87 FR 243 pgs. 77885-77886 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 243Pages: 77885 - 77886
Pages: 77885, 77886Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035039; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-27528 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035039; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from near Port Moller, Alaskan Peninsula, Alaska.
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after January 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Luke Swetland, President and CEO, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, telephone (805) 682-4711, email lswetland@sbnature2.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from near Port Moller, Alaskan Peninsula, Alaska. Sometime before 1967, Alex Wheeler of Carpinteria, CA, collected a human mandible from an area about 10 miles from Port Moller, AK, that included a large hot spring. Presumably, this skeletal element was removed from the Hot Springs Village Site, a well-known archeological site near Port Moller. Wheeler donated these human remains to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, and they were accessioned on March 17, 1967. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical, kinship, biological, archeological, linguistic information, folkloric, oral traditional, historical, and other information or expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 19, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14.
Dated: December 13, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-27528 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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