[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58039-58040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23902]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke
Museum), has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation
with the appropriate Indian Tribes, and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian
Tribes. Representatives of any Indian Tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact the Burke
Museum. Repatriation of the human remains to the Indian Tribes stated
below may occur if no additional claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the Burke
Museum at the address below by October 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box
353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, telephone (206) 685-3849.
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 in the
possession of the Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
The human
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remains were removed from Kittitas County, WA.
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. 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 Burke
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; and the
Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho (hereinafter ``The Tribes''). The Burke Museum
also consulted with the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized Indian
group (hereinafter ``The Indian Group'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1953-1954, human remains and funerary objects were removed from
the Cedar Cave Site (45-KT-20), in Kittitas County, WA, during a
University of Washington Field Expedition led by Dr. Earl Swanson, Jr.
The human remains and funerary objects were transferred from the
University of Washington Department of Anthropology and accessioned by
the Burke Museum in 1966 (Burke Accn. 1966-95). In 1974, the
Burke Museum legally transferred portions of the human remains to
Central Washington University. In 2007, a Notice of Inventory
Completion (NIC) describing 4 individuals and 42 associated funerary
objects removed from the Cedar Cave site was published in the Federal
Register [72 FR 52391-52392, September 13, 2007]. The Burke Museum and
Central Washington University have jointly repatriated these human
remains and funerary objects from the Cedar Cave site described in the
NIC. In 2009, during a collection cataloging and rehousing project, the
Burke Museum located one human tooth, representing an additional
individual, which had also been removed from the Cedar Cave Site. No
known individual was identified. There are no associated funerary
objects for this individual.
Early and late published ethnographic documentation indicates that
the Cedar Cave Site is in the aboriginal territory of the Moses-
Columbia or Sinkiuse, and the Yakima (Daugherty 1973, Miller 1998,
Mooney 1896, Ray 1936, Spier 1936) whose descendants are represented
today by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington. Furthermore, information provided during consultation
indicates that the aboriginal ancestors occupying this area were highly
mobile and traveled the landscape for gathering resources as well as
trade. Descendants of these Plateau communities are now widely
dispersed and enrolled in the two Tribes mentioned above, as well as
the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; and the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group.
Determinations Made by the Burke Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
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 Tribes and The Indian Group.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian Tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Peter Lape,
Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 35101, Seattle, WA 98195,
telephone (206) 685-3849, before October 19, 2011. Repatriation of the
human remains to The Tribes and The Indian Group may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying The Tribes and The
Indian group that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 13, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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