[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41011-41012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17270]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects in the possession of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The 
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an 
unknown site near ``New Dungeness,'' WA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of 
the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the 
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within 
this notice.
    An assessment of the human remains, and catalog records and 
associated documents relevant to the human remains, was made by Phoebe 
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington; 
Lower Elwah Tribal Community of the Lower Elwah Reservation, 
Washington; Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble 
Reservation, Washington; and Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish 
Reservation, Washington.
    Around 1880, human remains representing at least one individual 
were removed from an unknown site ``Near New Dungeness [WA], North 
Pacific Coast,'' according to catalog records, by an unknown 
individual. The human remains were labeled ``Clallam.'' In 1903, the 
human remains were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum by John W. 
Stillman, through the University of California Museum of Paleontology. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on museum records, the human remains are identified as being 
Native American. The degree of preservation, based on appearance, 
indicates that the human remains date to the last several hundred 
years. Based on geographical location, the human remains are determined 
to be culturally affiliated with the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of 
Washington; Lower Elwah Tribal Community of the Lower Elwah 
Reservation, Washington; Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port 
Gamble Reservation, Washington; and Skokomish Indian Tribe of the 
Skokomish Reservation, Washington.
    Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains 
described above represent the physical remains of at least one 
individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology also have determined that, pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that 
can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and 
the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington; Lower Elwah Tribal 
Community of the Lower Elwah Reservation, Washington; Port Gamble 
Indian Community of the Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; and 
Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact C. 
Richard Hitchcock, NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, 
telephone (510) 642-6096, before August 8, 2003. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington; Lower 
Elwah Tribal Community of the Lower Elwah Reservation, Washington; Port 
Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; and 
Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, Washington may 
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington; Lower Elwah 
Tribal Community of the Lower Elwah Reservation, Washington; Port 
Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble Reservation, Washington; and 
Skokomish Indian Tribe of the

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Skokomish Reservation, Washington that this notice has been published.

    Dated: June 11, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 03-17270 Filed 7-8-03; 8:45 am]
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