Notice of Inventory Completion: Western Washington University, Department of Anthropology, Bellingham, WA, 61133-61134 [2024-16709]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500181191]
Filing of Plats of Survey: Alaska
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of official filing.
AGENCY:
The plats of survey of lands
described in this notice are scheduled to
be officially filed in the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Alaska State Office,
Anchorage, Alaska. The surveys, which
were executed at the request of the
BLM, are necessary for the management
of these lands.
DATES: The BLM must receive protests
by August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may buy a copy of the
plats from the BLM Alaska Public
Information Center, 222 W. 7th Avenue,
Mailstop 13, Anchorage, AK 99513.
Please use this address when filing
written protests. You may also view the
plats at the BLM Alaska Public
Information Center, Fitzgerald Federal
Building, 222 W. 7th Avenue,
Anchorage, Alaska, at no cost.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas B. O’Toole, Chief, Branch of
Cadastral Survey, Alaska State Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 222 W.
7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99513;
907–271–4231; totoole@blm.gov. People
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact the BLM during normal business
hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with the above individual.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands
surveyed are:
SUMMARY:
Copper River Meridian, Alaska
T. 11 N., R. 7 E., accepted June 5, 2024.
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Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska
T. 16 N., R. 19 E., accepted May 14, 2024.
Seward Meridian, Alaska
T. 29 N., R. 1 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 31 N., R. 1 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 32 N., R. 1 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 33 N., R. 1 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 30 N., R. 2 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 31 N., R. 2 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 32 N., R. 2 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 33 N., R. 2 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 29 N., R. 3 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 30 N., R. 3 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 31 N., R. 3 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 30 N., R. 4 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 31 N., R. 4 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 32 N., R. 4 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 30 N., R. 5 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
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T. 31 N., R. 5 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 32 N., R. 5 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 29 N., R. 6 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 31 N., R. 6 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 32 N., R. 6 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 30 N., R. 7 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 31 N., R. 7 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 32 N., R. 7 E., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 31 N., R. 1 W., accepted July 22, 2024.
T. 32 N., R. 1 W., accepted July 22, 2024.
A person or party who wishes to
protest one or more plats of survey
identified above must file a written
notice of protest with the State Director
for the BLM in Alaska. The protest may
be filed by mailing to BLM State
Director, Alaska State Office, Bureau of
Land Management, 222 W. 7th Avenue,
Anchorage, AK 99513 or by delivering
it in person to BLM Alaska Public
Information Center, Fitzgerald Federal
Building, 222 W. 7th Avenue,
Anchorage, Alaska. The notice of protest
must identify the plat(s) of survey that
the person or party wishes to protest.
You must file the notice of protest
before the scheduled date of official
filing for the plat(s) of survey being
protested. The BLM will not consider
any notice of protest filed after the
scheduled date of official filing. A
notice of protest is considered filed on
the date it is received by the State
Director for the BLM in Alaska during
regular business hours; if received after
regular business hours, a notice of
protest will be considered filed the next
business day. A written statement of
reasons in support of a protest, if not
filed with the notice of protest, must be
filed with the State Director for the BLM
in Alaska within 30 calendar days after
the notice of protest is filed.
If a notice of protest against a plat of
survey is received prior to the
scheduled date of official filing, the
official filing of the plat of survey
identified in the notice of protest will be
stayed pending consideration of the
protest. A plat of survey will not be
officially filed until the dismissal or
resolution of all protests of the plat.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information in a
notice of protest or statement of reasons,
you should be aware that the documents
you submit, including your personally
identifiable information, may be made
publicly available in their entirety at
any time. While you can ask the BLM
to withhold your personally identifiable
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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Authority: 43 U.S.C. ch. 3.
Thomas O’Toole,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Alaska.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038353;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Western Washington University,
Department of Anthropology,
Bellingham, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Western
Washington University (WWU), has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from 45–WH–15 in
Whatcom County, WA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western
Washington University, Department of
Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516
High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225,
telephone (360) 650–4783, email pinej@
wwu.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the WWU, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been identified.
The four associated funerary objects
consist of one bone pin, one modified
antler, one stone bowl, and an adze
blade. The human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from 45–WH–15
(Marietta/Lummi Reservation) by
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brothers Howard and Ray Buswell
between 1906 and the late 1950s. The
Buswell brothers referred to the site as
the ‘‘Gillen Midden.’’ Dr. Gar Grabert,
WWU, visited the site in 1968 and
recorded it as 45–WH–15. Sometime
after 1970, the archaeological collection
was donated to Western Washington
University. No known individuals were
identified. No hazardous chemicals are
known to have been used to treat the
human remains and associated funerary
objects while in the custody of WWU.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological
information, archaeological information,
geographical information, historical
information, and oral tradition.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
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Determinations
The WWU has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• The four objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
• There is a connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation
and Nooksack Indian Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests
for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice who shows,
by a preponderance of the evidence, that
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the requestor is a lineal descendant or
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after August 29, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the WWU must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The WWU is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038346;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation:
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Wesleyan
University intends to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that
have a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Wendi Field Murray,
Wesleyan University (Archaeology &
Anthropology Collections), 265 Church
Street, Exley Science Building,
Middletown, CT 06459, telephone (860)685–2085, email wmurray01@
wesleyan.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of Wesleyan
University and additional information
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on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related
records. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of six cultural items have been
requested for repatriation. The six
unassociated funerary objects are one
projectile point covered in red ochre
and five ceramic sherds. The projectile
point is a long-stemmed point of grey
chert. Approximately six and one-half
inches long, the point has a triangular
blade, and the entire surface is covered
in red ochre. According to available
records, the object was donated to
Wesleyan University by George M.
Southmayd in 1890. Southmayd (1824–
1908) was a Middletown businessman
whose family operated a funeral home
on Main Street for several decades.
Collections records indicate that the
collector of the object is unknown, but
that it was found near the Air Line
Depot in Middletown, CT the same year
it was donated (1890). No other objects
appear to have been donated with it.
The five ceramic sherds were all
received in a transfer from the
Smithsonian Institution to Wesleyan
University in 1874. One is a grittempered sherd with a hole drilled
through it and cross-hatched surface
impressions (1971.411.1); two of the
sherds are shell-tempered with cordmarked surface impressions
(1971.411.2–.3); and two sherds are
sand or grit-tempered with cord-marked
surface impressions (1971.411.4–.5).
According to Wesleyan’s records, all
five objects were collected by William
Andros at an unknown date from ‘‘an
Indian burying ground on the CT River
in East Hartford, CT.’’
No cultural affiliation information
was included in the records of the
taking or the transfer, though their
geographical origin and the welldocumented cultural and historical
connections between the joint
claimants, central Connecticut, and the
Connecticut River indicates a cultural
affiliation with the Mashantucket
Pequot Indian Tribe and the Mohegan
Tribe of Indians of Connecticut.
The presence of potentially hazardous
substances (i.e., pesticide residues) on
these particular objects is unknown. In
2021, Wesleyan University discovered
the presence of pesticide residue
(arsenic) on one organic object from
Samoa that was transferred from the
Smithsonian in the 19th century, as well
as several taxidermy specimens. This
suggests the possibility that other
objects in the collection may be
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038353; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Western Washington University,
Department of Anthropology, Bellingham, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Western Washington University (WWU), has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from 45-WH-15 in Whatcom
County, WA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western Washington University, Department
of Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA
98225, telephone (360) 650-4783, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
WWU, and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. The four associated funerary objects consist of one bone
pin, one modified antler, one stone bowl, and an adze blade. The human
remains and associated funerary objects in this notice were removed
from 45-WH-15 (Marietta/Lummi Reservation) by
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brothers Howard and Ray Buswell between 1906 and the late 1950s. The
Buswell brothers referred to the site as the ``Gillen Midden.'' Dr. Gar
Grabert, WWU, visited the site in 1968 and recorded it as 45-WH-15.
Sometime after 1970, the archaeological collection was donated to
Western Washington University. No known individuals were identified. No
hazardous chemicals are known to have been used to treat the human
remains and associated funerary objects while in the custody of WWU.
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological information, archaeological information,
geographical information, historical information, and oral tradition.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The WWU has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
The four objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Lummi
Tribe of the Lummi Reservation and Nooksack Indian Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August
29, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the WWU
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The WWU is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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