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, 23571-23572 [2015-09912]
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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
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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
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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 Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
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
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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 Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, 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.
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 81 / Tuesday, April 28, 2015 / Notices
Dated: April 1, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Beneski Museum of Natural
History, Amherst College, Amherst,
MA; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
The Beneski Museum of
Natural History, Amherst College has
corrected a Notice of Intent to Repatriate
published in the Federal Register on
February 5, 2015. This notice corrects
the number of unassociated funerary
objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to the Beneski
Museum of Natural History, Amherst
College. If no additional claimants come
forward, transfer of control of the
cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Beneski Museum of Natural History,
Amherst College at the address in this
notice by May 28, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Tekla A. Harms, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Beneski Museum of
Natural History, Amherst College,
Amherst, MA 01002, telephone (413)
542–2233, email taharms@amherst.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate a
cultural item under the control of the
Beneski Museum of Natural History,
Amherst College, Amherst, MA that
meets the definition of unassociated
funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
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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 cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the number of
unassociated funerary objects published
in a Notice of Intent to Repatriate in the
Federal Register (80 FR 6538–6539,
February 5, 2015). Unrelated work in
the museum collections uncovered this
additional artifact incorrectly stored.
Transfer of control of the items in this
correction notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (80 FR 6539,
February 5, 2015), paragraph 1, sentence
1 is corrected by substituting the
following sentence:
The Beneski Museum of Natural History,
Amherst College (Beneski Museum) holds
119 cultural items that are documented to
have been, or can reasonably be inferred to
have been unassociated funerary objects that
were removed from the state of Florida.
In the Federal Register (80 FR 6539,
February 5, 2015), paragraph 3,
sentences 1 and 2 are corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
The Beneski Museum holds 38 cultural
items obtained from Clarence B. Moore of
Philadelphia, most—if not all—received in
1872. These cultural items are: five stone
sinkers and two shell sinkers from 3 miles
east of Marco, Lee County, FL; one shell celt
from near Marco, Lee County, FL; six stone
sinkers or pendants, five shell sinkers or
pendants, and five shell beads from Marco
Island, Ten Thousand Islands, Lee County,
FL; five stone sinkers or pendants, five
whorled shell sinkers or pendants, one awl
of whorled shell, one shell gorget, and one
large shell ring from Addison’s Key, near
Marco, Lee County, FL; one conch shell cup
from a mound on a key in Gasparilla Sound,
DeSoto or Charlotte County, FL.
In the Federal Register (80 FR 6539,
February 5, 2015), paragraph 8, sentence
1 is corrected by substituting the
following sentence:
rest as funerary objects and were obtained
from burial mounds.
In the Federal Register (80 FR 6539,
February 5, 2015), paragraph 9, sentence
1 is corrected by substituting the
following sentence:
Officials of the Beneski Museum of Natural
History, Amherst College have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 119
cultural items 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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have been
removed from a specific burial site of a
Native American individual.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Tekla Harms, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Beneski Museum of Natural History,
Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002,
telephone (413) 542–2233, email
taharms@amherst.edu, by May 28, 2015.
After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
object to the Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians may proceed.
The Beneski Museum of Natural
History, Amherst College is responsible
for notifying the Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 20, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Program Manager, National NAGPRA
Program.
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Multiple lines of evidence—guided by
tribal consultations—including geographic,
oral tradition, historical, and aboriginal land
claims, demonstrate a shared group identity
between these 119 cultural items and the
modern-day Miccosukee Tribe of Indians;
Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed
as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); and The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma.
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PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
In the Federal Register (80 FR 6539,
February 5, 2015), paragraph 8, sentence
4 is corrected by substituting the
following sentence:
SUMMARY:
It is reasonable to conclude that all 119
cultural items listed here were intended to
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Big Cypress
National Preserve, Ochopee, FL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Big
Cypress National Preserve, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, has determined that the
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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.
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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 Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
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 Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, 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.
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Dated: April 1, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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