Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District Office, Spokane, WA and Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 21398-21399 [E9-10538]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: San
Francisco State University, San
Francisco, CA
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 in the control of San Francisco
State University, San Francisco, CA.
The human remains were removed from
an unknown site in Siskiyou County,
CA.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by San Francisco
State University professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Klamath Tribes, Oregon (formerly the
Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon).
On an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unknown site (Ca-Sis-UNK) in Siskiyou
County, CA. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains were inside a box
marked ‘‘Siskiyou Co.; No Site No.; Ft.
Jones; Box 1 of 1,’’ indicating removal
from a Native American archeological
site near the town of Fort Jones which
is located in Siskiyou County, CA. In
addition, the human remains were
determined to be Native American
based on the morphology of the
zygomatics and a shoveled incisor.
Based on ethnography and consultation
with Klamath Tribes, Oregon it has been
determined that Siskiyou County is
within the historically documented
territory of the Klamath and Modoc
tribes. Descendants of the Klamath and
Modoc are members of the Klamath
Tribes, Oregon and Modoc Tribe of
Oklahoma. The Klamath Tribes, Oregon
have taken the lead on repatriation of
Native American human remains from
the area described above that are
culturally affiliated with the Klamath
and Modoc, and have claimed the
human remains from site Ca-Sis-UNK.
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Officials of San Francisco State
University 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 San Francisco State
University 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 Native American human remains
and the Klamath Tribes, Oregon and
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Jeff Fentress, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Department of
Anthropology, San Francisco State
University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San
Francisco, CA 95132, telephone (415)
338–3075, before June 8, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Klamath Tribes, Oregon may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
San Francisco State University is
responsible for notifying the Klamath
Tribes, Oregon, and the Shasta Nation,
a non-Federally recognized Indian
group, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 3, 2009.
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, Bureau of
Land Management, Spokane District
Office, Spokane, WA and Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University, Pullman, 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
the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Spokane District Office,
Spokane, WA, and in the physical
custody of the Museum of Anthropology
at Washington State University,
Pullman, WA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
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removed from a site along the Rocky
Reach Reservoir, Chelan 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.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by professional staff
at the Bureau of Land Management,
Spokane District Office and the Museum
of Anthropology at Washington State
University in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington and Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington.
In 1982, human remains representing
a minimum of three individuals were
removed from site 45CH254 in Chelan
County, WA, by Randall Schalk and
Robert Mierendorf during a survey of
the Rocky Reach Dam Reservoir. The
human remains have been in the
possession of the Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University since that time. No known
individuals were identified. The human
remains were found mixed together in
an eroding embankment. At the time of
excavation, the remains of only one
adult individual were identified.
Museum documentation indicates that
this individual was turned over to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation on May 19, 1982. In 2007,
an inventory of the collections
identified the remains of an infant and
child, as well as elements from an adult,
but it is uncertain whether they belong
to the individual turned over to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation in 1982. The 109 associated
funerary objects are 5 bifaces, 4 lots of
charcoal, 8 lots of fire modified rock, 34
lots of faunal remains, 16 lots of flakes,
1 tip of a chipped stone tool, 15
retouched flakes, 1 lot of seeds, 4 lots of
natural rock, 1 hopper mortar base, 1
mano, 10 projectile points, 2 scrapers, 1
lot of red ochre, 5 lots of shell fish
remains, and 1 incised bone object.
The determination of the cultural
affiliation of the human remains is
based upon geographical, archeological,
oral tradition, and historic evidence.
Charcoal from site 45CH254 was
radiocarbon dated to about 1,200 years
ago. The human remains and artifacts
indicate that they are from the Native
people who utilized the Columbia River
during that time period. Direct
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descendant communities from the
Native people that jointly used the
Columbia River 1,200 years ago are
members of the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington
and Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington.
Officials of the Bureau of Land
Management, Spokane District Office
and the Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University 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 three
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of Land
Management, Spokane District Office
and the Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 109 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 Bureau
of Land Management, Spokane District
Office 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 and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Richard Bailey, District
Archaeologist, Bureau of Land
Management, Spokane District Office,
1103 N. Fancher Road, Spokane, WA
99212–1275, telephone (509) 536–1217,
before June 8, 2009. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Bureau of Land Management,
Spokane District Office is responsible
for notifying the Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation, Washington
and Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington that
this notice has been published.
Dated: April 3, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard
University, Boston, MA
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 in the possession and control of
Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard
University, Boston, MA. The human
remains were removed from the Island
of Hawaii, HI.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Peabody Museum
of Archaeology and Ethnology and
Warren Anatomical Museum
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Hawaii Island
Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na
Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei, Oahu Island
Burial Council, and the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from the
Island of Hawaii, HI, by J.W. Whitney.
The human remains were purchased by
the Harvard Dental School Faculty for
the Harvard Dental School Museum in
1893. Between 1936 and 1968, the
human remains were transferred to the
Warren Anatomical Museum. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Osteological characteristics indicate
that the human remains are Native
American. Museum documentation
states that these individuals were
recovered from ‘‘lava caves’’ on the
Island of Hawaii. Anthropological and
historic information indicates that cave
interments are consistent with
traditional Native Hawaiian mortuary
practices. In addition, archeological and
historic documentation combined with
oral traditions support that the human
remains are from an area considered to
be part of the aboriginal homelands of
ancestral Native Hawaiians. Present-day
groups that represent Native Hawaiians
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for the Island of Hawaii are the Hawaii
Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na
Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei, and the Office
of Hawaiian Affairs.
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology and Warren
Anatomical Museum have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10),
the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of six
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
and Warren Anatomical 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 Native
American human remains and the
Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei,
and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Patricia Capone,
Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave.,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, before June 8, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei,
and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology and Warren Anatomical
Museum are responsible for notifying
the Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei,
Oahu Island Burial Council, and the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs that this
notice has been published.
Dated: April 28, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard
University, Boston, MA
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District Office, Spokane, WA and
Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, 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, Bureau
of Land Management, Spokane District Office, Spokane, WA, and in the
physical custody of the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State
University, Pullman, WA. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from a site along the Rocky Reach Reservoir,
Chelan 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by professional
staff at the Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District Office and the
Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University in consultation
with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington and Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington.
In 1982, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals
were removed from site 45CH254 in Chelan County, WA, by Randall Schalk
and Robert Mierendorf during a survey of the Rocky Reach Dam Reservoir.
The human remains have been in the possession of the Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State University since that time. No known
individuals were identified. The human remains were found mixed
together in an eroding embankment. At the time of excavation, the
remains of only one adult individual were identified. Museum
documentation indicates that this individual was turned over to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation on May 19, 1982. In
2007, an inventory of the collections identified the remains of an
infant and child, as well as elements from an adult, but it is
uncertain whether they belong to the individual turned over to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in 1982. The 109
associated funerary objects are 5 bifaces, 4 lots of charcoal, 8 lots
of fire modified rock, 34 lots of faunal remains, 16 lots of flakes, 1
tip of a chipped stone tool, 15 retouched flakes, 1 lot of seeds, 4
lots of natural rock, 1 hopper mortar base, 1 mano, 10 projectile
points, 2 scrapers, 1 lot of red ochre, 5 lots of shell fish remains,
and 1 incised bone object.
The determination of the cultural affiliation of the human remains
is based upon geographical, archeological, oral tradition, and historic
evidence. Charcoal from site 45CH254 was radiocarbon dated to about
1,200 years ago. The human remains and artifacts indicate that they are
from the Native people who utilized the Columbia River during that time
period. Direct
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descendant communities from the Native people that jointly used the
Columbia River 1,200 years ago are members of the Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, Washington and Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington.
Officials of the Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District Office
and the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University 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 three
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of
Land Management, Spokane District Office and the Museum of Anthropology
at Washington State University also have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 109 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 Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District
Office 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 and Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Richard Bailey, District Archaeologist, Bureau
of Land Management, Spokane District Office, 1103 N. Fancher Road,
Spokane, WA 99212-1275, telephone (509) 536-1217, before June 8, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District Office is
responsible for notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington and Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 3, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-10538 Filed 5-6-09; 8:45 am]
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