Notice2025-15970
Notice of Inventory Completion: The John Spellman Library at Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen, WA
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Published
August 21, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the John Spellman Library at Grays Harbor College (GHC Library) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 160 (Thursday, August 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40841-40842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15970]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6439; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040849; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: The John Spellman Library at
Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the John Spellman Library at Grays Harbor
College (GHC Library) has completed an inventory of human remains and
has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Haley McGraw, John Spellman Library at Grays Harbor
College, 1620 Edward P. Smith Drive, Aberdeen, WA 98520, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bed6dfd2dbc790d3ddd9ccdfc9fed9d6dd90dbdacb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1078717c75693e7d7377627167507778733e757465">[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
GHC Library 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, six individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. These remains
may belong to up to six different individuals, and were recovered from
a common grave near South Bay Hunt Club, Bay City, between Aberdeen,
WA, and Westport, WA, in Grays Harbor County during the excavation of a
parking lot. There were no associated funerary objects present, and
there are currently no potentially hazardous substances present. The
Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation released these
remains to us because they were determined to be Native American or
possibly Native American. Ed Van Syckle, a historian, believes them to
possibly belong to the Chehalis Indians or other nearby Tribes.
Cultural Affiliation
Cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The GHC Library has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation;
Quinault Indian Nation; and the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after September 22, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, the GHC Library must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The GHC Library is responsible for sending
a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: August 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15970 Filed 8-20-25; 8:45 am]
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