Notice2024-29254
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Western Washington University, Department of Anthropology, Bellingham, WA
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Published
December 12, 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 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100523-100524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29254]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039178; 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 January 13, 2025.
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#b7c7ded9d2ddf7c0c0c299d2d3c2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95e5fcfbf0ffd5e2e2e0bbf0f1e0">[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 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 two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two objects of cultural patrimony are a shell bead and a red ochre
sample.
In the summers of 1999 and 2000, Drs. Campbell and Koetje of
Western Washington University led field schools as part of a multi-year
``Whidbey Island Prehistory Project''. 45-SK-46, the Lighthouse Point
Midden, and 45-SK-144 were two of the sites investigated during this
project. The field school participants excavated six 1 x 1m units and
fifteen shovel tests at 45-SK-46 during the 2000 field season. This
site was chosen for investigation because it was a small, shallow shell
midden, subject to trail and bank erosion, and they were focusing on
smaller sites most in need of documentation (WWU Field School Permit
Application, 2000).
45-SK-144 is located to the north of 45-SK-46, on the east side of
the tombolo that connects Lighthouse Point to the mainland, separating
Lottie and Bowman Bays. Seven 1 x 1m units were excavated at this site
during the 1999 field season (Anderson, 2001 ``Sediment Analysis of Two
Archaeological Sites in the Deception Pass Area, Fidalgo Island,
Washington: A Geoarchaeological Approach'').
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 two 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 January 13, 2025. 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
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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: December 4, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-29254 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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