Notice2025-06651
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Sequim, WA
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Published
April 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex intends to carry out the disposition of human remains removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16539-16540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06651]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039963; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Complex, Sequim, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish
and Wildlife Service, Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Complex intends to carry out the disposition of human remains removed
from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe,
or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this
notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after May 19, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by April
20, 2026 the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains.
ADDRESSES: Lorenz Sollmann, Refuge Manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 715
Holgerson Road, Sequim, WA 98382, telephone (360) 369-0566, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9cf0f3eef9f2e6c3eff3f0f0f1fdf2f2dcfaebefb2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="761a190413180c2905191a1a1b1718183610010558111900">[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
Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 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
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The individual was discovered on or about
10 September 2021 on Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in
Jefferson County, Washington. A private citizen who was kayaking
stopped on a small island and collected a single bone that was exposed
on the surface of the site, concerned that it may be part of a crime
scene. They submitted the bone to the Jefferson County Sherriff's
Office, who determined the remains did not belong to a recent crime
scene. The bone was turned over to the Washington Department of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation's physical anthropologist, who
determined that the individual is of Native American ancestry, and that
the bone was from a previously known Native American archaeological
site which has a previously recorded cemetery (45JE11). Officials at
the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge were informed and
engaged in Consultation with culturally affiliated Tribes.
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Determinations
The Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Lower Elwha Tribal
Community; Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; Puyallup Tribe the Puyallup
Reservation; Samish Indian Nation; Skokomish Indian Tribe; Suquamish
Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation; and the Swinomish Indian
Tribal Community have priority for disposition of the human remains
described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice
must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by April 20,
2026 the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains described in this notice may occur
on or after May 19, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are
received, the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex must
determine the most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human remains are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The Washington Maritime National
Wildlife Refuge Complex 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. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: April 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06651 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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