[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55840-55841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19620]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034483; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Kodiak Historical Society, 
Kodiak, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Kodiak Historical Society (operating as the Kodiak History 
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 Kodiak Historical Society. 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 
Kodiak Historical Society at the address in this notice by October 12, 
2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Greutert, Collections 
Manager, Kodiak Historical Society dba Kodiak History Museum, 101 E 
Marine Way, Kodiak, AK 99615, telephone (907) 486-5917, email 
[email protected] or 
[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 Kodiak Historical Society, Kodiak, AK. The human 
remains were removed from Kizhuyak in Kodiak 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 
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 Kodiak 
Historical Society professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Native Village of Afognak; Native Village of 
Ouzinkie; Native Village of Port Lions; and the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak 
(previously listed as Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak) (hereafter referred to 
as ``The Consulted Villages'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1959, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from the Kizhuyak site in Kodiak Island, AK, by 
archeologist Donald Clark during an archeological excavation funded by 
the Kodiak Historical Society. The fragmentary and incomplete skeletal 
remains are from a prehistoric archeological context and were found 
with artifacts that represent late prehistoric Alutiiq culture, ca. 
2000-400 years BP. As such, these are almost certainly the human 
remains of Alutiiq ancestors from the period before the Russian 
arrival. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.

Determinations Made by the Kodiak Historical Society

    Professional staff of the Kodiak Historical Society have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two 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 Native Village of Afognak; Native 
Village of Ouzinkie; and the Native Village of Port Lions (hereafter 
referred to as ``The Villages'').

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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 Kodiak 
Historical Society dba Kodiak History Museum, 101 E Marine Way, Kodiak, 
AK 99615, telephone (907) 486-5917, email 
[email protected] or 
[email protected], by October 12, 2022. After that date, 
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains to The Villages may proceed. The Kodiak Historical 
Society is responsible for notifying The Consulted Villages that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: September 1, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-19620 Filed 9-9-22; 8:45 am]
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