Notice2024-02550
Notice of Inventory Completion: Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
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Published
February 8, 2024
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 associated funerary objects 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 Grant and Kittitas Counties, WA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8719-8720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02550]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037342; 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 associated funerary objects 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 Grant and Kittitas Counties, WA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, Department of Anthropology and
Museum Studies, Central Washington University, 400 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
Between 1925 and 1990, human remains representing at minimum, 65
individuals were removed from Kittitas and Grant Counties, WA. Five
lots of associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1925 and 1935, human remains representing, at minimum, 32
individuals were removed from Whiskey Dick Bar, site 45-KT-17, in
Kittitas County, WA, by Dr. Linus Walker. In 1953, Dr. Walker donated
the remains to Central Washington University. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Between 1935 and 1937, CWU Professor George Beck removed human
remains representing at minimum, four individuals during a fossil
collecting expedition in Kittitas County, WA. One individual was in a
grave at Whiskey Dick Bar, (45-KT-17), two individuals were removed
from the area near the town of Vantage, and one individual from
Montgomery Bar, site 45-KT-8. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Between 1953-1954, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from the Cedar Cave, site 45-KT-20 in Kittitas
County, WA, as part of a University of Washington field expedition by
Dr. Earl Swanson. Subsequently, the Burke Museum donated these human
remains to Central Washington University. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In the 1970's and 1980's human remains representing, at minimum, 11
individuals were removed from the area near the town of Vantage in
Kittitas County, WA, by unknown individuals and donated to Central
Washington University. No associated funerary objects are present.
In the early 1900s, human remains representing, at minimum, 13
individuals were removed from ``Middle Columbia River'', in Kittitas
County, WA, by private collectors. Subsequently, these human remains
were donated to Central Washington University by unknown individuals.
No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from the Grissom Site (45-KT-301) in Kittitas County, WA,
by a Central Washington University archaeology field school. The five
associated funerary objects are one lot of matting, one lot of historic
beads, one lot of metal buttons, one lot of seeds, and one lot flakes.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Crab Creek near the town of Beverly, in Grant County, WA and
subsequently donated to Central Washington University by unknown
individuals. No associated funerary objects are present.
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: archeological, biological, geographical, and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Central Washington University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 65 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The five lots of 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 and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation.
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 or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and, if joined to a request
from one or more of 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 March 11, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, Central Washington
University must
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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. Central Washington University is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted on or after the effective date of the
revised regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January
12, 2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the
Federal Register and includes the required information, the National
Park Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-02550 Filed 2-7-24; 8:45 am]
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