[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31712]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Washington State in the Possession of the Yale Peabody Museum of 
Natural History, New Haven, CT

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains from 
Washington State in the possession of the Yale Peabody Museum of 
Natural History, New Haven, CT.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Yale Peabody 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Jamestown Band of S'Kallam Indians.
    In 1873, human remains representing three individuals were donated 
to the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History by Dr. T.T. Minor. These 
human remains were recovered near Port Townsend, WA. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on cranial deformation, these individuals have been 
determined to be Native American. No diagnostic artifacts that would 
indicate the antiquity of these remains exist in the Peabody Museum's 
collections. No information about the circumstances of recovery of 
these remains or the nature of their interment exists in the Peabody 
Museum's records. Consultation evidence provided by representatives of 
the Jamestown Band of S'Klallam Indians indicates that the Port 
Townsend, WA area is within the traditional territory of the Jamestown 
Band of S'Klallam Indians.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Yale 
Peabody Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry. Lastly, 
officials of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History have determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared 
group identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native 
American human remains and the Jamestown Band of S'Klallam Indians.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Jamestown Band of 
S'Klallam Indians, the Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble 
Reservation, the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Reservation, the 
Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation, and the Tulalip Tribes 
of the Tulalip Reservation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe 
that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains should contact Dr. Richard Burger, Director, Yale Peabody 
Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208118, New 
Haven, CT 06520-8118; telephone: (203) 432-3752, before January 2, 
1998. Repatriation of the human remains to the Jamestown Band of 
S'Klallam Indians may begin after that date if no additional claimants 
come forward.
    The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations 
within this notice.
Dated: November 19, 1997.

    Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-31712 Filed 12-2-97; 8:45 am]
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