Notice2023-11696
Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver, WA
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Published
June 1, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (FOVA) 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 Walla Walla County, WA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35909-35910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11696]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035945; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site,
Vancouver, 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), the U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (FOVA) 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 Walla Walla County, WA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Tracy Fortmann, Superintendent, Fort Vancouver National
Historic Site, 800 Hathaway Road, Building 722, telephone (360) 816-
6205, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#72260013110b2d341d00061f131c1c321c02015c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3b79182809abca58c91978e828d8da38d9390cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
Superintendent, FOVA. Additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by FOVA.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Walla Walla County, WA, by the Smithsonian Institution's River
Basin Surveys in 1947, during the construction of the nearby McNary Dam
and Lake Wallula Reservoir. National Park Service archeologists
participated in this project. The human remains were removed from the
site of Wal[uacute]ula, the largest village of the Wal[uacute]ulapam
Sahaptin group and were housed at the Burke Museum until their transfer
to FOVA in 1995. The 56 associated funerary objects are two nails, four
bone beads, nine dentalium shells, one clothing rivet, two buttons, two
tobacco pipe stems, two spurs, two shoe tacks, one bullet, six bottle
fragments, one safety pin, one thimble fragment, seven ceramic
tablewares, two lamp base glass fragments, one yellow metal loop
eyelet, one yellow metal strap fragment, two yellow metal fragments,
four lithic debitage, two uniface lithic flakes, one biface tool, one
projectile point, one Intermountain or Shoshone pottery, and one bag of
glass beads.
Cultural Affiliation
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, archeological information,
historical information, oral tradition, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, FOVA has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 56 objects described in this notice 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.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama Nation; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation; and the Nez Perce Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice
and, if joined to a request from one or more of
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the Indian Tribes, the Wanapum Band of Priest Rapids, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 3, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, FOVA 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. FOVA 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 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: May 24, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-11696 Filed 5-31-23; 8:45 am]
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