Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Richland, WA and Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 60191-60192 [E6-16923]
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during meetings that are open to the
public.
Dated: September 25, 2006
C. Timothy McKeown,
Designated Federal Officer,Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of Energy,
Richland Operations Office, Richland,
WA and Thomas Burke Memorial
Museum, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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 cultural items in the
control of the U.S. Department of
Energy, Richland Operations Office,
Richland, WA, and in the physical
custody of the Thomas Burke Memorial
Museum (Burke Museum), University of
Washington, Seattle, WA, that meet 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
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
At an unknown date, cultural items
were removed from two graves on Pope
Avenue in Hanford, Benton County,
WA, by Samuel D. Paddock. Prior to
1960, the cultural items were received
by the Burke Museum and formally
accessioned in 1986 (Burke Accn. #
1986–80). The human remains were not
transferred to the Burke Museum. The
284 unassociated funerary objects are 1
shell bead, 281 glass beads, 1 brass
button, and 1 copper fragment.
Museum documentation indicates
that the cultural items were recovered
from graves, and the types of items are
consistent with other funerary objects
found in the Columbia River area during
occupation by the Yakama, Walla Walla,
and Wanapum groups. Ethnographic
documentation indicates that the
present-day location of Hanford, WA, is
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located within an overlapping
aboriginal territory of descendants of the
Yakama, Walla Walla, and Wanapum
groups, which are represented today by
the Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon; and the Wanapum
Band, a non-federally recognized Indian
group.
The Yakama Treaty, signed on June 9,
1855, included the Hanford area in the
aboriginal territory of the present-day
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington. The Walla
Walla people have also occupied this
area since before historic times. As per
the Treaty of Walla Walla, signed on
June 9, 1855, the Walla Walla people are
represented by the present-day
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon. The Wanapum
Band occupied the Hanover area, which
is now designated the U.S. Department
of Energy Hanford Site, as recently as
World War II, when they moved to the
Priest Rapids area.
Officials of the Department of Energy
and the Burke Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the 284 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.
Officials of the Department of Energy
and Burke Museum also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington, and
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon. Furthermore,
officials of the Department of Energy
and the Burke Museum have
determined that there is a cultural
relationship between the unassociated
funerary objects and the Wanapum
Band, a non-federally recognized Indian
group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the 284 unassociated
funerary objects should contact
Annabelle Rodriguez, U.S. Department
of Energy, Cultural/Historic Resources
Program, Richland Operations Office,
825 Jadwin Avenue, MSIN A5–15,
Richland, WA 99352, telephone (509)
372–0277, before November 13, 2006.
Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Confederated
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Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation,
Oregon, and Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington, for themselves and on
behalf of the Wanapum Band, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward. The
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon; and Wanapum
Band, a non-federally recognized Indian
group, are claiming jointly all cultural
items from the Hanford area.
The Department of Energy is
responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon; and Wanapum
Band, a non-federally recognized Indian
group, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 25, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6–16924 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Energy, Richland
Operations Office, Richland, WA and
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
State Museum, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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
in the control of the U.S. Department of
Energy, Richland Operations Office,
Richland, WA, and in the physical
custody of the Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum (Burke
Museum), University of Washington,
Seattle, WA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from 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
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National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Department of
Energy and the Burke Museum
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; and the
Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
In 1981, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from an area within the
Hanford site, Benton County, WA, by
John A. Hedron. In 1985, the museum
received the human remains and
cultural items from Dr. Robert Rushmer
on behalf of Mr. Hedron, and they were
accessioned by the museum that same
year (Burke Accn. # 1985–106). No
known individual was identified. The
seven associated funerary objects are 1
piece of copper ore, 1 chopper, 1 flaked
stone tool, 1 core, 1 flake, and 2 mussel
shell fragments.
Museum documentation indicates
that the associated funerary objects were
recovered with fragmentary human
remains, and the types of cultural items
are consistent with other Native
American funerary objects found in the
Columbia River area. The human
remains consist of nine fragments. The
human remains were determined to be
Native American based on the
associated artifacts and geographic
location. Ethnographic documentation
indicates that the present day location
of Hanford, WA, is located within an
overlapping aboriginal territory of
descendants of the Yakama, Walla
Walla, and Wanapum groups, which are
represented today by the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; and the
Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
The Yakama Treaty, signed on June 9,
1855, included the Hanford area in the
aboriginal territory of the present-day
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington. The Walla
Walla people have also occupied this
area since before historic times. As per
the Treaty of Walla Walla, signed on
June 9, 1855, the Walla Walla people are
represented by the present-day
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon. The Wanapum
Band occupied the Hanford area, which
is now designated the U.S. Department
of Energy Hanford Site, as recently as
World War II, when they moved to the
Priest Rapids area.
Officials of the Department of Energy
and the Burke Museum have
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determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Department of Energy and the Burke
Museum also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the
seven 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. Lastly,
officials of the Department of Energy
and the Burke Museum have
determined that, 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
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington, and
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon. Furthermore,
officials of the Department of Energy
and the Burke Museum have
determined that there is a cultural
relationship between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Annabelle Rodriguez, U.S.
Department of Energy, Cultural/Historic
Resources Program, Richland
Operations Office, 825 Jadwin Avenue,
MSIN A5–15 Richland, WA 99352, (509)
372–0277, before November 13, 2006.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon, and Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington, for themselves and on
behalf of the Wanapum Band, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward. The
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; and Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group,
are claiming jointly all cultural items
from the Hanford area.
The Department of Energy is
responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; and Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group,
that this notice has been published.
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Dated: September 25, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Saint
Martin’s Waynick Museum, Lacey, WA;
Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (5), of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of the Saint
Martin’s Waynick Museum (Waynick
Museum), Lacey, WA. The human
remains were removed from Vashon
Island, King 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 replaces the Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register on February 22, 2006
(FR Doc. E6–2448, page 9154) in order
to correct the number of human remains
and collection history from a minimum
of two individuals removed from one
site to a minimum of six individuals
removed from six sites.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Waynick Museum
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Puyallup Tribe of
the Puyallup Reservation, Washington.
In 2003, the Waynick Museum found
bones in the museum collection. In
April 2004, the Puyallup Tribe of the
Puyallup Reservation, Washington
notified the Waynick Museum of their
belief that human remains were in the
possession of the Waynick Museum. In
May 2004, the bones were determined to
be Native American human remains
representing two individuals that were
culturally affiliated with the Puyallup
Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation,
Washington. A Notice of Inventory
Completion was published in the
Federal Register on February 22, 2006.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Energy,
Richland Operations Office, Richland, WA and Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the control of the U.S. Department of Energy, Richland
Operations Office, Richland, WA, and in the physical custody of the
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke Museum),
University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from 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
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National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
Department of Energy and the Burke Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon; and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group.
In 1981, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from an area within the Hanford site, Benton County, WA,
by John A. Hedron. In 1985, the museum received the human remains and
cultural items from Dr. Robert Rushmer on behalf of Mr. Hedron, and
they were accessioned by the museum that same year (Burke Accn.
1985-106). No known individual was identified. The seven
associated funerary objects are 1 piece of copper ore, 1 chopper, 1
flaked stone tool, 1 core, 1 flake, and 2 mussel shell fragments.
Museum documentation indicates that the associated funerary objects
were recovered with fragmentary human remains, and the types of
cultural items are consistent with other Native American funerary
objects found in the Columbia River area. The human remains consist of
nine fragments. The human remains were determined to be Native American
based on the associated artifacts and geographic location. Ethnographic
documentation indicates that the present day location of Hanford, WA,
is located within an overlapping aboriginal territory of descendants of
the Yakama, Walla Walla, and Wanapum groups, which are represented
today by the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon;
and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
The Yakama Treaty, signed on June 9, 1855, included the Hanford
area in the aboriginal territory of the present-day Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington. The Walla Walla people have
also occupied this area since before historic times. As per the Treaty
of Walla Walla, signed on June 9, 1855, the Walla Walla people are
represented by the present-day Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon. The Wanapum Band occupied the Hanford area, which
is now designated the U.S. Department of Energy Hanford Site, as
recently as World War II, when they moved to the Priest Rapids area.
Officials of the Department of Energy and the Burke Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Department of Energy and the
Burke Museum also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(3)(A), the seven 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. Lastly, officials
of the Department of Energy and the Burke Museum have determined that,
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 Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington, and Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon. Furthermore, officials of
the Department of Energy and the Burke Museum have determined that
there is a cultural relationship between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Annabelle Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Energy,
Cultural/Historic Resources Program, Richland Operations Office, 825
Jadwin Avenue, MSIN A5-15 Richland, WA 99352, (509) 372-0277, before
November 13, 2006. Repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon, and Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington, for themselves and on behalf of the Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group, may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward. The Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; and Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group, are claiming jointly all cultural items from the Hanford
area.
The Department of Energy is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; and Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 25, 2006
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6-16923 Filed 10-11-06; 8:45 am]
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