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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4786-4787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01019]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039328; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Chugach National Forest, 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 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service, Chugach National Forest intends to carry out the disposition 
of unassociated funerary objects removed from Federal or Tribal lands 
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization with priority for disposition in this notice.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after February 18, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by 
January 16, 2026, the human remains in this notice will become 
unclaimed human remains.

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ADDRESSES: Jeff E. Schramm, Forest Supervisor, Chugach National Forest, 
Supervisor's Office, 161 E 1st Ave, Door 8, Anchorage, AK 99501, 
telephone (907) 743-9500, 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 
Chugach National Forest, and additional information on the human 
remains in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be 
found in the related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the identifications in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    The 10 unassociated funerary objects items consist of hide pieces, 
a flaked, flat piece of soft slate or shale, pieces of dried leather 
fragments (sewn or with sewing holes), and strips of split spruce 
(joined by a series of knots and twists, fragment of knotted spruce 
roots, carved wooden slat.
    The 10 items were found in 1992 during a Bureau of Indian Affairs 
(BIA) on-site investigation on Squire Island, Chugach Census Area, 
Alaska at site SEW-832. SEW-00832 was recorded as an archaeological 
site which contains both a habitation area under a rock shelter and a 
burial cave. These artifacts were housed with the BIA until they were 
transferred to the Chugach National Forest Supervisor's Office on 
October 25, 2019.

Determinations

    The Chugach National Forest has determined that:
     The 10 unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American 
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a 
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The 
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance 
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or 
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an 
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization.
     The Native Village of Chenega (aka Chenega) and Native 
Village of Tatitlek have priority for disposition of the cultural items 
described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice 
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice 
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by January 16, 
2026, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
    Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after February 18, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are 
received, the Chugach National Forest must determine the most 
appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The Chugach National Forest is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 
and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any 
other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.

    Dated: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01019 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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