80 FR 77008 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Northwest Museum, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 238 (December 11, 2015)

The Maxey Museum (formerly Northwest Museum), Whitman College, has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on August 13, 2008. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects. 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 Maxey Museum. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: Northwest Museum, Whitman 
College, Walla Walla, WA; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Correction.

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SUMMARY: The Maxey Museum (formerly Northwest Museum), Whitman College, 
has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal 
Register on August 13, 2008. This notice corrects the minimum number of 
individuals and number of associated funerary objects. 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 Maxey Museum. 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 Maxey Museum at the address in this 
notice by January 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lisa Perfetti, Maxey Museum, Whitman College, 345 Boyer 
Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, telephone (509) 527-5187, 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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Maxey Museum, 
Walla Walla, WA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from Sheep Island and Canoe Island, Benton 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.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number 
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register (73 FR 47231, August 13, 2008). A 
re-inventory of the museum collection identified additional human 
remains and associated funerary objects from this collection. Transfer 
of control of the items in this correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (73 FR 47231, August 13, 2008), paragraph 
ten, sentence one is corrected by substituting the following sentence:

    In 1949, human remains representing a minimum of 14 individuals 
were removed from site 45BN55, Sheep Island, Site 17 and Canoe Island, 
Site 13, Benton County, WA, by Thomas R. Garth, Jr. and accessioned 
into the museum (Cat Whit-J-028, 034, 057, 060, 063-072, 107-108, 0114, 
0116 Whit-X-0003, 0004, 0007, 0061).
    In the Federal Register (73 FR 47231, August 13, 2008), paragraph 
ten, sentence three is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:
    The 79 associated funerary objects are 46 light red beads, 11 
pestle fragments, 2 flint scrapers, 1 rock with ochre, 1 mud-dauber's 
nest, 1 sandstone smoother, 1 bag of charcoal, 2 cranial faunal 
remains, 1 lot of seven faunal remains, 1 lot of nine faunal remains, 9 
faunal remains, 2 petrified bone awls, and 1 chert flake (Cat. Whit-J-
2, 3, 5, 18, 19, 23 to 25, 133, Whit-X-0003, 0004, 0005, 0060, 0062, 
Whit-J-0110, 0111, 0112, 0113, 0115, 0117, 0118, 0119, 0120, 0121).
    In the Federal Register (73 FR 47231, August 13, 2008), paragraph 
eleven, sentence one is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:
    Sheep Island and Canoe Island were important burial islands for the 
Imatalamlama and are within the ceded lands of the Confederated Tribes 
of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon.
    In the Federal Register (73 FR 47231, August 13, 2008), paragraph 
nineteen, sentence one is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:
    Officials of the Northwest Museum, Whitman College have determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described 
above represent the physical remains of a minimum of 24 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
    In the Federal Register (73 FR 47231, August 13, 2008), paragraph 
nineteen, sentence two is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:
    Officials of the Northwest Museum, Whitman College also have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 105 objects 
described above 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.

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 Dr. Lisa Perfetti, Maxey Museum, Whitman 
College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, telephone (509) 527-
5187, email [email protected], by January 11, 2016. After that date, 
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Confederated 
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation may proceed.
    The Maxey Museum is responsible for notifying the Confederated 
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: December 7, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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