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point-of-contact for beneficiaries on 

trust matters, allowing OST to 

coordinate trust asset management 

activities with the BIA, tribes, and 

individual beneficiaries in their 

respective geographic areas. The OST 

operates a Trust Beneficiary Call Center 

(TBCC) to support a strong beneficiary 

trust relationship as envisioned in the 

original reform goals. 

Section 306 of ITARA requires the 

Secretary to identify cost savings that 

would result from the elimination of 

‘‘any program, function, service, or 

activity . . . of the Office of the Special 

Trustee that will not be operated or 

carried out as a result of a transfer of 

functions and personnel following 

enactment of this Act’’. As the proposed 

plan calls for all functions of OST to be 

transferred under AS–IA intact, there 

will be no cost savings as defined by 

ITARA. 

Moreover, appropriations for OST 

increased relatively quickly after its 

inception as functions were transferred 

from other organizations within the 

Department to OST. Funding levels 

peaked in FY 2007 when OST received 

$223.3 million. In the last decade, 

however, funding has steadily decreased 

as reforms have been completed and 

efficiencies have been realized. In FY 

2017, OST received $138.8 million—a 

38 percent decrease from its peak 

funding. Any cost savings resulting from 

trust reforms have already been 

captured in the form of decreased 

budget requests. 

Authority: E.O. 13175, 65 FR 67250. 

Jerold Gidner, 

Principal Deputy Special Trustee. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024147; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska 

Region, Anchorage, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Alaska Region, (Alaska Region 

USFWS), has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, 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 associated funerary objects 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Alaska Region USFWS. If 

no additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects to the 

lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations, not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Alaska Region USFWS at 

the address in this notice by December 

8, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Edward J. DeCleva, Regional 

Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, 

1011 East Tudor Road, MS–235, 

Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 

786–3399, email edward_decleva@

fws.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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Alaska Region USFWS. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were recovered from site 049–KOD– 

00083, Kodiak Island Borough, 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 and 

associated funerary objects. 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 Alaska Region 

USFWS professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological 

Repository of Kodiak, Alaska, acting as 

agent for the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor 

(previously listed as Native Village of 

Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor), 

Kaguyak Village, Native Village of 

Afognak, Native Village of Akhiok, 

Native Village of Larsen Bay, Native 

Village of Ouzinkie, Native Village of 

Port Lions, Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak 

(previously listed as the Shoonaq’ Tribe 

of Kodiak), and the Tangirnaq Native 

Village (formerly Lesnoi Village (aka 

Woody Island)). 

History and Description of the Remains 

Beginning in 1961 and continuing 

through 1963, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 23 

individuals, including 17 adults (two 

possible males, two possible females, 

and 13 individuals of indeterminate 

sex), five sub adults, and one infant 

were removed from the Three Saints 

Bay site (049–KOD–00083) on Kodiak 

Island as part of the Aleut-Konyag 

project conducted by the University of 

Wisconsin-Madison, under the direction 

of Morgan Usadel, Donald Clark, 

William Workman, and Peter Storck. 

The collection was curated and stored at 

the University of Wisconsin-Madison 

until 2006. The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, working with the Regional 

Historic Preservation Officer of the 

Alaska Region USFWS to determine 

locations of Alaskan archeological 

collections, located and recovered this 

collection, conducted a complete 

inventory, and returned the human 

remains to the Alaska Region USFWS 

for storage. No known individuals were 

identified. The 23 associated funerary 

objects include 19 unmodified faunal 

remains, 1 lot of charcoal samples, 1 

carved bone figurine pin, 1 amber bead, 

and 1 bone buckle. 

The Three Saints Bay site is a two 

component site, the lower component 

corresponds to the prehistoric late 

Kachemak tradition winter settlement 

dating to BP 2000 to 1100. The upper 

component consists of seven or eight log 

houses, warehouse, barns, bunkhouses, 

carpentry shop, and storage buildings of 

the first settlement established in North 

America by the Russian American 

Company in 1784. Five to nine burials 

were encountered at Three Saints Bay 

which, according to Donald Clark’s 1970 

report, exhibited burial practices that fit 

within the general Kachemak traditional 

pattern. 

The present-day descendant of the 

Kachemak tradition is the Alutiiq Tribe 

of Old Harbor (previously listed as 

Native Village of Old Harbor and Village 

of Old Harbor). 

Determinations Made by the Alaska 

Region USFWS 

Officials of the Alaska Region USFWS 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 


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represent the physical remains of 23 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 23 associated funerary objects 

described in this notice are reasonably 

believed to have been placed with or 

near individual human remains at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony. 

• 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 Alutiiq Tribe of Old 

Harbor (previously listed as Native 

Village of Old Harbor and Village of Old 

Harbor). 

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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Edward DeCleva, Regional 

Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, 

1011 East Tudor Road, MS–235, 

Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 

786–3399, email edward_decleva@

fws.gov, by December 8, 2017. After that 

date, if no additional requestors have 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Alutiiq Tribe of Old 

Harbor (previously listed as Native 

Village of Old Harbor and Village of Old 

Harbor) may proceed. 

The Alaska Region, USFWS are 

responsible for notifying the Alutiiq 

Museum and Archaeological Repository 

of Kodiak, Alaska, acting as agent for the 

Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor (previously 

listed as Native Village of Old Harbor 

and Village of Old Harbor), Kaguyak 

Village, Native Village of Afognak, 

Native Village of Akhiok, Native Village 

of Larsen Bay, Native Village of 

Ouzinkie, Native Village of Port Lions, 

Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously 

listed as the Shoonaq’ Tribe of Kodiak), 

Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly 

Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island)) that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024164; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Museum of Texas Tech 

University, Lubbock, TX 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Museum of Texas Tech 

University, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of sacred 

objects. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the Museum 

of Texas Tech University. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Museum of Texas Tech University at 

the address in this notice by December 

8, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Eileen Johnson, 

Museum of Texas Tech University, 3301 

4th Street, Box 43191, Lubbock, TX 

79409–3191, telephone (806) 742–2442, 

email eileen.johnson@ttu.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the Museum 

of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 

that meet the definition of sacred objects 

under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

At an unknown date, 39 cultural 

items were removed from multiple 

unknown locations. Of these, 38 of the 

cultural items were purchased by Dr. 

Lou Dunn Diekemper from the Morning 

Star Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, between 

1985 and 1987. The history of these 

cultural items prior to being acquired by 

the Morning Star Gallery is unknown. 

Dr. Lou Dunn Diekemper donated these 

items to the Museum of Texas Tech 

University in 2006. The remaining item 

was purchased by Evelyn Davies in 

2004 from the Adobe Gallery in Santa 

Fe, NM. The history of this object prior 

to being acquired by the Adobe Gallery 

is unknown. Evelyn Davies donated this 

item to the Museum of Texas Tech 

University in 2016. The 39 sacred items 

are 4 pahoes, 1 bandolier bag, and 3 jish 

and their contents that make up the 

remaining 31 items. 

Representatives of the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico & Utah examined 

records for these items, and consider 

them all to be sacred objects and objects 

of cultural patrimony belonging to the 

Navajo people. These representatives 

confirmed that Navajo jish are still in 

ceremonial use by the Navajo today, and 

can be possessed only by someone with 

proper ceremonial knowledge. 

Information from the Morning Star 

Gallery associated with the cultural 

items states that they are Navajo items 

intended for ceremonial use, and this 

information is consistent with related 

accession, catalog, and documentary 

information maintained by the Museum 

of Texas Tech University. 

Determinations Made by the Museum of 

Texas Tech University 

Officials of the Museum of Texas 

Tech University have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 39 cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Dr. Eileen Johnson, Museum of Texas 


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