[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 4260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01728]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024729; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Museum of 
Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, WA; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University has 
corrected a Notice of Intent to Repatriate published in the Federal 
Register on July 24, 2017. This notice corrects the cultural 
affiliation determination. Lineal descendants or representatives of any 
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written 
request to the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University. 
If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the 
cultural items 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 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the Museum of Anthropology at 
Washington State University at the address in this notice by March 1, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Mary Collins, Director Emeritus, Museum of Anthropology at 
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4910, telephone (509) 
592-6929, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University, 
Pullman, WA, that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects 
under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the cultural affiliation determination 
published in a Notice of Intent to Repatriate in the Federal Register 
(82 FR 34331-34332, July 24, 2017). Additional information in the form 
of Nez Perce Tribal Resolution NP71-29 of 1971 was found in the Nez 
Perce Tribal Archives. This document was a response to Washington State 
University's request for approval for archeological excavations at site 
45AS8. The terms of the Resolution include that artifacts found in 
graves would become the property of the Nez Perce Tribe. Transfer of 
control of the items in this correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (82 FR 34332, July 24, 2017) column 1, 
paragraph 4, under the heading ``Determinations Made by the Museum of 
Anthropology at Washington State University,'' is corrected by 
substituting the following paragraph:

    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared 
group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary objects and the Nez Perce Tribe (previously 
listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho).

    In the Federal Register (82 FR 34332, July 24, 2017) column 1, 
paragraph 5, sentence 2, under the heading ``Additional Requestors and 
Disposition,'' is corrected by substituting the following sentence:

    After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, 
transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to the Nez 
Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho) may 
proceed.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Mary Collins, Director Emeritus, Museum of 
Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4910, 
telephone (509) 592-6929, email [email protected], by March 1, 2018. 
After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer 
of control of the unassociated funerary objects to the Nez Perce Tribe 
(previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho) may proceed.
    The Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University is 
responsible for notifying the Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the 
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho) and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
Reservation that this correction notice has been published.

    Dated: December 4, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-01728 Filed 1-29-18; 8:45 am]
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