[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20631-20632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08864]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23165; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology (the Museum) 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
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 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 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 the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology at the address in this notice by June 2,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Julian Siggers, Williams Director, University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104, telephone (215) 898-4050.
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 University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Baranoff 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 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
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Central
Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Chilkat Indian Village
(Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines); Hoonah Indian
Association; Sitka Tribe of Alaska; Yakutat Tlingit Tribe; and Sealaska
Corporation, a non-federally recognized entity.
History and Description of the Remains
In December 1931, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a cave, in an unknown location, on the
shoreline of Baranof Island in the Peril Strait in Alaska by Louis
Shotridge. The human remains (UPM no. 31-29-17) represent the intact,
fully clothed body of a single individual, male, 45-50 years old. The
human remains are naturally mummified from the waist to the head. The
pelvis and lower limbs are fully skeletonized. The human remains are
believed to be those of Kagank, a Tlingit Kaagwaantaan Shaman. The 12
associated funerary objects include one exterior woven mat, one hide
wrapping, one wool blanket, one wooden frame structure over the face,
one nose pin, one pair of hide gloves, one hide shirt with quill
decoration, one fine woven cloth, one pair of hide boots, one bird
wing, one ornament of braided hair, and one twined basket.
The positioning and ornamentation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects was reviewed by the Museum staff and
several Tlingit consultants. The evidence strongly suggests that this
individual is from the Northwest Coast region. Louis Shotridge
collected the human remains directly from their original cave setting
on the shoreline of Baronoff Island in the Peril Strait and shipped
them to the University of Pennsylvania Museum in early 1932. According
to collector information, consultation, and ethnographic and
anthropological literature, the cave is located within traditional
Tlingit Sitka Territory. Collector documents and consultation
information identify this individual as Kagank, a Tlingit shaman from
the Kaagwaantaan clan. According to Shotridge's ethnographic field
notes, the name Kagank originates with the Kagwaantaan clan at Chilkat
during the early period of their occupation of the area. According to
consultation information provided in 2013, the name Kagank is also
attributed to a 19th century Tlingit Kaagwaantaan shaman who died en
route to a Deisheetan Clan potlatch. Members of the Kaagwaantaan Clan
are represented today by the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian
Tribes; Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association
(Haines); Hoonah Indian Association; Sitka Tribe of Alaska; and Yakutat
Tlingit Tribe. During consultation in 2005, representatives of the
Hoonah Indian Association indicated that these human remains were not
affiliated with the village of Hoonah.
Determinations Made by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology
Officials of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology 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 one individual of Native American
ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 12 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 associated funerary objects and the Central
Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Chilkat Indian Village
(Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines); Sitka Tribe of Alaska;
and Yakutat Tlingit Tribe.
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 Julian Siggers, Director, University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104, telephone (215) 898-4050, by June 2, 2017.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes;
Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan); Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines);
Sitka Tribe of Alaska; and Yakutat Tlingit Tribe may proceed.
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology is responsible for notifying the Central Council of the
Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes; Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan);
Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines); Hoonah Indian Association; Sitka
Tribe of Alaska; Yakutat Tlingit Tribe; and Sealaska Corporation, a
non-federally recognized entity, that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 28, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-08864 Filed 5-2-17; 8:45 am]
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