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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96680-96681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28493]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039137; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of History and 
Archaeology, Anchorage, AK

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 Office of History and Archaeology 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after January 6, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Richard VanderHoek, Ph.D., Office of History and 
Archaeology, 550 W 7th Avenue, Suite 1310, Anchorage, AK 99501-3561, 
telephone (907)-269-8728, 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 
Office of History and Archaeology, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing at least two individuals have been 
identified, with one mandible (jawbone), and two cranial (skull) 
fragments. No associated funerary objects are present. The remains were 
found by Henry Wilson of Kotzebue, AK along the beach between Sealing 
Point (Cape Krusenstern National Monument) and Kivalina. Wilson brought 
the remains to the NPS Northwest Arctic Heritage Center on September 
23, 2014 for identification. Michael Wendt, Project Archaeologist for 
NPS Western Arctic National Parklands notified the State Historic 
Preservation Office. OHA and SHPO received the remains on 10/2/2014. 
The box containing the remains and some documentation was found in the 
OHA lab 2/2024. Age is unknown, but the remains are probably 
archaeological.

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Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this 
notice.

Determinations

    The Office of History and Archaeology has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a connection between the human remains described 
in this notice and the Native Village of Kivalina.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after January 6, 2025. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the Office of History and Archaeology 
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 Office of History and 
Archaeology is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-28493 Filed 12-4-24; 8:45 am]
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