80 FR 23571 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)
| Page Range | 23571-23572 | |
| FR Document | 2015-09912 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 23571-23572] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-09912] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-18031;PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington (Burke Museum), have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and have 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs. 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs at the address in this notice by May 28, 2015. ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, email [email protected]. 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and in the physical custody of the Burke Museum. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Clallam 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 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Burke Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation. History and Description of the Remains In September 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were removed from site 45-CA-26 on the Pacific Ocean Beach near Neah Bay adjacent to Makah Bay, Clallam County, WA. The site (45- CA-26) is located within the current boundaries of the Makah Indian Reservation. In or about September 1963, Robert E. Greengo of the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum was directed to the site by Mrs. Otis Baxter who advised that the wind had been blowing material out of the cut bank. Dr. Greengo found exposed human bones and other items that had been disturbed by the action of the surf and/or wind. Dr. Greengo returned in October 1963, in the company of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Baxter and collected bones and objects from the location that turned out to be site 45-CA-26. The collection has been housed at the Burke Museum since 1963. No known individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are an elk bone and a small bag of sand and crushed bone. Geographic, historic, and anthropological evidence indicates that the human remains are Native American. The site (45-CA-26) is a shell midden site located within the current boundaries of the Makah Indian Reservation. Burial of human remains in or near shell middens is consistent with Native American burial practices in the Pacific Northwest. This area was historically and prehistorically occupied by the Makah people for at least the past 4,000 years. Determinations Made by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Burke Museum Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 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 five individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two 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 Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation. 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 Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, email [email protected]ov, by May 28, 2015. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation may proceed. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible for notifying the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation that this notice has been published. [[Page 23572]] Dated: April 1, 2015. Mariah Soriano, Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2015-09912 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-50-P
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Number of Respondents: 260 per year, request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Museum since 1963. No known
on average. at the address in this notice by May 28, individuals were identified. The two
Frequency of Response: On occasion. 2015. associated funerary objects are an elk
Estimated Time per Response: 15 ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum bone and a small bag of sand and
minutes. Program Manager/NAGPRA crushed bone.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Geographic, historic, and
65 hours. Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 anthropological evidence indicates that
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, the human remains are Native
Dollar Cost: $6,500 (approximately $25 Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390– American. The site (45–CA–26) is a
per application for processing fees). 6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov. shell midden site located within the
current boundaries of the Makah Indian
Elizabeth K. Appel, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Reservation. Burial of human remains in
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and here given in accordance with the
or near shell middens is consistent with
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. Native American Graves Protection and
Native American burial practices in the
[FR Doc. 2015–09812 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Pacific Northwest. This area was
3003, of the completion of an inventory
BILLING CODE 4337–15–P historically and prehistorically
of human remains and associated
occupied by the Makah people for at
funerary objects under the control of the
least the past 4,000 years.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs and in the physical Determinations Made by the Bureau of
National Park Service custody of the Burke Museum. The Indian Affairs and the Burke Museum
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA– human remains and associated funerary Officials of the Bureau of Indian
18031;PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] objects were removed from Clallam Affairs and the Burke Museum have
County, WA. determined that:
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. This notice is published as part of the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
Department of the Interior, Bureau of National Park Service’s administrative human remains described in this notice
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 represent the physical remains of five
the Thomas Burke Memorial U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in individuals of Native American
Washington State Museum, University this notice are the sole responsibility of ancestry.
of Washington, Seattle, WA the museum, institution, or Federal • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
agency that has control of the Native the two objects described in this notice
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. American human remains and are reasonably believed to have been
ACTION: Notice. associated funerary objects. The placed with or near individual human
National Park Service is not responsible remains at the time of death or later as
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the for the determinations in this notice.
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and part of the death rite or ceremony.
Consultation • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
the Thomas Burke Memorial
is a relationship of shared group
Washington State Museum, University A detailed assessment of the human identity that can be reasonably traced
of Washington (Burke Museum), have remains was made by the U.S. between the Native American human
completed an inventory of human Department of the Interior, Bureau of remains and associated funerary objects
remains and associated funerary objects, Indian Affairs and the Burke Museum and the Makah Indian Tribe of the
in consultation with the appropriate professional staff in consultation with Makah Indian Reservation.
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian representatives of the Makah Indian
organizations, and have determined that Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation. Additional Requestors and Disposition
there is a cultural affiliation between the Lineal descendants or representatives
human remains and associated funerary History and Description of the Remains
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
objects and present-day Indian tribes or In September 1963, human remains organization not identified in this notice
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal representing, at minimum, five that wish to request transfer of control
descendants or representatives of any individuals were removed from site 45– of these human remains and associated
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian CA–26 on the Pacific Ocean Beach near funerary objects should submit a written
organization not identified in this notice Neah Bay adjacent to Makah Bay, request with information in support of
that wish to request transfer of control Clallam County, WA. The site (45–CA– the request to Anna Pardo, Museum
of these human remains and associated 26) is located within the current Program Manager/NAGPRA
funerary objects should submit a written boundaries of the Makah Indian Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Reservation. In or about September Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220
If no additional requestors come 1963, Robert E. Greengo of the Thomas Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
forward, transfer of control of the Burke Memorial Washington State Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
human remains and associated funerary Museum was directed to the site by Mrs. 6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Otis Baxter who advised that the wind May 28, 2015. After that date, if no
tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations had been blowing material out of the cut additional requestors have come
stated in this notice may proceed. bank. Dr. Greengo found exposed forward, transfer of control of the
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DATES: Lineal descendants or human bones and other items that had human remains and associated funerary
representatives of any Indian tribe or been disturbed by the action of the surf objects to the Makah Indian Tribe of the
Native Hawaiian organization not and/or wind. Dr. Greengo returned in Makah Indian Reservation may proceed.
identified in this notice that wish to October 1963, in the company of Mr. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is
request transfer of control of these and Mrs. Otis Baxter and collected responsible for notifying the Makah
human remains and associated funerary bones and objects from the location that Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian
objects should submit a written request turned out to be site 45–CA–26. The Reservation that this notice has been
with information in support of the collection has been housed at the Burke published.
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Dated: April 1, 2015. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in rest as funerary objects and were obtained
Mariah Soriano, this notice are the sole responsibility of from burial mounds.
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. the museum, institution, or Federal In the Federal Register (80 FR 6539,
[FR Doc. 2015–09912 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] agency that has control of the Native February 5, 2015), paragraph 9, sentence
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American cultural items. The National 1 is corrected by substituting the
Park Service is not responsible for the following sentence:
determinations in this notice.
Officials of the Beneski Museum of Natural
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR This notice corrects the number of
History, Amherst College have determined
unassociated funerary objects published that:
National Park Service in a Notice of Intent to Repatriate in the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 119
Federal Register (80 FR 6538–6539, cultural items described above are reasonably
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–
17979;PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] February 5, 2015). Unrelated work in believed to have been placed with or near
the museum collections uncovered this individual human remains at the time of
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural additional artifact incorrectly stored. death or later as part of the death rite or
Items: Beneski Museum of Natural Transfer of control of the items in this ceremony and are believed, by a
correction notice has not occurred. preponderance of the evidence, to have been
History, Amherst College, Amherst, removed from a specific burial site of a
MA; Correction Correction Native American individual.
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. In the Federal Register (80 FR 6539, Additional Requestors and Disposition
ACTION: Notice; correction. February 5, 2015), paragraph 1, sentence
1 is corrected by substituting the Lineal descendants or representatives
SUMMARY: The Beneski Museum of following sentence: of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Natural History, Amherst College has organization not identified in this notice
The Beneski Museum of Natural History, that wish to claim these cultural items
corrected a Notice of Intent to Repatriate Amherst College (Beneski Museum) holds
published in the Federal Register on should submit a written request with
119 cultural items that are documented to
February 5, 2015. This notice corrects have been, or can reasonably be inferred to information in support of the claim to
the number of unassociated funerary have been unassociated funerary objects that Tekla Harms, NAGPRA Coordinator,
objects. Lineal descendants or were removed from the state of Florida. Beneski Museum of Natural History,
representatives of any Indian tribe or In the Federal Register (80 FR 6539, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002,
Native Hawaiian organization not February 5, 2015), paragraph 3, telephone (413) 542–2233, email
identified in this notice that wish to sentences 1 and 2 are corrected by taharms@amherst.edu, by May 28, 2015.
claim these cultural items should substituting the following sentence: After that date, if no additional
submit a written request to the Beneski claimants have come forward, transfer
The Beneski Museum holds 38 cultural of control of the unassociated funerary
Museum of Natural History, Amherst items obtained from Clarence B. Moore of
College. If no additional claimants come object to the Miccosukee Tribe of
Philadelphia, most—if not all—received in
forward, transfer of control of the 1872. These cultural items are: five stone Indians may proceed.
cultural items to the lineal descendants, sinkers and two shell sinkers from 3 miles The Beneski Museum of Natural
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian east of Marco, Lee County, FL; one shell celt History, Amherst College is responsible
organizations stated in this notice may from near Marco, Lee County, FL; six stone for notifying the Miccosukee Tribe of
sinkers or pendants, five shell sinkers or Indians that this notice has been
proceed.
pendants, and five shell beads from Marco published.
DATES: Lineal descendants or Island, Ten Thousand Islands, Lee County,
representatives of any Indian tribe or FL; five stone sinkers or pendants, five Dated: March 20, 2015.
Native Hawaiian organization not whorled shell sinkers or pendants, one awl Mariah Soriano,
identified in this notice that wish to of whorled shell, one shell gorget, and one Acting Program Manager, National NAGPRA
claim these cultural items should large shell ring from Addison’s Key, near Program.
submit a written request with Marco, Lee County, FL; one conch shell cup [FR Doc. 2015–09899 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am]
from a mound on a key in Gasparilla Sound,
information in support of the claim to DeSoto or Charlotte County, FL. BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
the Beneski Museum of Natural History,
Amherst College at the address in this In the Federal Register (80 FR 6539,
notice by May 28, 2015. February 5, 2015), paragraph 8, sentence DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
1 is corrected by substituting the
ADDRESSES: Tekla A. Harms, NAGPRA
following sentence: National Park Service
Coordinator, Beneski Museum of
Natural History, Amherst College, Multiple lines of evidence—guided by [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–18014;
Amherst, MA 01002, telephone (413) tribal consultations—including geographic, PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
oral tradition, historical, and aboriginal land
542–2233, email taharms@amherst.edu.
claims, demonstrate a shared group identity Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is between these 119 cultural items and the Items: U.S. Department of the Interior,
here given in accordance with the modern-day Miccosukee Tribe of Indians;
National Park Service, Big Cypress
Native American Graves Protection and Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed
as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big National Preserve, Ochopee, FL
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate a Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa National Park Service, Interior.
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
AGENCY:
cultural item under the control of the Reservations)); and The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma. ACTION: Notice.
Beneski Museum of Natural History,
Amherst College, Amherst, MA that In the Federal Register (80 FR 6539, SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the
meets the definition of unassociated February 5, 2015), paragraph 8, sentence Interior, National Park Service, Big
funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 4 is corrected by substituting the Cypress National Preserve, in
This notice is published as part of the following sentence: consultation with the appropriate
National Park Service’s administrative It is reasonable to conclude that all 119 Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 cultural items listed here were intended to organizations, has determined that the
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