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48668 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No.

164 / Friday, August 24, 2007 / Notices

Kodiak, Inc.; and Sun’aq Tribe of In 1987, human remains representing telephone (907) 486–7004, before
Kodiak. a minimum of one individual were September 24, 2007. Repatriation of the
Representatives of any other Indian removed from 49–KOD–00343, Uyak human remains to Koniag, Inc. and
tribe that believes itself to be culturally Bay in the Kodiak archipelago, AK, Native Village of Larsen Bay may
affiliated with the human remains during a faunal collection survey proceed after that date if no additional
should contact Dr. Sven Haakanson, Jr., conducted by students from Bryn Mawr claimants come forward.
Executive Director, Alutiiq Museum and College under the direction of Dr. Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Archaeological Repository, 215 Mission Richard Jordan, Bryn Mawr College, Repository is responsible for notifying
Rd., Suite 101, Kodiak, AK 99615, Bryn Mawr, PA. The human remains Koniag, Inc. and Native Village of
telephone (907) 486–7004, before were shipped to the Bryn Mawr College Larsen Bay that this notice has been
September 24, 2007. Repatriation of the Department of Anthropology for study published.
human remains to the Koniag, Inc.; and storage following the excavation. In
Dated: August 6, 2007.
Leisnoi, Inc.; Lesnoi Village (aka Woody 1988, the human remains were shipped
to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Sherry Hutt,
Island); Natives of Kodiak, Inc.; and
Department of Anthropology. Following Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants Dr. Jordan’s death in 1991, the human [FR Doc. E7–16776 Filed 8–23–07; 8:45 am]
come forward. remains were transferred to the Kodiak BILLING CODE 4312–50–S

The Alutiiq Museum and Area Native Association’s Alutiiq


Archaeological Repository is Culture Center. In April of 1995, the
entire site collection was transferred to DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
responsible for notifying Koniag, Inc.;
Leisnoi, Inc.; Lesnoi Village (aka Woody the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
Repository (number AM91). The human National Park Service
Island); Natives of Kodiak, Inc.; and
Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak that this notice remains were found during a collections Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq
has been published. reorganization project in June of 2007. Museum and Archaeological
No known individual was identified. No
Dated: August 7, 2007. Repository, Kodiak, AK
associated funerary objects are present.
Sherry Hutt, Site 49–KOD–00343 is a prehistoric AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. settlement that lies on the shore of a
ACTION: Notice.
[FR Doc. E7–16783 Filed 8–23–07; 8:45 am] broad cove, on the western shore of
BILLING CODE 4312–50–S inner Ugak Bay, southwest of the Alf Notice is here given in accordance
islands, on the southwestern coast of with the Native American Graves
Alaska’s Kodiak archipelago. The site Protection and Repatriation Act
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR holds a cluster of multi-roomed house (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
depressions surrounded by 50 - 60 cm completion of an inventory of human
National Park Service of steam bath rubble-filled shell midden remains in the possession of Alutiiq
deposits, indicative of the late Museum and Archaeological Repository,
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq prehistoric Koniag tradition, the cultural
Museum and Archaeological Kodiak, AK. The human remains were
era that directly preceded European removed from the area of Harvester
Repository, Kodiak, AK contact. As such, the human remains are Island in the Kodiak Island archipelago,
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. reasonably believed to be Native AK.
American and most closely related to
ACTION: Notice. This notice is published as part of the
the contemporary Kodiak Alutiiq
people. Specifically, the human remains National Park Service’s administrative
Notice is here given in accordance are from an area of the Kodiak responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
with the Native American Graves archipelago traditionally used by U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
Protection and Repatriation Act members of Koniag, Inc. and Native in this notice are the sole responsibility
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the Village of Larsen Bay. of the museum, institution, or Federal
completion of an inventory of human Officials of the Alutiiq Museum and agency that has control of the Native
remains in the possession of the Alutiiq Archaeological Repository have American human remains. The National
Museum and Archaeological Repository, determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Park Service is not responsible for the
Kodiak, AK. The human remains were 3001 (9–10), the human remains determinations in this notice.
removed from Uyak Bay, Kodiak Island, described above represent the physical A detailed assessment of the human
AK. remains of one individual of Native remains was made by Alutiiq Museum
This notice is published as part of the American ancestry. Officials of the and Archaeological Repository
National Park Service’s administrative Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological professional staff in consultation with
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Repository also have determined that, representatives of Koniag, Inc. and
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is Native Village of Larsen Bay.
in this notice are the sole responsibility a relationship of shared group identity In the 1970s or 1980s, human remains
of the museum, institution, or Federal that can be reasonably traced between representing a minimum of one
agency that has control of the Native the Native American human remains individual were removed from the
American human remains. The National and Koniag, Inc. and Native Village of Harvester Island area of Uyak Bay, in
Park Service is not responsible for the Larsen Bay. the Kodiak archipelago, AK. The
determinations in this notice. Representatives of any other Indian cranium was painted yellow at some
A detailed assessment of the human tribe that believes itself to be culturally point after collection. In June 2006, the
yshivers on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES

remains was made by Alutiiq Museum affiliated with the human remains cranium was mailed anonymously to
and Archaeological Repository should contact Dr. Sven Haakanson, Jr., the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
professional staff in consultation with Executive Director, Alutiiq Museum and Repository with a note that it was
representatives of Koniag, Inc. and Archaeological Repository, 215 Mission collected ‘‘on or around Harvester
Native Village of Larsen Bay. Rd., Suite 101, Kodiak, AK 99615, Island.’’ No known individual was

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