Notice of Inventory Completion: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 23581-23582 [2015-09865]
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353101, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone
(206) 685–3849 x2, email plape@
uw.edu, by May 28, 2015. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
object to Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska
may proceed.
The Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying the Qawalangin Tribe of
Unalaska that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 2, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
State Museum, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum, University
of Washington (Burke Museum), has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary object,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary object and any present-day
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. 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 object should submit a written
request to the Burke Museum. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary object to the
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: 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
object should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Burke Museum at the
address in this notice by May 28, 2015.
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Peter Lape, Burke Museum,
University of Washington, Box 353010,
Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206)
685–3849, email plape@uw.edu.
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 object under the control of the
Burke Museum, Seattle, WA. The
human remains and associated funerary
object were removed from Douglas
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) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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.
ADDRESSES:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Burke
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, and the
Wanapum Band of Priest Rapids, a nonfederally recognized Indian group.
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were believed to have been
removed from Douglas County, WA. In
1995, the human remains were found in
the collection with little or no
provenience information. A search of
accession records and archival
documents produced no matches to
known human remains collected from
Douglas County. These human remains
are fragmentary and heavily weathered;
they may have been collected from the
surface. Douglas County has many sites
along the Columbia River in which
human remains have been found
eroding out from sites. No known
individuals were identified. The one
associated funerary object is a deer
bone.
Determinations Made by the Burke
Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
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osteological evidence and museum
collecting and accessioning history.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the one object described in this notice
is 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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary object and any
present-day Indian tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission, the land
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary object
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Sanpoil-Nespelem and Okanogan
who are represented by the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, and by the Yakama who are
represented by the Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, and
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary object
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation and the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation.
• Other authoritative governmental
sources indicate that the land from
which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary object
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and
the Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary object may be to the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, and the
Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group (if joined to
one or more of the tribes).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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
object should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to Peter Lape, Burke Museum,
University of Washington, Box 353010,
Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206)
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685–3849 x2, email plape@uw.edu, by
May 28, 2015. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
object to the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation, the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, and the Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group
(if joined to one or more of the tribes)
may proceed.
The Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation, the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, and the Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group,
that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 2, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015–09865 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology has completed
an inventory of associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the 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 associated funerary objects
should submit a written request to the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
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
associated funerary objects should
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submit a written request with
information in support of the request to
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology at the address in this
notice by May 28, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street,
Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749–4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu.
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 associated funerary objects under the
control of the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology, Phillips
Academy, Andover, MA. The associated
funerary objects were removed from the
Nevin site at Blue Hill in Hancock
County, ME.
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 associated funerary objects.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the
associated funerary objects was made by
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Aroostook Band of Micmacs (previously
listed as the Aroostook Band of Micmac
Indians); Houlton Band of Maliseet
Indians; Passamaquoddy Tribe; and the
Penobscot Nation (previously listed as
the Penobscot Tribe of Maine).
History and Description of the
Associated Funerary Objects
In 1936 and 1937, human remains
representing, at minimum, 19
individuals were removed from the
Nevin site, Hancock County, ME. The
Nevin site is located on Mill Island in
the town of Blue Hill, along Blue Hill
Bay. The site was investigated by
Douglas Byers and Frederick Johnson as
part of their study of the Nevin shell
mound from 1936 through 1940; in
March 1941, the human remains were
transferred on loan to the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
(a completely separate institution from
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and referred to here as the
Harvard Peabody) and control was
transferred in two separate instances on
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June 28, 1989 and August 8, 1997. The
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology retained control of the
associated funerary objects. Byers
describes the excavation of twelve
graves containing the burials of 22 to 27
individuals; in some cases human
remains were not collected. The
Harvard Peabody has detailed
information on the human remains; also
see the Harvard Peabody’s two entries
for ‘‘Bluehill Falls, Nevin Shellheap’’ in
the Culturally Unidentifiable (CUI)
Native American Inventories Database
maintained on the National NAGPRA
Program Web site. The 462 associated
funerary objects are stone adze (4),
antler tool (2), birch bark fragment (9),
pileated woodpecker beak (1), beaver
tooth and tooth fragments (16), stone
biface (1), faunal remains, teeth and
bone fragments (188), animal teeth and
fragments (31), antler flaking tool (1),
bone flaking tool (1), bird bone flute (1),
harpoon foreshaft (3), stone gouge (3),
hammerstone (6), animal tooth, incisor
(4), mink jaw fragments (2), modified
mineral fragments, iron (1), red ochre
and soil (1), bone pendant (2),
perforated animal teeth and fragments
(34), perforators, awls, daggers, pikes,
knives, and needles of bone, including
fragments (100), stone plummet (6),
bone point (2), stone bayonet and
fragments (2), bone harpoons (9), stone
projectile point (1), polishing stone (1),
iron pyrites (9), scraper or flesher of
bone (1), soil sample (2), swordfish
rostrum (1), deer antler socket (1),
unmodified stone (1), porpoise vertebra
and fragments (12), and hammerstone
and iron pyrites with fragments (3). An
additional 52 associated funerary
objects are currently missing; the
missing associated funerary objects are
beaver tooth (2), biface (3), animal bone
fragment (4), stone gouge (1),
miscellaneous faunal remains (18),
perforated animal tooth fragments (16),
bone perforator (6), and bone point (2).
Information about the Nevin site is
found in Douglas Byers’s report, The
Nevin Shellheap: Burials and
Observations (1979), in the extensive
fieldnotes of the Nevin site project on
file at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Lesley Shaw’s article ‘‘A
Biocultural Evaluation of the Skeletal
Population from the Nevin Site, Blue
Hill, Maine’’ (1988), Brian Robinson’s
Ph.D. dissertation Burial Ritual, Groups,
and Boundaries on the Gulf of Maine,
8600–3800 B.P. (2001), Bruce J. Bourque
and Harold W. Krueger’s book chapter
‘‘Dietary Reconstruction from Human
Bone Isotopes for Five Coastal New
England Populations’’ (1994), and in the
files of the Maine Historic Preservation
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-18043; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
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, University
of Washington (Burke Museum), has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary object, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary object and any present-day Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 object should submit a written request to the Burke
Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains and associated funerary object to the Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: 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
object should submit a written request with information in support of
the request to the Burke Museum at the address in this notice by May
28, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box
353010, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 685-3849, email
plape@uw.edu.
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 object under the control of the Burke Museum,
Seattle, WA. The human remains and associated funerary object were
removed from Douglas 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) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and the Wanapum Band of Priest
Rapids, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were believed to have been removed from Douglas County, WA.
In 1995, the human remains were found in the collection with little or
no provenience information. A search of accession records and archival
documents produced no matches to known human remains collected from
Douglas County. These human remains are fragmentary and heavily
weathered; they may have been collected from the surface. Douglas
County has many sites along the Columbia River in which human remains
have been found eroding out from sites. No known individuals were
identified. The one associated funerary object is a deer bone.
Determinations Made by the Burke Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on osteological evidence and
museum collecting and accessioning history.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described
in this notice is 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), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and associated funerary object and any present-day Indian
tribe.
According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission, the land from which the Native American human remains and
associated funerary object were removed is the aboriginal land of the
Sanpoil-Nespelem and Okanogan who are represented by the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and by the Yakama who are
represented by the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.
Treaties, Acts of Congress, and Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains and
associated funerary object were removed is the aboriginal land of the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
Other authoritative governmental sources indicate that the
land from which the Native American human remains and associated
funerary object were removed is the aboriginal land of the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary object may be to the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group (if joined to one or more of the tribes).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 object should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Peter
Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA
98195, telephone (206)
[[Page 23582]]
685-3849 x2, email plape@uw.edu, by May 28, 2015. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary object to the Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized Indian
group (if joined to one or more of the tribes) may proceed.
The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group, that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 2, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-09865 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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