[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23455-23456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08055]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035615; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of the 
Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK (FWS Alaska) has 
amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal 
Register on October 29, 2008. This notice amends the minimum number of 
individuals and the number of associated funerary objects in a 
collection removed from Carlisle Island, Aleutians West Borough, AK.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Jeremy M. Karchut, Regional Archaeologist/Regional

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Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 E. 
Tudor Rd, MS-235, Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 786-3399, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of FWS 
Alaska. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments 
and determinations in this notice, including the results of 
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by 
FWS Alaska.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations of a Notice of Inventory 
Completion published in the Federal Register (73 FR 64367-64368, 
October 29, 2008). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of 
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the minimum 
number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects. The 
number of individuals originally reported from Carlisle Island 
increased from one to two and the number of associated funerary objects 
increased from zero to six.

Table of Changes

                              Human Remains
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                                        Original number   Amended number
                 Site                    of individuals   of individuals
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Carlisle Island.......................               1                2
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                                           Associated Funerary Objects
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                                                Original
                    Site                         number      Amended number          Amended description
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Carlisle Island............................               0               6  one pumice ground stone; two clam
                                                                              shells; one stone pallet; one
                                                                              matting fragment; and one worked
                                                                              bone
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Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, FWS Alaska has determined that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of two 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The six objects 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects and the Native Village of Nikolski.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 17, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, FWS Alaska must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. FWS Alaska is responsible for sending a copy of this notice 
to the Indian Tribe.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
10.13, and 10.14.

    Dated: March 29, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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