[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 23271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9149]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum, 
Puyallup, WA

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 in the possession of the 
Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum, Puyallup, WA. The human remains were 
removed from an area of the Nez Perce Reservation, ID.
    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 in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Paul H. 
Karshner Memorial Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 
Washington and Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. The U.S. Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs does not exert control over the 
human remains in this notice.
    In 1935, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from the Nez Perce Reservation, ID. The human remains were 
donated by Lester Davis in 1935. It is unknown how Mr. Davis acquired 
the human remains. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Mr. Davis was known to have collected Native American objects. This 
donation was one of three recorded donations found in the museum's 
inventory book. According to museum records, the human remains are 
identified as Native American. Based on museum records and donor 
information, the human remains are reasonably believed to be Native 
American.
    The geographical area that the human remains were removed from was 
the Nez Perce Reservation. The Western Idaho area is known to be 
aboriginal lands for the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. Officials of the 
Paul H. Karshner Museum reasonably believe the human remains are Native 
American and most likely culturally affiliated with the Nez Perce Tribe 
of Idaho.
    Officials of the Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum have determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(910), the human remains described 
above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the Paul H. Karshner Memorial 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 Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes it to be 
culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Stephen 
Crowell, Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum, 309 4th St., NE., Puyallup, 
WA 98372, telephone (253) 841-8748, before May 29, 2008. Repatriation 
of the human remains to the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho may proceed after 
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum is responsible for notifying the 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington and Nez 
Perce Tribe of Idaho that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 10, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPR Program.
 [FR Doc. E8-9149 Filed 4-28-08; 8:45 am]
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