Notice2025-23199
Notice of Inventory Completion: Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, Olympia, WA
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Published
December 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (State Parks) 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 90, Number 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59164-59165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23199]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6757; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041520; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Washington State Parks and
Recreation Commission, Olympia, 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 Washington State Parks and Recreation
Commission (State Parks) 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 January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Cameron Spencer,
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, PO Box 42650,
Olympia, WA 98504-2650, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5013313d35223f3e7e0320353e333522102031223b237e27317e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0340626e66716c6d2d5073666d6066714373627168702d74622d646c75">[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 State
Parks, 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. The 65,502 associated funerary objects are unmodified
shell, perforated shell, unmodified bone, modified bone and antler
objects, fire modified rock, stone tools, ochre, charcoal, bulk
material, and botanical material. Between 2000 and 2008, State Parks
contracted Cascadia Archaeology to survey and subsequently perform
excavation and data recovery of site 45-IS-2 for the purposes of
upgrading sewer and utility lines. No known individuals were
identified. No hazardous chemicals are known to have been used to treat
the ancestral remains while in the care of State Parks.
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
State Parks has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 65,502 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 Sauk-
Suiattle Indian Tribe; Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington;
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community; Tulalip Tribes of Washington; and
the Upper Skagit 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 January
20, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
State Parks must
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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. State Parks 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: December 3, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23199 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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