Notice2024-22887
Notice of Inventory Completion: Western Washington University, Department of Anthropology, Bellingham, WA
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Published
October 4, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Western Washington University, Department of Anthropology (WWU) 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80918-80919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22887]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038781; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Western Washington University,
Department of Anthropology, Bellingham, 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 Western Washington University,
Department of Anthropology (WWU) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western Washington University, Department
of Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA
98225,
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telephone (360) 650-4783, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a4a53545f507a4d4d4f145f5e4f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5d5cccbc0cfe5d2d2d08bc0c1d0">[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
WWU, and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. The eight associated funerary objects are stone, bone and
antler tools and red ochre.
Between July 5 and August 6, 1982, the WWU Anthropology Department
conducted an archaeological survey of the Lummi River flood plain and
adjacent areas within the Lummi Indian Reservation, Whatcom County, WA.
The survey was conducted at the request of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and was restricted to tribal trust and allotment lands. The project was
designed to provide a basic cultural resource inventory that would
supplement previous archaeological investigations of other portions of
the Lummi Reservation. During this survey, six previously unrecorded
sites were located, and test excavations were conducted at one of these
sites (Patterson 1983, An Archaeological Investigation of the Lummi
River and Adjacent Portions of the Lummi Reservation, Whatcom County,
Washington. Reports in Archaeology No.19, Department of Anthropology,
Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington).
During the WWU 2018-2020 Repatriation and Rehousing Project,
ancestral remains and associated funerary objects were newly identified
from three sites (45-WH-171, 45-WH-172, and 45-WH-176), and they are
listed below. No known individuals were identified. No hazardous
chemicals are known to have been used to treat the human remains while
in the custody of WWU.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The WWU has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The eight objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Lummi
Tribe of the Lummi Reservation and the Nooksack Indian Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November
4, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the WWU
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. The WWU 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 10.10.
Dated: September 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-22887 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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