[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2901-2902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00915]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19652; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington 
State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University 
of Washington (Burke Museum) has corrected an inventory of human 
remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on July 30, 2013. This 
notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects. Lineal 
descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request to the Burke Museum. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, 
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Burke Museum at the address in this 
notice by February 18, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 
353010, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 685-3849 x2, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Burke Museum, 
Seattle, WA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from Island County, 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 in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal

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agency that has control of the Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects 
published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register 
(78 FR 45958-45959, July 30, 2013). While cataloging, additional 
documentation was found indicating that three items were funerary 
objects. Transfer of control of the items in this correction notice has 
not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (78 FR 45958-45959, July 30, 2013), 
paragraph 7, sentence 5 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The 35 associated funerary objects are 2 lots of unmodified 
wood; 2 lots of wood grave stakes; 2 metal objects; 1 pair of 
scissors; 1 black plastic comb; 2 shells; 1 modified bone fragment; 
1 unmodified bone fragment; 1 stone abrader; 1 .22 caliber gun; 3 
bags of buttons (glass, porcelain, bone, copper); 8 U.S. coins; 1 
porcelain doll head; 1 bag containing metal buckle fragments; 1 lot 
of marbles; 1 stone ulu; and 6 composite artifact bags containing 
wood, nails, charcoal, pebbles, metal, leather, watch faces, a watch 
chain, and organic and inorganic materials.

    In the Federal Register (78 FR 45958-45959, July 30, 2013), 
paragraph 20 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:

    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 35 objects described above 
are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death 
rite or ceremony.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of 
Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 685-3849 x2, 
email [email protected] by February 18, 2016. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Lummi Tribe of the 
Lummi Reservation; Samish Indian Nation (previously listed as the 
Samish Indian Tribe, Washington); Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe; the 
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington (previously listed as 
Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington); Swinomish Indian Tribal Community 
(previously known as Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation of 
Washington); and the Tulalip Tribes of Washington (previously listed as 
the Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington) may proceed.
    The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Lummi Tribe of 
the Lummi Reservation; Samish Indian Nation (previously listed as the 
Samish Indian Tribe, Washington); Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe; 
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington (previously listed as 
Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington); Swinomish Indian Tribal Community 
(previously known as Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation of 
Washington); Tulalip Tribes of Washington (previously listed as the 
Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington); and the Upper 
Skagit Indian Tribe that this notice has been published.

    Dated: October 21, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-00915 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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