Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Thomas Burke Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 62098-62099 [2015-26296]
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Kidd and brought to the Burke Museum
in the 1960s. The human remains
excavated in 1976 were removed as part
of an excavation led by Chris Brown of
Washington State University. The entire
collection from this excavation was
transferred to the Burke Museum from
Washington State University in 2013.
Both the 1959 and 1976 excavations
were formally accessioned by the Burke
Museum in 2013 (Accn. #2013–163).
The human remains from this site were
not identified as human during the
excavation. Only in 2014 did the Burke
Museum identify them as human. No
known individuals were identified. No
funerary objects are present.
All of the human remains are from
sites located in the southwestern part of
Pacific County, WA. According to
historical and anthropological sources
(Kidd, 1967; Mooney, 1896; Ray, 1938;
Ruby 1986; Spier, 1936; Suttles 1990),
as well as information provided during
consultation, this area is within the
traditional aboriginal territory of the
Lower Chinook people, which included
the northern bank of the Columbia River
mouth, and lands north along the shore
and into Willapa Bay. The people of this
area spoke the same Chinook dialect
and were linguistically separate from
other Chinook who lived farther up the
Columbia River (Suttles, 1990). The
human remains have been determined
to be Native American based on
archaeological, geographical and
osteological evidence. Sites 45–PC–25/
45–PC–4 were identified as a village site
and cemetery with pre-historic and
historic cultural components by
Hudziak and Smith in 1948, and by
Robert Cook in 1955. Site 45–PC–7 is a
large site dating from 700–1800 years
ago. All of these sites exhibit material
culture consistent with Chinook culture.
Today the Chinook people are members
of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of
the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation
(previously listed as the Shoalwater Bay
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington), and the
Chinook Indian Tribe, a nonfederally
recognized Indian group represented by
the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation
(previously listed as the Shoalwater Bay
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington).
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
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
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• 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 Shoalwater Bay Tribe of
the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation,
Washington (previously listed as the
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater
Bay Indian Reservation, Washington).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 human remains 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) 685–3849 x2,
email plape@uw.edu, by November 16,
2015. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation
(previously listed as the Shoalwater Bay
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington), Washington,
may proceed.
The Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the
Chehalis Reservation, Washington and
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation
(previously listed as the Shoalwater Bay
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington), Washington
that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 17, 2015.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to the Burke
Museum. If no additional claimants
come forward, transfer of control of the
cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Burke Museum at the address in this
notice by November 16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum,
University of Washington, Box 353010,
Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206)
685–3849 x2, 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.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the 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 Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
History and Description of the Cultural
Item(s)
National Park Service
In the late 19th or early 20th century,
three cultural objects were removed
from near the mouth of the Columbia
River in the vicinity of sites 45–PC–25/
45–PC–4, a known Chinook village and
cemetery in Pacific County, WA. The
objects were removed by the property
owner and donated to the University of
Washington Anthropology Department
in 1959, and subsequently accessioned
by the Burke Museum in 1964 (Accn.
#1964–146). The three unassociated
funerary objects include one lot of glass
and shell beads and two copper rod
bracelets. Sites 45–PC–25/45–PC–4 were
identified as a village site and cemetery
by Hudziak and Smith in 1948, and by
Robert Cook in 1955. Cook documented
these objects being in the possession of
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Thomas Burke 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), in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet
the definition of unassociated funerary
SUMMARY:
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the property owner at the time he
documented the site.
Sites 45–PC–25 and 45–PC–4 are
located on the north bank of the
Columbia River near the mouth of the
river, in Pacific County, WA. Site 45–
PC–25 is a village site and site 45–PC–
4 is an adjacent burial ground. The
objects documented from site 45–PC–4
include beads. Funerary objects found
in burials at a nearby site include
copper metal bracelets and blue and
white glass trade beads that are similar
to the objects listed above. Additionally,
information provided during
consultation indicates that these objects
are consistent with funerary objects
typically found in Chinook territory.
Sites 45–PC–25 and 45–PC–4 are within
an area of a known historic Chinook
village, in the traditional aboriginal
territory of the Lower Chinook people.
According to historical and
anthropological sources (Kidd, 1967;
Mooney, 1896; Ray, 1938; Ruby 1986;
Spier, 1936; Suttles 1990), as well as
information provided during
consultation, the aboriginal territory of
the Lower Chinook people included the
northern bank of the Columbia River
mouth and lands north along the shore
and into Willapa Bay. The people of this
area spoke a Chinook dialect and were
linguistically separate from other
Chinook who lived farther up the
Columbia River (Suttles, 1990). Today
the Chinook people are members of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation
(previously listed as the Shoalwater Bay
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington), and the
Chinook Indian Tribe, a non-federally
recognized Indian group represented by
the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation
(previously listed as the Shoalwater Bay
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington).
Determinations Made by the Burke
Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the three 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.
• 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 Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
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of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation (previously listed as the
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater
Bay Indian Reservation, Washington).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University
of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA
98195, telephone (206) 685–3849 x2,
email plape@uw.edu, by November 16,
2015. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation (previously listed as the
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater
Bay Indian Reservation, Washington)
may proceed.
The Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the
Chehalis Reservation, Washington and
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater
Bay Indian Reservation (previously
listed as the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation,
Washington), that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 17, 2015.
Melanie O’brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015–26296 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of Michigan
has completed an inventory of human
remains, 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 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 should submit a written
request to the University of Michigan. If
no additional requestors come forward,
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transfer of control of the human remains
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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the University of
Michigan at the address in this notice by
November 16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA
Project Manager, University of Michigan
Office of Research, 4080 Fleming
Building, 503 S. Thompson Street, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109–1340, telephone (734)
647–9085, email bsecunda@umich.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 under the control of
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI. The human remains were removed
from Ionia and Van Buren Counties, MI.
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. 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 University of
Michigan Museum of Anthropological
Archaeology (UMMAA) professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little
River Band of Ottawa Indians,
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi
Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan (previously listed as the
Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band
of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19355;PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Thomas Burke
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), in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written
request to the Burke Museum. If no additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Burke Museum at the address
in this notice by November 16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box
353010, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 685-3849 x2, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the 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 Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Item(s)
In the late 19th or early 20th century, three cultural objects were
removed from near the mouth of the Columbia River in the vicinity of
sites 45-PC-25/45-PC-4, a known Chinook village and cemetery in Pacific
County, WA. The objects were removed by the property owner and donated
to the University of Washington Anthropology Department in 1959, and
subsequently accessioned by the Burke Museum in 1964 (Accn. #1964-146).
The three unassociated funerary objects include one lot of glass and
shell beads and two copper rod bracelets. Sites 45-PC-25/45-PC-4 were
identified as a village site and cemetery by Hudziak and Smith in 1948,
and by Robert Cook in 1955. Cook documented these objects being in the
possession of
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the property owner at the time he documented the site.
Sites 45-PC-25 and 45-PC-4 are located on the north bank of the
Columbia River near the mouth of the river, in Pacific County, WA. Site
45-PC-25 is a village site and site 45-PC-4 is an adjacent burial
ground. The objects documented from site 45-PC-4 include beads.
Funerary objects found in burials at a nearby site include copper metal
bracelets and blue and white glass trade beads that are similar to the
objects listed above. Additionally, information provided during
consultation indicates that these objects are consistent with funerary
objects typically found in Chinook territory. Sites 45-PC-25 and 45-PC-
4 are within an area of a known historic Chinook village, in the
traditional aboriginal territory of the Lower Chinook people. According
to historical and anthropological sources (Kidd, 1967; Mooney, 1896;
Ray, 1938; Ruby 1986; Spier, 1936; Suttles 1990), as well as
information provided during consultation, the aboriginal territory of
the Lower Chinook people included the northern bank of the Columbia
River mouth and lands north along the shore and into Willapa Bay. The
people of this area spoke a Chinook dialect and were linguistically
separate from other Chinook who lived farther up the Columbia River
(Suttles, 1990). Today the Chinook people are members of the Shoalwater
Bay Indian Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation (previously
listed as the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington), and the Chinook Indian Tribe, a non-federally
recognized Indian group represented by the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation (previously listed as the
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation,
Washington).
Determinations Made by the Burke Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the three 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.
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 Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation (previously listed as the Shoalwater
Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, Washington).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of
Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 685-3849 x2,
email plape@uw.edu, by November 16, 2015. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation (previously listed as the Shoalwater
Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, Washington) may
proceed.
The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Confederated
Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Washington and Shoalwater Bay Tribe
of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation (previously listed as the
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation,
Washington), that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 17, 2015.
Melanie O'brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-26296 Filed 10-14-15; 8:45 am]
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