Notice2024-11088
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Published
May 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke Museum) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 44703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11088]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037940; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, 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 Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State
Museum (Burke Museum) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item
that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after June 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Sven Haakanson Jr., Burke Museum, University of Washington,
Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 543-3210, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#027174676c6a4277752c676677"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="413237242f290134366f242534">[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
Burke Museum, and additional information 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 one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one sacred object is a wooden dance rattle created by Robert
Collier (Burke Accn. 2097, Cat no. 8675). On April 2, 1925, Leslie
Spier and E.G. Spier collected the rattle from Jamestown, Clallam
County, WA. Recorded provenience information identifies Robert Collier
as the creator of the rattle, identified as a Bird Rattle. According to
information from the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Robert Collier was born
in the late 1870s and recorded on multiple census rolls as S'Klallam.
He is descended from S'Klallam parents who lived in Jamestown, and
Collier later lived with his family in Washington Harbor
(sx<SUP>w</SUP>[ccaron]k<SUP>w</SUP>[iacute]y7[eng]). Collier was
sought as a principal informant for Erna Gunther's ethnography
fieldwork in the mid-1920s, resulting in the published work, Klallam
Ethnography. Collier married twice (Abby Collier and Martha Dick
Collier) and has descendants represented in the Jamestown S'Klallam
Tribal Families: Hall, Sampson, Lombardi, Collier, Wheeler, Gentry,
Adams, and Russell. The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe has identified this
Bird Rattle as a sacred object that is still used in traditional
ceremonial practices. The Bird Rattle was tested for pesticide
contamination and the results indicated that there is likely hazardous
substances present. The Burke Museum provided recommendations for safe
handling.
Determinations
The Burke Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The one sacred object described in this notice is a
specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 cultural item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after June 20, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the Burke Museum must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
cultural item are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The Burke Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: May 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-11088 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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