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human remains to the Ute Indian Tribe 

of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah 

may proceed. 

The Fremont Indian State Park and 

Museum is responsible for notifying The 

Consulted Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 7, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032261; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq 

Museum & Archaeological Repository, 

Kodiak, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Alutiiq Museum & 

Archaeological Repository has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, 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 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 these human remains should submit 

a written request to the Alutiiq Museum 

& Archaeological Repository. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 

or Native Hawaiian 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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Alutiiq Museum & 

Archaeological Repository at the 

address in this notice by August 18, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

April Laktonen Counceller, Alutiiq 

Museum & Archaeological Repository, 

215 Mission Road First Floor, Kodiak, 

AK 99615, telephone (844) 425–8844, 

email april@alutiiqmuseum.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 Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological 

Repository, Kodiak, AK. The human 

remains were removed from the Aleut 

Village North Archeological Site (49– 

AFG–00004), Afognak Island, 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 Alutiiq 

Museum & Archaeological Repository 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Native Village of 

Afognak and the Native Village of Port 

Lions. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In June 2012, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were discovered in a sample 

of faunal material collected from the 

Aleut Village North archeological site 

(49–AFG–00004) on Afognak Island, 

AK. The site is on a Native allotment 

conveyed to the late Fred Pestrikoff and 

now owned by his heir Karen Pestrikoff. 

From 1997 to 2000, the Pestrikoff family 

allowed excavations on this land as part 

of the Native Village of Afognak’s Dig 

Afognak Program. Beginning in 1997, 

artifacts and samples from the project 

were deposited at the Alutiiq Museum 

& Archaeological Repository for care, as 

a loan from Karen Pestrikoff under 

museum accession number AM330. In 

2012, the cranial fragment was 

identified by zooarcheologist Bob 

Kopperl, while completing an inventory 

of faunal materials. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. Staff 

contacted Karen Pestrikoff regarding the 

human remains and she signed a 

transfer of control allowing the museum 

to separate the human remains from the 

collection for the purposes of 

repatriation. This occurred in November 

2019. 

The Aleut Village North 

Archeological Site is a prehistoric and 

historic settlement north of Afognak 

Village on the southeast coast of 

Afognak Island. The site has a wellpreserved midden that dates to the 

Kachemak and Koniag traditions, as 

well as historic deposits of material. 

Human remains have been found at this 

site in the past (73 FR 79903), and have 

been determined to be Kodiak Alutiiq. 

Archeological data indicates that the 

ancestors of the Kodiak Alutiiq people 

have inhabited the Kodiak region for 

over 7,500 years. As the prehistoric 

midden deposit in which the cranial 

fragment was found covers this time 

span, the human remains are related to 

the contemporary Kodiak Alutiiq 

people. Specifically, the human remains 

are from an area of the Kodiak 

Archipelago traditionally used by 

members of the Native Village of 

Afognak and the Native Village of Port 

Lions. 

Determinations Made by the Alutiiq 

Museum & Archaeological Repository 

Officials of the Alutiiq Museum & 

Archaeological Repository 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 Native Village of 

Afognak and the Native Village of Port 

Lions. 

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 Dr. April 

Laktonen Counceller, Alutiiq Museum & 

Archaeological Repository, 215 Mission 

Road First Floor, Kodiak, AK 99615, 

telephone (844) 425–8844, email april@

alutiiqmuseum.org, by August 18, 2021. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Native Village of Afognak and the 

Native Village of Port Lions may 

proceed. 

The Alutiiq Museum & 

Archaeological Repository is 

responsible for notifying the Native 

Village of Afognak and the Native 

Village of Port Lions that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 7, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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