native Village; Sitka Tribe of Alaska; Skagway Village; South 
Naknek Village; Stebbins Community Association; Takotna Village; Telida 
Village; Traditional Village of Togiak; Tuluksak Native Community; Twin 
Hills Village; Ugashik Village; Umkumiut Native Village [previously 
listed as Umkumiute Native Village]; Village of Alakanuk; Village of 
Anaktuvuk Pass; Village of Aniak; Village of Atmautluak; Village of 
Bill Moore's Slough; Village of Chefornak; Village of Clarks Point; 
Village of Crooked Creek; Village of Dot Lake; Village of Iliamna; 
Village of Kalskag; Village of Kaltag; Village of Kotlik; Village of 
Lower Kalskag; Village of Ohogamiut; Village of Red Devil; Village of 
Sleetmute; Village of Solomon; Village of Stony River; Village of 
Wainwright; Wrangell Cooperative Association; Yakutat Tlingit Tribe; 
and the Yupiit of Andreafski.
    Hereafter, the Native entities listed in this section are referred 
to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    Sometime prior to 2000, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from the Aleutian Islands, AK. On December 12, 
2002, Rose A. Tyson donated them to the University of San Diego 
Anthropology Department as part of a larger donation of human and non-
human remains assembled by Dr. Spencer L. Rogers. Dr. Rogers, a 
physical anthropologist, worked at San Diego State University, where he 
began to assemble the collection. He acquired human and non-remain 
remains from various sources, including biological supply houses, 
students, donors, and archeological expeditions (primarily in the 
Southwestern U.S.). Dr. Rogers brought the collection with him to the 
San Diego Museum of Man (now the Museum of Us), where he served as the 
Scientific Director and Ms. Tyson's supervisor. Dr. Rogers gave his 
collection to Ms. Tyson before he died in 2000.
    One individual, an adult male, is represented by a cranium (no 
mandible). He has Unangan (aka Aleut) and Scandinavian features; well-
developed brow ridges are a common Unangan feature after the arrival of 
the Russians in 1760. The second individual, likely an adult female, 
has Unangan features; the size of the temporalis and masseter 
musculature are consistent with Unangan ancestry. The green staining 
around both of her ears suggests the presence of copper earrings. Such 
earrings, together with the lighter coloration of the bone, would 
indicate that she was alive after 1760. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by the University of San Diego

    Officials of the University of San Diego have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two

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individuals 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 Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove; Native 
Village of Akutan; Native Village of Atka; Native Village of Belkofski; 
Native Village of Unga; Pauloff Harbor Village; Pribilof Islands Aleut 
Communities of St. Paul & St. George Islands (Sain George Island and 
Saint Paul Island); Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point [previously 
listed as Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point Village]; and the 
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').

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 Derrick 
Cartwright, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 
92110, telephone (619) 260-7632, email [email protected], by 
September 16, 2021. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes 
may proceed.
    The University of San Diego is responsible for notifying The 
Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: August 4, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-17564 Filed 8-16-21; 8:45 am]
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