Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Coulee Dam, WA, 51511-51512 [E8-20402]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Lake Roosevelt National
Recreation Area, Coulee Dam, 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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service, Lake
Roosevelt National Recreation Area,
Coulee Dam, WA. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from six archeological sites
within the boundaries of Lake Roosevelt
National Recreation Area, Ferry 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 superintendent, Lake Roosevelt
National Recreation Area.
On April 9, 1872, land on the east
side of the Columbia River in
Washington Territory was set aside as
the Colville Reservation by Executive
Order. On July 2, 1872, that land was
restored to the public domain and land
on the west side of the Columbia River
was set aside as the Colville
Reservation. On July 1, 1892, Congress
restored the north half of the Colville
Reservation to the public domain ,and
reduced tribal lands through allotments
to individual Indians under the Dawes
Act of 1887. The two constituent tribes
of the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation that are
traditionally associated with the area are
the Colville and Lakes Tribes.
Grand Coulee Dam, initiated by the
Bureau of Reclamation in the 1930s, was
completed in 1941. Some of the lands
inundated by the resulting reservoir had
been previously reserved by either the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington or the Spokane
Tribe of the Spokane Reservation,
Washington. In 1946, a Tri-Party
Agreement among the Bureau of
Reclamation, the National Park Service
and the Office of Indian Affairs was
developed to manage the Coulee Dam
Recreation Area in three zones:
Reclamation Zone, Recreation Zone, and
Reservation Zone. The agreement gave
the National Park Service control of
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land in the Recreation Zone for most
purposes, including the management of
archeological resources. In 1990, a fiveparty Lake Roosevelt Cooperative
Management Agreement was
implemented that included the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington and the
Spokane Tribe of the Spokane
Reservation, Washington as signatories.
The National Park Service retained
control of the Recreation Zone. The
recreation area became Lake Roosevelt
National Recreation Area in 1997.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from six
archeological sites on land reserved by
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington until 1946.
The sites were affected by the Bureau of
Reclamation’s operation of Grand
Coulee Dam since the early 1940s, and
are within the Recreation Zone managed
by the National Park Service. Human
remains and associated funerary objects
from Lake Roosevelt National
Recreation Area were included in a
Bureau of Reclamation-wide NAGPRA
inventory in 1995, but in 2005, the
Bureau of Reclamation and the National
Park Service jointly determined that
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation
Area has control of the NAGPRA
collections and responsibility for
compliance with NAGPRA.
Dr. Roderick Sprague supervised the
removal of most of the human remains
and associated funerary objects during
legally authorized excavations between
1965 and 1985. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were stored
at Washington State University (WSU)
until mid–1967, when they were moved
to the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of
Anthropology at the University of Idaho
(UI). Some of the human remains were
repatriated to the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation in the late
1980s. The remaining human remains
and associated funerary objects were
moved to Washington State University
in 1999 and 2000, and were accessioned
by the National Park Service. The
human remains and objects were
transferred to the physical custody of
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington in 2006.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by Lake Roosevelt National
Recreation Area, Bureau of Reclamation,
and Washington State University
professional staff, with assistance from
a Central Washington University
physical anthropologist, and in
consultation with representatives of
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington.
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In an unknown year, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed by unknown
persons from the Kettle Falls Railroad
Bridge Site (45–FE–38), a historic, early
contact period site in Ferry County, WA.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1965, human remains representing
a minimum of three individuals were
removed from the Kettle Falls Railroad
Bridge Site (45–FE–38) in Ferry County,
WA. The excavations were initiated by
Dr. Sprague in response to looting
activity at the site. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1967 and 1985, human
remains representing a minimum of 26
individuals were removed from the
Freeland Site (45–FE–1) in Ferry
County, WA. No known individuals
were identified. The 402 associated
funerary objects are 1 possible quartzite
knife fragment or blank, 1 iron bar, 1
piece of splintered and burnt wood, 1
copper or brass button, 1 pewter button,
2 quartzite knife fragments, 2 copper
bracelets, 3 bone pendants, 3 pieces of
fiber cordage, 3 gun flints, 4 olivella
shells, 19 shell disk beads with fiber
cordage fragments, 54 copper beads, 85
blue glass beads, and 222 dentalia
shells.
The Freeland site is a Native
American burial ground dating to the
early historic period, based upon the
nature of associated funerary objects
and the condition and preservation of
the skeletal elements. The Colville and
Lakes Tribes were decimated by
smallpox soon after 1800, and the
Freeland site has been interpreted as an
‘‘epidemic burial ground.’’
In 1972 and 1978, human remains
representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from the
Ksunku Site (45–FE–45) on the northern
end of Hayes Island in Ferry County,
WA. Stratigraphic evidence indicates
that these remains date to
approximately 2,500 years B.P. No
known individuals were identified. The
34 associated funerary objects are 1
quartzite knife, 1 black argillite hammer
fragment, 13 pieces of non-human bone,
and 19 lithic flakes.
In 1974, human remains representing
a minimum of 34 individuals were
removed from the Sherman Creek Site
(45–FE–51) in Ferry County, WA. Three
human crania from this site were given
to Lake Roosevelt National Recreation
Area staff by an unidentified individual.
The rest of the human remains were
removed during authorized excavations
by Dr. Roderick Sprague in an effort to
protect them from vandalism and theft.
The Sherman Creek site is a pit house
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village and extensive prehistoric
cemetery exceeding 1,000 years in
antiquity. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1980, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed by the Ferry County sheriff
from the Katy Creek Site (45–FE–18), a
late prehistoric site in Ferry County,
WA. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In an unknown span of years, human
remains representing a minimum of 23
individuals were removed by park
visitors and staff from the surface of the
Nancy Creek Site (45–FE–16), described
as ‘‘an aboriginal camp, burial, and
historic site,’’ in Ferry County, WA. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1985, human remains representing
a minimum of three individuals were
removed from the Nancy Creek Site (45–
FE–16), in Ferry County, WA. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
On the basis of the geographical
location of the sites within the Plateau
Culture Area, documented burial
practices, osteological evidence as
described by archeologists and physical
anthropologists, and the nature of
prehistoric and historic artifacts and
archeological sites, the human remains
described above are Native American.
Archeological analysis of the sites,
anthropological research,
ethnohistorical studies, and tribal oral
traditions demonstrate by a
preponderance of the evidence that the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects represent
Plateau Culture Area, Interior Salish
speakers who have continuously
occupied the Columbia River drainage
for thousands of years. The six sites are
within the judicially established
aboriginal territory of the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington. Members of the nearby
Spokane Tribe of the Spokane
Reservation, Washington are also
Interior Salish speakers, but their
aboriginal territory is to the east, along
the Spokane River and its tributaries.
Officials of Lake Roosevelt National
Recreation Area have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 93
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of Lake Roosevelt
National Recreation Area also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 436 objects described
above are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
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human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony. Lastly, officials of Lake
Roosevelt National Recreation Area
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 of the Colville
Reservation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Deborah Bird, superintendent,
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation
Area, 1008 Crest Drive, Coulee Dam,
WA 99116–0037, telephone (509) 633–
9441, before October 3, 2008.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation
Area is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington that this notice
has been published.
Dated: August 11, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, San Juan Island National
Historical Park, Friday Harbor, WA and
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
State Museum, University of
Washington, Seattle, 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, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the Thomas Burke
Memorial Washington State Museum
(Burke Museum), University of
Washington, Seattle, WA, and in the
control of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, San Juan
Island National Historical Park, Friday
Harbor, WA. The human remains and
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associated funerary objects were
removed from San Juan 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 superintendent, San Juan Island
National Historical Park.
This notice corrects the number of
associated funerary objects reported in a
Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on
July 18, 2008.
In the Federal Register of July 18,
2008 (FR Doc E8–16482, page 41379 –
41380), paragraph numbers 7–8 are
corrected by substituting the following
paragraphs:
In 1950, human remains representing
a minimum of seven individuals were
removed from the English Camp Site
(45–SJ–24) in San Juan County, WA,
during a University of Washington
summer field school directed by
Professor Adan Treganza of San
Francisco State University. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were transferred to the Burke Museum
and accessioned by the National Park
Service. No known individuals were
identified. The 23 associated funerary
objects are 1 broken chipped stone
projectile point and 22 non-human bone
fragments.
In 1970, 1971, and 1972, human
remains representing a minimum of
eight individuals were removed from
the English Camp Site in San Juan
County, WA, during University of Idaho
field schools directed by Dr. Roderick
Sprague. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
transferred to the Burke Museum and
accessioned by the National Park
Service. No known individuals were
identified. The 58 associated funerary
objects are 1 splinter awl made from
deer bone, 1 tip of an antler tine, 1
square nail fragment, 1 wood fragment,
1 Horse Clam shell fragment, 6 basalt
flakes, and 47 non-human skeletal
fragments and non-human teeth.
Paragraph number 10 is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
In 1951, human remains representing
a minimum of seven individuals were
removed from the North Garrison Bay
Site (45–SJ–25) in San Juan County,
WA, during a summer field school in
archeology under the direction of
Professor Carroll Burroughs of the
University of Washington. The North
Garrison Bay Site is a prehistoric village
site north of both the Guss Island Site
and English Camp Site referred to
previously. The fragmentary human
remains were transferred to the Burke
Museum and accessioned by the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Coulee
Dam, 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 the Interior, National
Park Service, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Coulee Dam, WA.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from six
archeological sites within the boundaries of Lake Roosevelt National
Recreation Area, Ferry 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
superintendent, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
On April 9, 1872, land on the east side of the Columbia River in
Washington Territory was set aside as the Colville Reservation by
Executive Order. On July 2, 1872, that land was restored to the public
domain and land on the west side of the Columbia River was set aside as
the Colville Reservation. On July 1, 1892, Congress restored the north
half of the Colville Reservation to the public domain ,and reduced
tribal lands through allotments to individual Indians under the Dawes
Act of 1887. The two constituent tribes of the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation that are traditionally associated with the
area are the Colville and Lakes Tribes.
Grand Coulee Dam, initiated by the Bureau of Reclamation in the
1930s, was completed in 1941. Some of the lands inundated by the
resulting reservoir had been previously reserved by either the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington or the
Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation, Washington. In 1946, a Tri-
Party Agreement among the Bureau of Reclamation, the National Park
Service and the Office of Indian Affairs was developed to manage the
Coulee Dam Recreation Area in three zones: Reclamation Zone, Recreation
Zone, and Reservation Zone. The agreement gave the National Park
Service control of land in the Recreation Zone for most purposes,
including the management of archeological resources. In 1990, a five-
party Lake Roosevelt Cooperative Management Agreement was implemented
that included the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington and the Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation, Washington
as signatories. The National Park Service retained control of the
Recreation Zone. The recreation area became Lake Roosevelt National
Recreation Area in 1997.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
six archeological sites on land reserved by the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington until 1946. The sites were
affected by the Bureau of Reclamation's operation of Grand Coulee Dam
since the early 1940s, and are within the Recreation Zone managed by
the National Park Service. Human remains and associated funerary
objects from Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area were included in a
Bureau of Reclamation-wide NAGPRA inventory in 1995, but in 2005, the
Bureau of Reclamation and the National Park Service jointly determined
that Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area has control of the NAGPRA
collections and responsibility for compliance with NAGPRA.
Dr. Roderick Sprague supervised the removal of most of the human
remains and associated funerary objects during legally authorized
excavations between 1965 and 1985. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were stored at Washington State University (WSU) until
mid-1967, when they were moved to the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of
Anthropology at the University of Idaho (UI). Some of the human remains
were repatriated to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
in the late 1980s. The remaining human remains and associated funerary
objects were moved to Washington State University in 1999 and 2000, and
were accessioned by the National Park Service. The human remains and
objects were transferred to the physical custody of the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington in 2006.
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Bureau of
Reclamation, and Washington State University professional staff, with
assistance from a Central Washington University physical
anthropologist, and in consultation with representatives of
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington.
In an unknown year, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed by unknown persons from the Kettle Falls
Railroad Bridge Site (45-FE-38), a historic, early contact period site
in Ferry County, WA. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1965, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals
were removed from the Kettle Falls Railroad Bridge Site (45-FE-38) in
Ferry County, WA. The excavations were initiated by Dr. Sprague in
response to looting activity at the site. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1967 and 1985, human remains representing a minimum of 26
individuals were removed from the Freeland Site (45-FE-1) in Ferry
County, WA. No known individuals were identified. The 402 associated
funerary objects are 1 possible quartzite knife fragment or blank, 1
iron bar, 1 piece of splintered and burnt wood, 1 copper or brass
button, 1 pewter button, 2 quartzite knife fragments, 2 copper
bracelets, 3 bone pendants, 3 pieces of fiber cordage, 3 gun flints, 4
olivella shells, 19 shell disk beads with fiber cordage fragments, 54
copper beads, 85 blue glass beads, and 222 dentalia shells.
The Freeland site is a Native American burial ground dating to the
early historic period, based upon the nature of associated funerary
objects and the condition and preservation of the skeletal elements.
The Colville and Lakes Tribes were decimated by smallpox soon after
1800, and the Freeland site has been interpreted as an ``epidemic
burial ground.''
In 1972 and 1978, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from the Ksunku Site (45-FE-45) on the
northern end of Hayes Island in Ferry County, WA. Stratigraphic
evidence indicates that these remains date to approximately 2,500 years
B.P. No known individuals were identified. The 34 associated funerary
objects are 1 quartzite knife, 1 black argillite hammer fragment, 13
pieces of non-human bone, and 19 lithic flakes.
In 1974, human remains representing a minimum of 34 individuals
were removed from the Sherman Creek Site (45-FE-51) in Ferry County,
WA. Three human crania from this site were given to Lake Roosevelt
National Recreation Area staff by an unidentified individual. The rest
of the human remains were removed during authorized excavations by Dr.
Roderick Sprague in an effort to protect them from vandalism and theft.
The Sherman Creek site is a pit house
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village and extensive prehistoric cemetery exceeding 1,000 years in
antiquity. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1980, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed by the Ferry County sheriff from the Katy Creek Site (45-
FE-18), a late prehistoric site in Ferry County, WA. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In an unknown span of years, human remains representing a minimum
of 23 individuals were removed by park visitors and staff from the
surface of the Nancy Creek Site (45-FE-16), described as ``an
aboriginal camp, burial, and historic site,'' in Ferry County, WA. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In 1985, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals
were removed from the Nancy Creek Site (45-FE-16), in Ferry County, WA.
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects
are present.
On the basis of the geographical location of the sites within the
Plateau Culture Area, documented burial practices, osteological
evidence as described by archeologists and physical anthropologists,
and the nature of prehistoric and historic artifacts and archeological
sites, the human remains described above are Native American.
Archeological analysis of the sites, anthropological research,
ethnohistorical studies, and tribal oral traditions demonstrate by a
preponderance of the evidence that the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects represent Plateau Culture Area,
Interior Salish speakers who have continuously occupied the Columbia
River drainage for thousands of years. The six sites are within the
judicially established aboriginal territory of the Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, Washington. Members of the nearby Spokane
Tribe of the Spokane Reservation, Washington are also Interior Salish
speakers, but their aboriginal territory is to the east, along the
Spokane River and its tributaries.
Officials of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of 93 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of Lake Roosevelt National
Recreation Area also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(3)(A), the 436 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
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area 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 of the
Colville Reservation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Deborah Bird, superintendent, Lake Roosevelt
National Recreation Area, 1008 Crest Drive, Coulee Dam, WA 99116-0037,
telephone (509) 633-9441, before October 3, 2008. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 11, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-20402 Filed 9-2-08; 8:45 am]
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