82 FR 11642 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Washington, DC
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National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 36 (February 24, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 36 (Friday, February 24, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 11642-11643] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-03611] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22721; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Washington, DC AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy (DoN) has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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 should submit a written request to the Department of the Navy. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Department of the Navy at the address in this notice by March 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: Dr. Susan S. Hughes, Archaeologist, Department of the Navy, NAVFAC NW., 1101 Tautog Circle, Silverdale, WA 98315, telephone (360) 396-0083, 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 under the control of the Department of the Navy. The human remains were removed from Indian Island, Jefferson 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) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native American human [[Page 11643]] 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 Department of the Navy professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe and Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe (previously listed as the Port Gamble Band of S'Klallam Indians). History and Description of the Remains In 1976, human remains representing, at minimum, 2 individuals were removed from Walan Point, Indian Island in Jefferson County, WA. The site was first recorded by G.L. Coale in 1956. Prior to the construction of an ammunitions pier and support facilities on the sandspit, Astrida Blukis Onat with Seattle Central Community College conducted test excavations at the site in 1975. Analysis of the materials indicated the site to be a temporary procurement camp less than 2000 years old. Among the many artifacts recovered were fragments of unidentified human bone from four excavation units: 92N10W, 98N8W, 114N8W, and 130N11W. These materials were briefly mentioned in Blukis Onat's 1976 report. During pier construction later that year, heavy equipment unearthed two human burials at depths of 40 to 60 centimeters below the surface along with several surface bone fragments. One of the burials was estimated to be 300 years old based on the decomposition of the cedar box that the individual was buried in. These remains were studied by a physical anthropologist and the results summarized in Blukis Onat and Haversat (1977). All materials recovered from the excavations were transferred to the Washington State University's Museum of Anthropology for storage. Following a 1995 curation assessment performed by the Washington State University Museum (Andrefsky et al. 1995), all known human remains and associated funerary objects from the Walan Point site were repatriated with the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. The Notice of Inventory Completion was published in the Federal Register on December 17, 1998, 63 FR 69651. The human remains and associated funerary objects were transferred to the S'Klallam on February 8, 1999, and subsequently re- interred in a repatriation cemetery on NAVMAG Indian Island. In 2002, the remaining artifacts and excavation records from Walan Point were transferred from Washington State University to the Jamestown S'Klallam Reservation Tribal Center in Blyn, WA. The Jamestown S'Klallam moved the materials to a different facility in 2015. That same year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections performed an updated Curation Assessment of the Indian Island collection at the new facility. During this assessment, two small bags labeled as human remains, each containing one bone, were found in a box of faunal remains (Williams 2015). In 2016, these two bones were sent to Dr. Guy Tasa, forensic anthropologist with the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, for identification. Dr. Tasa identified the bones as representing two sub-adult humans of unknown sex. The first is a humoral head belonging to a child, aged 5 to 16 years of age; the second, the left tibia epiphysis from a sub-adult, aged 10 to 15 years. These bones appear to have been recovered from Blukis Onat's 1976 excavation, units 92N10W and 98N8W, respectively. It is the intent of the Department of the Navy to repatriate these additional human remains from the Walan Point site. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on the ethnographic data, tribal accounts, and archeological data, the Department of the Navy has determined that the Jamestown S'Klallam, Lower Elwha Clallam, and Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribes are most closely affiliated with these remains. Ethnographic studies place Indian Island within the traditional territory of the Chemakum Tribe. By the early 1850s, the Chemakum population was reduced to 90 individuals; by 1878, only 13 individuals remained. The much larger Clallam (S'Klallam) Tribe, whose territory joined the Chemakum's on the west, took over Chemakum territory in the later 1800s, and the few remaining Chemakum still living in the area joined with the Clallam Tribe. Determinations Made by the Department of the Navy Officials of the Department of the Navy have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 2 individuals 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 and the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Tribal Community (previously listed as the Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington), and Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe (previously listed as the Port Gamble Band of S'Klallam Indians). 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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Dr. Susan S. Hughes, Archaeologist, Department of the Navy, NAVFAC NW., 1101 Tautog Circle, Silverdale, WA 98315, telephone (360) 396-0083, email [email protected], by March 27, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Tribal Community (previously listed as the Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington), and Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe (previously listed as the Port Gamble Band of S'Klallam Indians) may proceed. The Department of the Navy is responsible for notifying the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Tribal Community (previously listed as the Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington), and Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe (previously listed as the Port Gamble Band of S'Klallam Indians) that this notice has been published. Dated: January 9, 2017. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017-03611 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation; • On January 22, 1855, the Point DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Elliot Treaty was signed by
Madison Reservation; Tulalip Tribes of representatives from the Lummi Tribe of National Park Service
Washington (previously listed as the the Lummi Reservation, Muckleshoot [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22721;
Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Indian Tribe (previously listed as the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Reservation, Washington); and Upper Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the
Skagit Indian Tribe (hereinafter referred Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
to as ‘‘The Invited and Consulted Nooksack Indian Tribe, Samish Indian Department of Defense, Department of
Tribes’’). Due to the ambiguity of the Nation (previously listed as the Samish the Navy, Washington, DC
region listed as the ‘‘Northwest Coast,’’ Indian Tribe, Washington), Sauk-
consultation efforts were extended to AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Suiattle Indian Tribe, Snoqualmie
tribal communities in the coastal areas Indian Tribe (previously listed as the ACTION: Notice.
of Washington State. Snoqualmie Tribe, Washington), SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
History and Description of the Remains Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Defense, Department of the Navy (DoN)
Washington (previously listed as the has completed an inventory of human
On an unknown date, human remains Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington), remains, in consultation with the
representing, at minimum, one Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port appropriate Indian tribes or Native
individual were removed from an Madison Reservation, Swinomish Hawaiian organizations, and has
unknown location along the ‘‘Northwest Indian Tribal Community (previously determined that there is a cultural
Coast.’’ This individual was transferred listed as the Swinomish Indians of the affiliation between the human remains
to Indiana University from the Swinomish Reservation of Washington), and present-day Indian tribes or Native
University of Chicago during the 1950s Tulalip Tribes of Washington Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
along with four other individuals. Notes (previously listed as the Tulalip Tribes descendants or representatives of any
with these four individuals indicated of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington), Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
they were likely collected from the and the Upper Skagit Tribe (hereinafter organization not identified in this notice
Anacortes area of Washington State. The referred to as ‘‘The Aboriginal Land that wish to request transfer of control
boxes are recorded as having been Tribes’’). The Point Elliot Treaty of these human remains should submit
previously from the University of established an agreement between the a written request to the Department of
Washington; however, efforts in United States Government and The the Navy. If no additional requestors
collaboration with NAGPRA personnel Aboriginal Land Tribes for lands in come forward, transfer of control of the
at the University of Washington have western Washington. The lands around human remains to the lineal
failed to locate additional information Anacortes, WA from which the Native descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
regarding the collection’s presence at American human remains were Hawaiian organizations stated in this
the University of Washington and its removed were a part of the aboriginal notice may proceed.
subsequent transfer to the University of lands ceded by the Point Elliot Treaty.
Chicago. No known individuals were DATES: Lineal descendants or
identified. No associated funerary • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the representatives of any Indian tribe or
objects are present. disposition of the human remains may Native Hawaiian organization not
be to The Aboriginal Land Tribes. identified in this notice that wish to
The four individuals were transferred
to the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi request transfer of control of these
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Reservation in summer of 2016. human remains should submit a written
Through consultation, it was decided Representatives of any Indian tribe or request with information in support of
that this individual should be Native Hawaiian organization not the request to the Department of the
transferred with the other four identified in this notice that wish to Navy at the address in this notice by
individuals, as it is likely that they were request transfer of control of these March 27, 2017.
collected together from the same human remains should submit a written ADDRESSES: Dr. Susan S. Hughes,
location. request with information in support of Archaeologist, Department of the Navy,
the request to Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, NAVFAC NW., 1101 Tautog Circle,
Determinations Made by the NAGPRA Director, Indiana University, Silverdale, WA 98315, telephone (360)
Department of Anthropology at Indiana NAGPRA Office, Student Building 318, 396–0083, email susan.s.hughes@
University 701 East Kirkwood Avenue, navy.mil.
Officials of the Department of Bloomington, IN 47405, telephone (812) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Anthropology at Indiana University 856–5315, email thomajay@ here given in accordance with the
have determined that: indiana.edu, by March 27, 2017. After Native American Graves Protection and
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the that date, if no additional requestors Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
human remains described in this notice have come forward, transfer of control 3003, of the completion of an inventory
are Native American based on of the human remains to The Aboriginal of human remains under the control of
osteological evidence and collection Land Tribes may proceed. the Department of the Navy. The human
history. Indiana University is responsible for remains were removed from Indian
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the notifying The Invited and Consulted Island, Jefferson County, WA.
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
human remains described in this notice Tribes that this notice has been This notice is published as part of the
represent the physical remains of one published. National Park Service’s administrative
individual of Native American ancestry. Dated: January 30, 2017. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
Melanie O’Brien,
relationship of shared group identity The determinations in this notice are
cannot be reasonably traced between the Manager, National NAGPRA Program. the sole responsibility of the museum,
Native American human remains and [FR Doc. 2017–03619 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am] institution, or Federal agency that has
any present-day Indian tribe. BILLING CODE 4312–52–P control of the Native American human
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remains. The National Park Service is The Jamestown S’Klallam moved the Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha
not responsible for the determinations materials to a different facility in 2015. Reservation, Washington), and Port
in this notice. That same year, the U.S. Army Corps of Gamble S’Klallam Tribe (previously
Engineers Center of Expertise for the listed as the Port Gamble Band of
Consultation
Curation and Management of S’Klallam Indians).
A detailed assessment of the human Archaeological Collections performed
remains was made by the Department of Additional Requestors and Disposition
an updated Curation Assessment of the
the Navy professional staff in Indian Island collection at the new Lineal descendants or representatives
consultation with representatives of the facility. During this assessment, two of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Port small bags labeled as human remains, organization not identified in this notice
Gamble S’Klallam Tribe (previously each containing one bone, were found that wish to request transfer of control
listed as the Port Gamble Band of in a box of faunal remains (Williams of these human remains should submit
S’Klallam Indians). 2015). a written request with information in
In 2016, these two bones were sent to support of the request to Dr. Susan S.
History and Description of the Remains
Dr. Guy Tasa, forensic anthropologist Hughes, Archaeologist, Department of
In 1976, human remains representing, with the Washington State Department the Navy, NAVFAC NW., 1101 Tautog
at minimum, 2 individuals were of Archaeology and Historic Circle, Silverdale, WA 98315, telephone
removed from Walan Point, Indian Preservation, for identification. Dr. Tasa (360) 396–0083, email susan.s.hughes@
Island in Jefferson County, WA. The site identified the bones as representing two navy.mil, by March 27, 2017. After that
was first recorded by G.L. Coale in 1956. sub-adult humans of unknown sex. The date, if no additional requestors have
Prior to the construction of an first is a humoral head belonging to a come forward, transfer of control of the
ammunitions pier and support facilities child, aged 5 to 16 years of age; the human remains to the Jamestown
on the sandspit, Astrida Blukis Onat second, the left tibia epiphysis from a S’Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Tribal
with Seattle Central Community College sub-adult, aged 10 to 15 years. These Community (previously listed as the
conducted test excavations at the site in bones appear to have been recovered Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the
1975. Analysis of the materials from Blukis Onat’s 1976 excavation, Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington),
indicated the site to be a temporary units 92N10W and 98N8W, and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
procurement camp less than 2000 years respectively. It is the intent of the (previously listed as the Port Gamble
old. Among the many artifacts recovered Department of the Navy to repatriate Band of S’Klallam Indians) may
were fragments of unidentified human these additional human remains from proceed.
bone from four excavation units: the Walan Point site. No known The Department of the Navy is
92N10W, 98N8W, 114N8W, and individuals were identified. No responsible for notifying the Jamestown
130N11W. These materials were briefly associated funerary objects are present. S’Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Tribal
mentioned in Blukis Onat’s 1976 report. Based on the ethnographic data, tribal Community (previously listed as the
During pier construction later that year, accounts, and archeological data, the Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the
heavy equipment unearthed two human Department of the Navy has determined Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington),
burials at depths of 40 to 60 centimeters that the Jamestown S’Klallam, Lower and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
below the surface along with several Elwha Clallam, and Port Gamble (previously listed as the Port Gamble
surface bone fragments. One of the S’Klallam Tribes are most closely Band of S’Klallam Indians) that this
burials was estimated to be 300 years affiliated with these remains. notice has been published.
old based on the decomposition of the Ethnographic studies place Indian
cedar box that the individual was buried Dated: January 9, 2017.
Island within the traditional territory of Melanie O’Brien,
in. These remains were studied by a the Chemakum Tribe. By the early
physical anthropologist and the results Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
1850s, the Chemakum population was
summarized in Blukis Onat and reduced to 90 individuals; by 1878, only [FR Doc. 2017–03611 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]
Haversat (1977). All materials recovered 13 individuals remained. The much BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
from the excavations were transferred to larger Clallam (S’Klallam) Tribe, whose
the Washington State University’s territory joined the Chemakum’s on the
Museum of Anthropology for storage. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
west, took over Chemakum territory in
Following a 1995 curation assessment the later 1800s, and the few remaining
performed by the Washington State National Park Service
Chemakum still living in the area joined
University Museum (Andrefsky et al. with the Clallam Tribe. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22730;
1995), all known human remains and PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
associated funerary objects from the Determinations Made by the
Walan Point site were repatriated with Department of the Navy Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. The Officials of the Department of the Items: Thomas Burke Memorial
Notice of Inventory Completion was Navy have determined that: Washington State Museum, University
published in the Federal Register on • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the of Washington, Seattle, WA
December 17, 1998, 63 FR 69651. The human remains described in this notice AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
human remains and associated funerary represent the physical remains of 2 ACTION: Notice.
objects were transferred to the S’Klallam individuals of Native American
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
on February 8, 1999, and subsequently ancestry. SUMMARY: The Thomas Burke Memorial
re-interred in a repatriation cemetery on • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Washington State Museum (Burke
NAVMAG Indian Island. In 2002, the is a relationship of shared group Museum), in consultation with the
remaining artifacts and excavation identity that can be reasonably traced appropriate Indian tribes or Native
records from Walan Point were between the Native American human Hawaiian organizations, has determined
transferred from Washington State and the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, that the cultural items listed in this
University to the Jamestown S’Klallam Lower Elwha Tribal Community notice meet the definition of
Reservation Tribal Center in Blyn, WA. (previously listed as the Lower Elwha unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
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