Notice2023-19965
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
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Published
September 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has completed an inventory of an associated funerary object and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated funerary object was removed from Clallam County, WA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63610-63611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19965]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036562; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
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, Bureau
of Indian Affairs (BIA) has completed an inventory of an associated
funerary object and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation
between the associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated funerary object
was removed from Clallam County, WA.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice
may occur on or after October 16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44, Albuquerque, NM 87104,
telephone (505) 879-9711, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcc8ddd1ddcedd92ded5d0d0d5d9fcded5dd92dbd3ca"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4337222e2231226d212a2f2f2a2603212a226d242c35">[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
BIA. 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 the BIA.
Description
Sometime prior to 1938, a coffin was removed from Neah Bay on the
Makah Reservation, in Clallam County, WA, by Captain Fred W. Griffiths.
In 1938, it was accessioned by the Karshner Museum and Center for
Culture & Arts.
Cultural Affiliation
The associated funerary object in this notice is 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 type
of information was used to reasonably trace the relationship:
geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the BIA has determined that:
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is reasonably
believed to have been made exclusively for burial purposes or to
contain human remains.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the associated funerary object described
in this notice and the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian
Reservation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary object
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 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after October 16, 2023. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the BIA must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the associated funerary object are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The BIA is responsible for sending
a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
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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: September 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19965 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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