Notice2024-27498
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Western Washington University, Department of Anthropology, Bellingham, WA
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Published
November 25, 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), intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92967-92968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27498]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039095; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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), intends to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural
patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after December 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western Washington University, Department
of Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA
98225, telephone (360) 650-4783, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5a5bcbbb0bf95a2a2a0fbb0b1a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e6e77707b745e69696b307b7a6b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The
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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 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 seven cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The seven objects of cultural patrimony are a honing
stone, a sandstone abrader, a barbed bone harpoon point, two incised
silt stones, a stone bowl, and an agate projectile point.
The materials described in this notice were collected in 1975 by R.
L. Logsdon of Western Washington University through non-systematic
surface collection and excavation of two 1x3 meter test cuts. This work
was part of a subcontract with Washington Archaeological Research
Center, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, under
contract with Bonneville Power Administration (Logsdon, 1975, ``A
Report of Archaeological Investigations: San Juan County Site 45-SJ-
169, Decatur Island, 1975, Reports in Archaeology No.1, Department of
Sociology/Anthropology, Western Washington State College, Bellingham,
Washington'').
No hazardous chemicals are known to have been used to treat the
items while in the custody of WWU.
Determinations
The WWU has determined that:
<bullet> The seven objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi
Reservation; Samish Indian Nation; and the Swinomish Indian Tribal
Community.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
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 items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after December 26, 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
cultural items 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 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: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27498 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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