[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91196-91197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30337]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22444; 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 January 19, 2016. This 
notice corrects the total number of associated funerary objects and the 
transfer of control determination. 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 January 17, 2017.

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 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 total number of associated funerary 
objects and to whom the Burke Museum will transfer control of the items 
published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register 
(81 FR 2901-2902, January 19, 2016). This notice also corrects the list 
of Indian tribes in the determination of Additional Requestors and 
Disposition. Transfer of control of the items in this correction notice 
has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (81 FR 2902, January 19, 2016), column 1, 
paragraph 3 is corrected by substituting the following sentence:


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    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 lot of 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 (81 FR 2902, January 19, 2016), column 1, 
paragraph 5 is corrected by replacing the number ``35'' with the number 
``36.''
    In the Federal Register (81 FR 2902, January 19, 2016), column 1, 
paragraph 6, sentence 2, under the heading ``Additional Requestors and 
Disposition'' is corrected by substituting the following sentence:

    After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington 
(previously listed as the Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington); 
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (previously listed as the 
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 the 
Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington); Swinomish Indian Tribal Community 
(previously listed as the 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: November 17, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-30337 Filed 12-15-16; 8:45 am]
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