[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29943-29944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09768]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035806; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Karshner Museum and Center for 
Culture & Arts, Puyallup, WA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & 
Arts has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined 
that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and 
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The 
human remains were removed from Bristol Bay, AK.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after June 8, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Karen S. Higgins, Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & 
Arts, 309 4th Street NE, Puyallup, WA 98372, telephone (253) 841-8748, 
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 the 
Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. 
Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including 
the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related 
records held by the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from an unknown geographic location in Bristol Bay, AK. On an unknown 
date, possibly between 1953 and 1974, the human remains were donated to 
the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts by Dr. Donald W. 
Rennie, the nephew of the Museum's founder, Warner Karshner. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following type of information was 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts has 
determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Chignik Bay Tribal Council; Chignik Lake Village; Curyung 
Tribal Council; Egegik Village; Igiugig Village; Ivanof Bay Tribe; King 
Salmon Tribe; Kokhanok Village; Levelock Village; Manokotak Village; 
Naknek Native Village; Native Village of Aleknagik; Native Village of 
Chignik Lagoon; Native Village of Ekuk; Native Village of Ekwok; Native 
Village of Perryville; Native Village of Pilot Point; Native Village of 
Port Heiden; New Koliganek Village Council; New Stuyahok Village; 
Newhalen Village; Nondalton Village; Pedro Bay Village; Portage Creek 
Village (a.k.a. Ohgsenakale); South Naknek Village; Traditional Village 
of Togiak; Twin Hills Village; Ugashik Village; Village of Clarks 
Point; and the Village of Iliamna.

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Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after June 8, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The Karshner Museum and 
Center for Culture & Arts is responsible for sending a copy of this 
notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: May 3, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09768 Filed 5-8-23; 8:45 am]
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