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request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the St. Joseph Museum at 

the address in this notice by August 13, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Trevor Tutt, Collections 

Manager, St. Joseph Museums, Inc., 

St. Joseph, MO 64506, telephone (816) 

232–8471, email trevor@

stjosephmuseum.org. 

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 St. Joseph Museums, Inc., St. Joseph, 

MO. The human remains were removed 

from Kake, 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 the St. Joseph 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Organized Village of Kake. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Prior to 1910, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Kake, 

AK. Subsequently, William H. Case 

transferred these human remains to 

Harry L. George, who, in turn donated 

them to the St. Joseph Museum. The 

human remains—a jaw bone—belonged 

to a Medicine Man who had died and 

was buried in a grave house, in 

accordance with Native custom. When a 

sickness, attributed to evil spirits, fell 

upon the village the Medicine Man’s 

bones were thrown in salt water. A 

white missionary from Kake was said to 

have retrieved the jaw bone from the 

Pacific Ocean several years later, 

accounting for the barnacles found on 

the teeth. As Russian missionaries first 

arrived in Kake in the 1790s, the 

retrieval of the jaw by a white 

missionary would have occurred 

between the 1790s and early 1910, when 

Case photographed it and sent the 

images to George. George had purchased 

the jawbone along with a series of ivory 

buttons and a jade axe head for $30.00 

no later than July 14, 1911. 

The Harry George collection was 

originally meant to be donated to the St. 

Joseph Museum prior to George’s death 

in 1923, but due to lack of storage space, 

it was on loan to the Missouri State 

Museum in Jefferson City until it 

transferred to the St. Joseph Museum in 

October 1944. The bulk of the collection 

was stored in the basement of the St. 

Joseph City Hall while select items were 

displayed at the AJ August House, the 

second location of the St. Joseph 

Museum. After the St. Joseph Museum 

received the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion as 

their main display site in 1946, the vast 

majority of the items went on display 

there. That same year, funds were 

provided for the St. Joseph Museum to 

purchase the George Collection outright. 

The human remains in the collection 

have remained in storage since at least 

the 1970s. When the St. Joseph 

Museum, now the St. Joseph Museums, 

Inc., moved to the Glore Psychiatric 

Museum in 2004, much of the George 

Collection was moved as well, including 

the jaw bone. In 2017, it, and other 

human remains were returned to storage 

at the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion for 

processing under NAGPRA. 

Research into the Harry George 

Collection, specifically the William H. 

Case photographs, began around 2017. 

Zachary Jones, Archivist at the Alaska 

State Archives, assisted in identifying 

objects in the collection and initiated 

consultation with the Organized Village 

of Kake. Frank Hughes, the NAGPRA 

Coordinator for the Organized Village of 

Kake, contacted Trevor Tutt, the 

Collections Manager for the St. Joseph 

Museums, Inc., and began 

correspondence related to items of 

cultural patrimony and remains related 

to Kake, Alaska. Through 

correspondence, the oral tradition of 

human remains being thrown in salt 

water in retaliation against a sickness in 

the village was confirmed. As research 

indicates that missionary activity in 

Kake peaked during the 1890s–1910 

period, the jaw might have been 

removed during that two decade span. 

Determinations Made by the St. Joseph 

Museum 

Officials of the St. Joseph Museum 

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. 

• 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 Organized Village of 

Kake. 

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 Trevor Tutt, 

Collections Manager, St. Joseph 

Museums, Inc., St. Joseph, MO 64506, 

telephone (816) 232–8471, email 

trevor@stjosephmuseum.org, by August 

13, 2018. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Organized Village 

of Kake may proceed. 

The St. Joseph Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Organized Village of 

Kake that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: June 12, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025692; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Tongass 

National Forest, Juneau Ranger 

District, Juneau, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Tongass National Forest, 

Juneau Ranger District, (Tongass 

National Forest) 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 the human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Tongass National Forest. 

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 


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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 the Tongass National Forest at 

the address in this notice by August 13, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: M. Earl Stewart, Forest 

Supervisor, Tongass National Forest, 

648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, AK 

99901–6591, telephone (907) 228–6281, 

email estewart@fs.fed.us. 

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 the human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

USDA Tongass National Forest, Juneau 

Ranger District, Juneau, AK. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Entrance Island, 

near Hobart Bay, AK, on two separate 

occasions by two separate collectors. 

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 Tongass National 

Forest archeologists in partnership with 

the professional staff of the Alaska State 

Museum and in consultation with 

representatives of Douglas Indian 

Association and the Organized Village 

of Kake. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In the summer of 1961, funerary 

objects, in several pieces, were removed 

from a small cave on Entrance Island 

near Hobart Bay, AK. An individual 

exploring the island reported that he 

found a small cave that contained 

human remains and portions of a 

bentwood box, as well as some other 

burial items believed to have been 

placed there at the time of burial. He 

collected a basket of a type that 

reportedly was used to cradle a baby 

and sometimes was used to bury the 

deceased. Additional items collected 

include a piece of leather cordage, a 

portion of a woven cedar mat, and a 

piece of wood with evidence of a kerf 

corner, all of which were connected 

with either the basket or the bentwood 

box. The human remains and the 

bentwood box were not removed from 

the cave at that time. The individual 

returned the four burial items to the 

Tongass National Forest in 2017. 

Subsequently, it was determined that 

these funerary objects are associated 

with the below described human 

remains and funerary object that were 

separately collected by a different 

individual. 

In 1961, the desiccated remains of an 

infant inside a bentwood box that had 

been wrapped in a cedar mat were 

removed from a small burial cave on 

Entrance Island, near Hobart Bay. In 

November 1961, these human remains 

and funerary objects were sent to the 

Alaska State Museum for curation. 

Based on oral testimony, this burial site 

and the above described burial cave are 

determined to be one and the same. The 

human remains consist of a single 

individual, a mummified infant, 

estimated to be between the ages of 6 

and 9 months. Determination of sex or 

affinity based on skeletal features was 

not possible. The bentwood box 

containing the infant’s remains was 

painted and uncarved. It was recovered 

from beneath the cedar bark mat. When 

found, the infant had ermine skins tied 

in its hair. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects are believed to be of 

pre-contact or first contact date, as after 

contact, the Christian burial practice of 

underground internment became 

widespread. The human remains are 

reasonably believed to be associated 

with the Ke ́ex Kwa ́an, who have 

traditionally used and occupied the 

island. The cultural affiliation of the 

human remains was determined by 

consulting Haa Aanı ́ Our Land Tlingit 

and Haida Land Rights and Use, by 

Walter R. Goldschmidt and Theodore H. 

Haas, edited by Thomas F. Thorton 

(1998). Additional cultural affiliation 

information was provided by the 

Organized Village of Kake and the 

Douglas Indian Association. The Ke ́ex 

Kwa ́an continue to live in their 

traditional territory and use the Hobart 

Bay area. Their present-day descendants 

are the Organized Village of Kake. 

Determinations Made by the Tongass 

National Forest 

Officials of the Tongass National 

Forest 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the seven 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 human remains and 

associated funerary objects and the 

Organized Village of Kake. 

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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to M. Earl Stewart, Forest 

Supervisor, Tongass National Forest, 

648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, AK 

99901–6591, telephone (907) 228–6281, 

email estewart@fs.fed.us, by August 13, 

2018. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Organized Village of Kake may proceed. 

The Tongass National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the Douglas 

Indian Association and the Organized 

Village of Kake that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: May 31, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14903 Filed 7–11–18; 8:45 am] 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025756; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 


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