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Decision Process: Formal 

announcement of the availability of the 

Draft EIS will be published in the 

Federal Register, through local and 

regional media and the park and NPS 

Web sites and through distribution of 

the document to public libraries. 

Following due consideration of all 

comments received, a Final EIS will be 

prepared. As a delegated EIS, the official 

responsible for a final decision is the 

Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

Subsequently the official responsible for 

implementing the approved 

development concept plans and for 

monitoring results is the 

Superintendent, Lake Mead National 

Recreation Area. 

Dated: May 15, 2008. 

George J. Turnbull, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

[FR Doc. E8–18661 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Alaska 

State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, Anchorage, AK; and 

Museum of the Aleutians, Unalaska, 

AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Alaska State Office, 

Anchorage, AK, and in the possession of 

the Museum of the Aleutians, Unalaska, 

AK. The human remains were removed 

from Umnak 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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Alaska State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

Museum of the Aleutians, and 

Smithsonian Institution professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Native Village of 

Nikolski. 

Between 1950 and the 1980s, human 

remains representing a minimum of 212 

individuals were removed from various 

sites in the southwestern part of Umnak 

Island, located in the Fox Island group 

of the eastern Aleutian Islands, AK. 

These sites included the Chaluka site at 

the Native Village of Nikolski, Ogalodox 

site, Sandy Beach site, and other nearby 

smaller sites. The exact provenience for 

each individual can not be determined. 

All of the human remains were probably 

removed at the direction of the late Dr. 

William Laughlin from Umnak Island, 

as they were later found to be among his 

collections. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

According to museum records, the 

212 sets of human remains were 

probably first sent to the University of 

Wisconsin, but then removed by Dr. 

William Laughlin to the University of 

Connecticut at an unknown date. From 

there, they were shipped by Dr. 

Laughlin to the Museum of the 

Aleutians in 1998, where they are 

presently located. 

During 1961–62, human remains 

representing a minimum of nine 

individuals were removed from the 

Chaluka site at the Native Village of 

Nikolski, on Umnak Island in the Fox 

Island group of the eastern Aleutian 

Islands, AK. The human remains were 

also probably removed at the direction 

of the late Dr. William Laughlin from 

Umnak Island, as they were later found 

to be among his collections. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The remains of the nine individuals 

were shipped to the University of 

Wisconsin for study by Dr. William 

Laughlin and remained there until after 

his death. In 2006, the human remains 

were sent to the Smithsonian Institution 

for inventory, where they are presently 

located. 

Umnak Island has been inhabited for 

over 8,000 years by Aleut (Unangan) 

people. Based on geographical location, 

oral history, and archeological evidence, 

the human remains from this island are 

of Aleut (Unangan) origin. The Aleut 

(Unangan) are ancestors of inhabitants 

of the Native Village of Nikolski, the 

current and only Indian tribe and 

settlement on Umnak Island, AK. 

Officials of the Bureau of Land 

Management have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of a 

minimum of 221 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Bureau of Land Management have also 

determined that, 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 Nikolski. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Robert E. King, 

Alaska State NAGPRA Coordinator, 

Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. 

7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 

99513–7599, telephone (907) 271–5510, 

before September 12, 2008. Repatriation 

of the human remains to the Native 

Village of Nikolski may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Bureau of Land Management is 

responsible for notifying the Chaluka 

Corporation and Native Village of 

Nikolski that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 8, 2008 

Daniel Odess, 

Assistant Associate Director, Park Cultural 

Resources. 

[FR Doc. E8–18698 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq 

Museum and Archaeological 

Repository, Kodiak, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the possession of Alutiiq 

Museum and Archaeological Repository, 

Kodiak, AK. The human remains were 

removed from Anton Larsen Bay, 

Kodiak 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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Alutiiq 

Museum and Archaeological Repository 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Afognak Native 

Corporation; Native Village of Afognak 

(formerly the Village of Afognak); Anton 

Larsen, Inc.; Koniag, Inc.; Ouzinkie 


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Native Corporation; Native Village of 

Ouzinkie; and Native Village of Port 

Lions. 

In the winter of 1962, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown archeological site in Anton 

Larsen Bay on Kodiak Island, AK, by 

David Bowen, a Navy pilot deployed in 

Kodiak. In January 2008, after 

discovering the remains were human, 

Mr. Bowen relinquished it to the Alutiiq 

Museum and Archaeological Repository 

to determine cultural affiliation and 

assist with repatriation, at the request of 

Koniag, Inc., the regional ANCSA 

corporation. Upon arrival at the 

museum, the remains were examined 

and confirmed as human. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Although there is not enough 

information to definitively ascertain 

from which archeological site the 

human remains were collected, the 

donor’s description of his collecting 

activity suggest that it is likely from 49–

KOD–00043, the Kizhuyak site, or 49–

KOD–00044, the Crag Point site. Both 

sites contain extensive, eroding and 

well-preserved, prehistoric midden 

deposits that are known to have 

included human remains. Mr. Bowen 

reported collecting the human remains 

from such a deposit, which research at 

both sites has shown date to the Late 

Kachemak (circa 2,700 B.P. to 900 B.P.) 

and Koniag (900 B.P. to historic contact) 

traditions. Archeologists believe that the 

people of the Late Kachemak and 

Koniag traditions are ancestors of 

modern day Alutiiqs. Archeological data 

collected over the past 20 years 

indicates that Late Kachemak societies 

evolved into the more complexly 

organized societies of the Koniag 

tradition observed at historic contact in 

the late 18th century. As such, the 

human remains from Anton Larsen Bay 

are reasonably believed to be Native 

American and most closely affiliated 

with the contemporary Native residents 

of the Kodiak archipelago, the Kodiak 

Alutiiq. Specifically, they were 

recovered from an area of the Kodiak 

Archipelago traditionally used by 

members of the Afognak Native 

Corporation; Native Village of Afognak 

(formerly the Village of Afognak); Anton 

Larsen, Inc.; Koniag, Inc.; Ouzinkie 

Native Corporation; Native Village of 

Ouzinkie; and Native Village of Port 

Lions. 

Officials of the Alutiiq Museum and 

Archaeological Repository have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological 

Repository also have determined that, 

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 Afognak Native Corporation; 

Native Village of Afognak (formerly the 

Village of Afognak); Anton Larsen, Inc.; 

Koniag, Inc.; Ouzinkie Native 

Corporation; Native Village of Ouzinkie; 

and Native Village of Port Lions. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Sven Haakanson, Jr., 

Executive Director, Alutiiq Museum and 

Archaeological 

Repository, 215 Mission Rd., Suite 

101, Kodiak, AK 99615, telephone (907) 

486–7004, before September 12, 2008. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Afognak Native Corporation; Native 

Village of Afognak (formerly the Village 

of Afognak); Anton Larsen, Inc.; Koniag, 

Inc.; Ouzinkie Native Corporation; 

Native Village of Ouzinkie; and Native 

Village of Port Lions may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Alutiiq Museum and 

Archaeological Repository is 

responsible for notifying the Afognak 

Native Corporation; Native Village of 

Afognak (formerly the Village of 

Afognak); Anton Larsen, Inc.; Koniag, 

Inc.; Ouzinkie Native Corporation; 

Native Village of Ouzinkie; and Native 

Village of Port Lions that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 14, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the possession and control of 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human 

remains were removed from Franklin 

County, WA. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Arizona State 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho 

(previously listed as Nez Perce Tribe of 

Idaho); and Wanapum Band, a nonfederally recognized Indian group. 

In 1976, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from Strawberry Island on the 

Snake River in Franklin County, WA, by 

Mr. Gene Meyers, a member of the MidColumbia Archaeological Society. Mr. 

Meyers gave the human remains to Dr. 

David G. Rice of the University of Idaho. 

In 1976, the human remains were 

received from Dr. Rice and accessioned 

by the Arizona State Museum 

(Accession No. 76–76). No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Morphological traits of the cranial 

remains indicate that the individuals 

were Native American. The specific 

location on Strawberry Island where the 

human remains were collected is 

unknown. However, the excellent state 

of preservation of the human remains 

suggests that they were obtained from 

the Miller Site (45FR5), which was 

occupied during late prehistoric or 

protohistoric times (approximately 

A.D.1400–1750). 

Strawberry Island is located on the 

Snake River near its confluence with the 

Columbia River in Franklin County, 

WA. Treaties between the United States 

Government and the Nez Perce, 

Yakama, Walla Walla, Cayuse, Palouse, 

and Umatilla tribes established the 

Snake River as the common boundary 

between the Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation to the 

north and the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation to the 

south. Furthermore, archeological 

evidence, oral tradition, and historic 

evidence establishes a continuity of 

occupation and seasonal use of 

Strawberry Island from prehistoric times 

to the arrival of Europeans in the region. 


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