Notice of Inventory Completion: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 28806 [2011-12249]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
State Museum, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
AGENCY:
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
The Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum (Burke
Museum), University of Washington,
has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and a present-day Indian tribe.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains and associated
funerary objects may contact the Burke
Museum. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the tribe named below may occur if
no additional claimants come forward.
SUMMARY:
Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact the Burke Museum at the
address below by June 17, 2011.
DATES:
Peter Lape, Burke Museum,
University of Washington, Box 35101,
Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206)
685–9364.
ADDRESSES:
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
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
State Museum (Burke Museum),
University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from an
island northwest of Sitka, in Southeast
Alaska.
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.
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A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Burke
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Official Village of Kake, Shee Atika,
Inc., Sitka Tribe of Alaska, and Sealaska
Heritage Institute, a regional Native
Alaskan nonprofit organization.
History and Description of the Remains
Before 1902, human remains
representing a minimum of five
individuals were removed from an
island northwest of Sitka, in Southeast
Alaska. The documentation is unclear as
to whether the human remains were
removed from the west coast of
Chichagof Island or Siginaka Island.
These human remains were collected by
Alexander Phil (or Piel) from a cave.
Phil kept the human remains and
funerary objects above his saloon in
Sitka for an unknown period of time
before H.A. Bauer brought them to
Seattle. Bauer transferred the human
remains to the Burke Museum in 1902
(Burke Accn. #998). The human remains
include mummified human remains of a
female. In 1922, a Tlingit individual
identified her as a shaman or Indian
doctor known to have been removed
from the area; however, she was not
identified by name. The remaining four
individuals have not been identified.
The five associated funerary objects are
one wood burial box, two copper
earrings (one set), one set of burial
wrappings and rope, and one wood box
inlaid with otter teeth.
The human remains are consistent
with Native American morphology as
evidenced through posterior flattening
of the crania, as well as the presence of
wormian bones. The historic cultural
practices of the Tlingit included placing
the human remains of shamans in a
little house or cave (DeLaguna 1990)
with some of their paraphenelia.
Although mummification in a crouched
position has been documented in both
Tlingit and Aleut traditional territory
throughout Southeast Alaska, the
funerary objects are consistent with
contemporary Tlingit material culture.
The Northern Tlingit occupied the outer
islands and coasts of Southeast Alaska,
and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, which
includes the Northern Tlingit,
traditionally occupied the west coast of
Chichagof Island and Siginaka Island.
Determinations Made by the Burke
Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have
determined that:
• Based on anthropological and
biological evidence, the human remains
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and associated funerary objects are
Native American.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of five
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the five 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.
• 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 Sitka Tribe of Alaska.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Peter Lape, Burke Museum,
University of Washington, Box 35101,
Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206)
685–9364, before June 17, 2011.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Sitka
Tribe of Alaska may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying the Official Village of Kake,
Shee Atika, Inc., Sitka Tribe of Alaska,
and the Sealaska Heritage Institute, a
regional Native Alaskan nonprofit
organization, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: May 12, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke
Museum), University of Washington, has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and a present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains
and associated funerary objects may contact the Burke Museum.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the tribe named below may occur if no additional claimants come
forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact the Burke Museum at the address below by June
17, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box
35101, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 685-9364.
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 in the control 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 an island northwest of Sitka, in Southeast Alaska.
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 Burke
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Official Village of Kake, Shee Atika, Inc., Sitka Tribe of Alaska, and
Sealaska Heritage Institute, a regional Native Alaskan nonprofit
organization.
History and Description of the Remains
Before 1902, human remains representing a minimum of five
individuals were removed from an island northwest of Sitka, in
Southeast Alaska. The documentation is unclear as to whether the human
remains were removed from the west coast of Chichagof Island or
Siginaka Island. These human remains were collected by Alexander Phil
(or Piel) from a cave. Phil kept the human remains and funerary objects
above his saloon in Sitka for an unknown period of time before H.A.
Bauer brought them to Seattle. Bauer transferred the human remains to
the Burke Museum in 1902 (Burke Accn. 998). The human remains
include mummified human remains of a female. In 1922, a Tlingit
individual identified her as a shaman or Indian doctor known to have
been removed from the area; however, she was not identified by name.
The remaining four individuals have not been identified. The five
associated funerary objects are one wood burial box, two copper
earrings (one set), one set of burial wrappings and rope, and one wood
box inlaid with otter teeth.
The human remains are consistent with Native American morphology as
evidenced through posterior flattening of the crania, as well as the
presence of wormian bones. The historic cultural practices of the
Tlingit included placing the human remains of shamans in a little house
or cave (DeLaguna 1990) with some of their paraphenelia. Although
mummification in a crouched position has been documented in both
Tlingit and Aleut traditional territory throughout Southeast Alaska,
the funerary objects are consistent with contemporary Tlingit material
culture. The Northern Tlingit occupied the outer islands and coasts of
Southeast Alaska, and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, which includes the
Northern Tlingit, traditionally occupied the west coast of Chichagof
Island and Siginaka Island.
Determinations Made by the Burke Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have determined that:
Based on anthropological and biological evidence, the
human remains and associated funerary objects are Native American.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of five individuals of Native
American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the five 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.
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 Sitka
Tribe of Alaska.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of
Washington, Box 35101, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 685-9364,
before June 17, 2011. Repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Official Village
of Kake, Shee Atika, Inc., Sitka Tribe of Alaska, and the Sealaska
Heritage Institute, a regional Native Alaskan nonprofit organization,
that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 12, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2011-12249 Filed 5-17-11; 8:45 am]
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