[Federal Register: April 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 75)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
from Chugachik Island and Togiak, AK in the Possession of the Pratt
Museum, Homer, AK
AGENCY: National Park Service
ACTION: Notice
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9,
of the completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of
the Pratt Museum, Homer, AK.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Pratt
Museum, University of Alaska-Anchorage, and Alaska State Office of
History and Archaeology professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Chugach Alaska Corporation, Nanwalek Village
Council, Port Graham Village Council, Seldovia Village Tribe, Cook
Inlet Region, Inc., Ninilchik Village Traditional Council, Kenaitze
Indian Tribe, Salamatof Tribal Council, Bristol Bay Native Corporation,
and the Traditional Council of Togiak.
Between 1966-1976, human remains representing three individuals
were recovered from non-federal lands on Chugachik Island in Kachemak
Bay, AK by N. Holt, A.C. Holt, and/or Sam Pratt and donated to the
Pratt Museum by Sam Pratt. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on the apparent age of the remains (c. 300 BC to 300 AD),
these individuals have been determined to be Alutiiq. Based on material
culture and manner of interment, the site from which these remains were
recovered has been identified as Kachemak Tradition. Based on
continuities of material culture and technologies, the Kachemak
Tradition has been identified as an antecedent of the modern Alutiiq
peoples, including Chugach Alaska Corporation, Nanwalek Village
Council, Port Graham Village Council, Seldovia Village Tribe, Native
Village of Tatitlek, Native Village of Chenega, and Eyak Native
Village.
In 1981, human remains representing one individual were recovered
from non-federal lands at Togiak, AK by Patrick and Dianne Audette who
donated them to the Pratt Museum. No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Based on statitistical tests of cranial measurements, this
individual has been determined to be Yup'ik. The location where the
remains were reportedly recovered has been identified as an area of
Yup'ik occupation dating back 2,500 years based on continuties of
material culture.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Pratt
Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human
remains listed above represent the physical remains of four individuals
of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Pratt Museum have also
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship
of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these
Native American human remains and the Chugach Alaska Corporation,
Nanwalek Village Council, Port Graham Village Council, Seldovia Village
Tribe, Native Village of Tatitlek, Native Village of Chenega, Eyak
Native Village, Bristol Bay Native Corporation, and Traditional Council
of Togiak.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Chugach Alaska
Corporation, Nanwalek Village Council, Port Graham Village Council,
Seldovia Village Tribe, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Ninilchik Village
Traditional Council, Kenaitze Indian Tribe, Salamatof Tribal Council,
Bristol Bay Native Corporation, and the Traditional Council of Togiak.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact Betsy
Webb, Curator of Collecctions, Pratt Museum, 3779 Bartlett Street,
Homer, AK 99603; telephone: (907) 235-8635, fax: (907) 235-2764; or
email: pratt@alaska.net, before May 20, 1998. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Chugach Alaska Corporation, Nanwalek Village Council,
Port Graham Village Council, Seldovia Village Tribe, Native Village of
Tatitlek, Native Village of Chenega, Eyak Native Village, Bristol Bay
Native Corporation, and the Traditional Council of Togiak may begin
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: April 13, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography.
[FR Doc. 98-10356 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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