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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037061; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Alaska Museum of the 

North, Fairbanks, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Alaska Museum of the 

North has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and has determined that there is 

a cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from the Aleutians West 

Census Area, AK. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Josh Reuther, University of 

Alaska Museum of the North, 1962 

Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, 

telephone (907) 474–6943, email 

jreuther@alaska.edu. 

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 University of 

Alaska Museum of the North. 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 University of Alaska Museum of 

the North. 

Description 

In 1937, nine associated funerary 

objects were collected by Don McKay 

from Unalaska Island in the Aleutian 

Islands. The exact location is unknown; 

the provenience is listed as Dutch 

Harbor Spit. In 1981, these funerary 

objects were deposited at the University 

of Alaska Museum of the North. 

Museum records show that in 1937, the 

human remains associated with these 

funerary objects were given to Ales 

Hrdlicka at the Smithsonian Institute in 

Washington DC The nine associated 

funerary objects are four worked bone 

objects, one pounding stone, three stone 

lamps, and one slate blade. 

In 1977, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Amaknak Bridge Site 

on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian 

Islands. The human remains of this 

individual were removed during 

archeological work conducted at the site 

by Glenn Bacon and were deposited at 

the University of Alaska Museum of the 

North shortly thereafter. The human 

remains consist of a single left half of a 

mandible belonging to an adult between 

30 and 50 years old and of unknown 

sex. No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Sometime prior to 1982, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown site on Unalaska Island in the 

Aleutian Islands. The human remains of 

this individual were removed by an 

unknown person and were deposited at 

the University of Alaska Museum of the 

North prior to 1982. The human remains 

consist of a single cranium frontal bone 

belonging to a juvenile 4 to 6 years old 

and of unknown sex. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Sometime prior to 1993, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Eider 

Point on Unalaska Island in the 

Aleutian Islands. The human remains of 

this individual were removed by an 

unknown person and were deposited at 

the University of Alaska Museum of the 

North prior to 1993. The human remains 

consist of a single left femur belonging 

to an adult female 21 to 35 years old. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Sometime prior to 1993, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Reese 

Bay on Unalaska Island in the Eastern 

Aleutian Islands. The human remains of 

this individual were removed by an 

unknown person and were deposited at 

the University of Alaska Museum of the 

North prior to 1993. The human remains 

consist of a single left radius belonging 

to an adult at least 30 years old and of 

unknown sex. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Sometime prior to 1993, human 

remains representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown location on Unalaska Island in 

the Eastern Aleutian Islands. The 

human remains of these individuals 

were removed by an unknown person 

and were deposited at the University of 

Alaska Museum of the North prior to 

1993. The human remains consist of a 

single cranium (in two pieces) belonging 

to a juvenile 4–6 years old and of 

unknown sex, and a single cranial 

temporal bone belonging to an adult at 

least 20 years old and of unknown sex. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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 types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: archeological and 

oral traditional. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the University of Alaska 

Museum of the North has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of six individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The nine objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with our 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 described in 

this notice and the Qawalangin Tribe of 

Unalaska. 

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 January 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of Alaska Museum of the 

North must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 


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repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The University of 

Alaska Museum of the North is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe 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: December 6, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27375 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037057; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Lahontan National 

Fish Hatchery, Gardnerville, NV 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of Interior, Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Lahontan National 

Fish Hatchery has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Douglas County, 

NV. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Patrick W. Rennaker, 

Archaeologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Cultural Resources Team, 

Columbia Pacific Northwest and Pacific 

Islands (R1), and Pacific Southwest (R8), 

20555 Gerda Lane, Sherwood, OR 

97140, telephone (503) 294–7490, email 

patrick_rennaker@fws.gov. 

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 Lahontan 

National Fish Hatchery. 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 Lahontan National Fish Hatchery. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from Douglas County, NV. In 

April of 1969, Richard Messier of the 

National Park Service contacted the 

Nevada Archaeological Service to 

investigate a burial site which had been 

exposed during road improvement 

activities. The site was situated on the 

crest of a hill at the junction of Highway 

395 and the Fish Hatchery access road 

six miles south of Garnerville. Three 

distinct burial pits were visible in the 

cut-bank of the hill, with human 

remains and groundstone present on the 

slope in front of the cut-bank. 

University of Nevada Reno investigators 

Dr. Don Fowler, Dr. Catherine Fowler, 

and Dr. Don Hardesty inspected the site 

and determined that the likelihood of 

further damage was high and that the 

best possible recourse at the time was to 

recover as much of the disturbed 

material as possible. They subsequently 

recovered human remains from the 

three burial pits and disturbed human 

remains below the cut-bank. It is noted 

that a disk shell bead was collected from 

the topsoil fill above the burial pits. No 

other associated grave materials were 

identified at the time of excavation. 

National Park Service employees also 

collected several human remains 

elements before the Nevada 

Archaeological Service arrived, and 

these were given to the investigators 

upon arrival. The Research Museum at 

the University of Nevada, Reno agreed 

to house this material on permanent 

loan from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

The initial inspection noted that the 

first individual is probably a young 

adult male between the ages of 14 and 

20, the second is an adult male, and the 

third is an adult but too incomplete for 

further comment. The original site 

records indicate that one shell disc bead 

was present in the fill above Burial One. 

Another was possibly associated with 

Burial Two. The original notes indicate 

the beads were removed during 

excavation, but nothing in the 

paperwork denotes that these items 

were curated. No disk shell beads 

relating to this assemblage could be 

located during the 1995, 2021, and 2023 

inventory process. In 2021, Museum 

staff located four manos labeled as 

belonging to 26DO300 in a stack of 

artifacts to be rehoused. There is no 

record of these objects in the Summary 

of Findings. It is assumed that the 

manos were acquired after the original 

excavation and the associated funerary 

objects arrived at the Museum at a later 

unknown date from the Park Service 

employees that collected elements prior 

to the Nevada Archaeological Service 

arrival as noted. The four associated 

funerary objects are four stone manos. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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 types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: based on lifeway, 

oral tradition, folklore, geography, 

anthropology, ethnography, archeology, 

and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Lahontan National 

Fish Hatchery has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The four 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Washoe Tribe of 

Nevada & California (Carson Colony, 

Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords 

Community, Stewart Community, & 

Washoe Ranches). 

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 


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