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IV. Authority 

This notice is published in 

accordance with the NRA, FACA, and 

the PROGRESS Act. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033924; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Alaska State Office, 

Anchorage, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

Alaska State Office (BLM) 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 BLM. 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 BLM at the address in 

this notice by June 17, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert E. King, Bureau of Land 

Management, 222 W 7th Avenue, #13, 

Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone (907) 

271–5510, email r2king@blm.gov. 

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 U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, Alaska 

State Office, Anchorage, AK. The 

human remains were removed from 

King 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 BLM with the 

help of the University of Alaska 

Museum of the North professional staff 

and in consultation with representatives 

of the King Island Native Community. 

History and Description of the Remains 

At some unknown date between the 

late 1940s and the late 1970s, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location on King Island by 

William Laughlin. During those years, 

Laughlin was associated, variously, with 

several universities. The human remains 

listed in this notice were found at the 

University of Michigan Museum of 

Anthropological Archaeology in Ann 

Arbor. They had been deposited there 

due to Laughlin’s collaboration on 

archeological work in Alaska with Ted 

P. Bank II of the University of Michigan. 

Realizing the human remains had been 

removed from BLM lands on King 

Island, in 2014, the University of 

Michigan transferred the human 

remains to the Bureau of Land 

Management in Anchorage, AK. In late 

2018, BLM transferred the human 

remains to the University Museum of 

the North in Fairbanks, AK, for 

temporary housing pending repatriation. 

The human remains, comprising one 

tooth and multiple cranial fragments, 

belong to an adult of unknown sex. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At minimum, the human remains are 

more than 200 years old. They are 

determined to be Native American 

based on their provenience (King Island, 

AK), condition, and morphology. 

Archeological and oral traditional 

information show a relationship of 

shared group identity between the past 

and present-day residents on or from 

King Island. The present-day residents 

of King Island, AK, are represented by 

the King Island Native Community of 

Nome, AK. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Alaska State Office 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

Alaska State Office 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 King Island Native 

Community. 

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 Robert E. King, 

Bureau of Land Management, 222 W 7th 

Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513, 

telephone (907) 271–5510, email 

r2king@blm.gov, by June 17, 2022. After 

that date, if no additional requestors 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the human remains to the King Island 

Native Community may proceed. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, Alaska 

State Office is responsible for notifying 

the King Island Native Community that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: May 10, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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