Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 11643-11644 [2017-03605]
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remains. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Department of
the Navy professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Port
Gamble S’Klallam Tribe (previously
listed as the Port Gamble Band of
S’Klallam Indians).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1976, human remains representing,
at minimum, 2 individuals were
removed from Walan Point, Indian
Island in Jefferson County, WA. The site
was first recorded by G.L. Coale in 1956.
Prior to the construction of an
ammunitions pier and support facilities
on the sandspit, Astrida Blukis Onat
with Seattle Central Community College
conducted test excavations at the site in
1975. Analysis of the materials
indicated the site to be a temporary
procurement camp less than 2000 years
old. Among the many artifacts recovered
were fragments of unidentified human
bone from four excavation units:
92N10W, 98N8W, 114N8W, and
130N11W. These materials were briefly
mentioned in Blukis Onat’s 1976 report.
During pier construction later that year,
heavy equipment unearthed two human
burials at depths of 40 to 60 centimeters
below the surface along with several
surface bone fragments. One of the
burials was estimated to be 300 years
old based on the decomposition of the
cedar box that the individual was buried
in. These remains were studied by a
physical anthropologist and the results
summarized in Blukis Onat and
Haversat (1977). All materials recovered
from the excavations were transferred to
the Washington State University’s
Museum of Anthropology for storage.
Following a 1995 curation assessment
performed by the Washington State
University Museum (Andrefsky et al.
1995), all known human remains and
associated funerary objects from the
Walan Point site were repatriated with
the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. The
Notice of Inventory Completion was
published in the Federal Register on
December 17, 1998, 63 FR 69651. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were transferred to the S’Klallam
on February 8, 1999, and subsequently
re-interred in a repatriation cemetery on
NAVMAG Indian Island. In 2002, the
remaining artifacts and excavation
records from Walan Point were
transferred from Washington State
University to the Jamestown S’Klallam
Reservation Tribal Center in Blyn, WA.
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The Jamestown S’Klallam moved the
materials to a different facility in 2015.
That same year, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers Center of Expertise for the
Curation and Management of
Archaeological Collections performed
an updated Curation Assessment of the
Indian Island collection at the new
facility. During this assessment, two
small bags labeled as human remains,
each containing one bone, were found
in a box of faunal remains (Williams
2015).
In 2016, these two bones were sent to
Dr. Guy Tasa, forensic anthropologist
with the Washington State Department
of Archaeology and Historic
Preservation, for identification. Dr. Tasa
identified the bones as representing two
sub-adult humans of unknown sex. The
first is a humoral head belonging to a
child, aged 5 to 16 years of age; the
second, the left tibia epiphysis from a
sub-adult, aged 10 to 15 years. These
bones appear to have been recovered
from Blukis Onat’s 1976 excavation,
units 92N10W and 98N8W,
respectively. It is the intent of the
Department of the Navy to repatriate
these additional human remains from
the Walan Point site. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on the ethnographic data, tribal
accounts, and archeological data, the
Department of the Navy has determined
that the Jamestown S’Klallam, Lower
Elwha Clallam, and Port Gamble
S’Klallam Tribes are most closely
affiliated with these remains.
Ethnographic studies place Indian
Island within the traditional territory of
the Chemakum Tribe. By the early
1850s, the Chemakum population was
reduced to 90 individuals; by 1878, only
13 individuals remained. The much
larger Clallam (S’Klallam) Tribe, whose
territory joined the Chemakum’s on the
west, took over Chemakum territory in
the later 1800s, and the few remaining
Chemakum still living in the area joined
with the Clallam Tribe.
Determinations Made by the
Department of the Navy
Officials of the Department of the
Navy have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 2
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• 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
and the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe,
Lower Elwha Tribal Community
(previously listed as the Lower Elwha
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Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha
Reservation, Washington), and Port
Gamble S’Klallam Tribe (previously
listed as the Port Gamble Band of
S’Klallam Indians).
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 Dr. Susan S.
Hughes, Archaeologist, Department of
the Navy, NAVFAC NW., 1101 Tautog
Circle, Silverdale, WA 98315, telephone
(360) 396–0083, email susan.s.hughes@
navy.mil, by March 27, 2017. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Jamestown
S’Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Tribal
Community (previously listed as the
Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the
Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington),
and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
(previously listed as the Port Gamble
Band of S’Klallam Indians) may
proceed.
The Department of the Navy is
responsible for notifying the Jamestown
S’Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Tribal
Community (previously listed as the
Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the
Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington),
and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
(previously listed as the Port Gamble
Band of S’Klallam Indians) that this
notice has been published.
Dated: January 9, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: 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 (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
SUMMARY:
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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 March 27, 2017.
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.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the Burke
Museum, 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
Items
In the late 19th century, 33 cultural
items were removed from an unknown
location by James T. White from Point
Hope, North Slope Borough, AK, and
later donated to the Burke Museum by
his wife in 1904. The 33 unassociated
funerary objects are 1 wooden mask, 4
ground stone tools, 1 lot of earthenware
fragments, 1 ivory thimble holder, 1
needle, 1 needle case, 1 comb, 1 scoop,
1 pipe, 2 pipe bowls, 1 ivory tool, 3
ground stone knives, 2 stone points, 2
bone points, 2 harpoon heads, 1 scraper
blade, 4 harpoon points, 1 lance, 1
sinew rope, and 2 adzes.
In the late 19th century, one
unassociated funerary object was
removed from Point Hope, AK. It is
believed that this object was also
removed by James T. White and donated
to Young Naturalist Society, who then
donated it to the Burke Museum in
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1904. The one unassociated funerary
object is one lot of earthenware
fragments. These fragments are labeled
with the same writing and are given
similar numbers to the other fragments
from James T. White.
The objects were listed in the
accession records as being removed
from ‘‘old Tigarah’’ or ‘‘old Eskimo’’
graves at Point Hope. The objects are
consistent with historic and prehistoric
material cultural from this area and are
related to the Inupiat people of the Point
Hope (Tikigaq, aka Tigara) area (Damas,
1984). The modern day Inupiat
descendants from Point Hope are
members of the Native Village of Point
Hope.
Determinations Made by the Burke
Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 34 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 the Native Village of Point
Hope.
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, email
plape@uw.edu, by March 27, 2017. After
that date, if no additional claimants
have come forward, transfer of control
of the unassociated funerary objects to
the Native Village of Point Hope may
proceed.
The Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying the Native Village of Point
Hope that this notice has been
published.
Dated: January 11, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Dana
Adobe Nipomo Amigos, Nipomo, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Dana Adobe Nipomo
Amigos has completed an inventory of
human remains, in consultation with
the appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
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 human remains should submit
a written request to the Dana Adobe
Nipomo Amigos. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains 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
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Dana Adobe Nipomo
Amigos at the address in this notice by
March 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Donna L Gillette, Ph.D.,
NAGPRA Collections Manager, Dana
Adobe Nipomo Amigos, 671 South
Oakglen Avenue, Nipomo, CA 93444,
telephone (805) 929–5679, email dana@
danaadobe.org.
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 Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos,
Nipomo, CA. The human remains were
removed from Nipomo, San Luis Obispo
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.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22730; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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), 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
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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 March 27, 2017.
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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the Burke Museum, 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 Items
In the late 19th century, 33 cultural items were removed from an
unknown location by James T. White from Point Hope, North Slope
Borough, AK, and later donated to the Burke Museum by his wife in 1904.
The 33 unassociated funerary objects are 1 wooden mask, 4 ground stone
tools, 1 lot of earthenware fragments, 1 ivory thimble holder, 1
needle, 1 needle case, 1 comb, 1 scoop, 1 pipe, 2 pipe bowls, 1 ivory
tool, 3 ground stone knives, 2 stone points, 2 bone points, 2 harpoon
heads, 1 scraper blade, 4 harpoon points, 1 lance, 1 sinew rope, and 2
adzes.
In the late 19th century, one unassociated funerary object was
removed from Point Hope, AK. It is believed that this object was also
removed by James T. White and donated to Young Naturalist Society, who
then donated it to the Burke Museum in 1904. The one unassociated
funerary object is one lot of earthenware fragments. These fragments
are labeled with the same writing and are given similar numbers to the
other fragments from James T. White.
The objects were listed in the accession records as being removed
from ``old Tigarah'' or ``old Eskimo'' graves at Point Hope. The
objects are consistent with historic and prehistoric material cultural
from this area and are related to the Inupiat people of the Point Hope
(Tikigaq, aka Tigara) area (Damas, 1984). The modern day Inupiat
descendants from Point Hope are members of the Native Village of Point
Hope.
Determinations Made by the Burke Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 34 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 the Native Village of Point Hope.
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,
email plape@uw.edu, by March 27, 2017. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to the Native Village of Point Hope may
proceed.
The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Native Village of
Point Hope that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 11, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-03605 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am]
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