Notice2023-14080
Notice of Inventory Completion: Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
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Published
July 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Central Washington University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from the Olympic Peninsula, WA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42744-42745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14080]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036106; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Central Washington University,
Ellensburg, 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), Central Washington University has completed
an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no
cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
The human remains were removed from the Olympic Peninsula, WA.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 2, 2023.
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ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, Department of Anthropology and
Museum Studies, Central Washington University, 400 E University Way,
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7544, telephone (509) 963-2671, email
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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
Central Washington University. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by Central Washington University.
Description
Around 1920, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from an unknown location on the Olympic Peninsula, WA, by
Paul Brenton. In 1940, Dwight Brenton donated an ``Indian skull & 2 leg
bones'' to the Burke Museum. In 1974, the Burke Museum transferred the
left and right femurs (Burke Museum number 19-14869) to Central
Washington University (Central Washington University number 3170) and
retained the cranium (Burke Museum number 19-14868). (On February 19,
2013, the Burke Museum published a Notice of Inventory Completion in
the Federal Register for the cranium (78 FR 11675-11676).) No
associated funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice were removed from known geographic
locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one or more
Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the
aboriginal land: a final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission, the
Treaty of the Quinault River of 1855, the Treaty of Neah Bay of 1855,
and the Treaty of Point No Point of 1855.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Central Washington
University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of the Hoh Indian Tribe; Jamestown S'Klallam
Tribe; Lower Elwha Tribal Community; Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah
Indian Reservation; Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; Quileute Tribe of the
Quileute Reservation; Quinault Indian Reservation; and the Skokomish
Indian Tribe.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after August 2, 2023. If competing requests
for disposition are received, Central Washington University must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human remains are considered a single
request and not competing requests. Central Washington University is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
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 and
10.11.
Dated: June 21, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14080 Filed 6-30-23; 8:45 am]
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