[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 7119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03567]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027264; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Burke 
Museum) has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation 
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, 
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations. 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 should 
submit a written request to the Burke Museum. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the Burke 
Museum at the address in this notice by April 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 
353010, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 685-3849 Ext 2, 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 completion of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 
The human remains were removed from King 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. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Burke 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Muckleshoot Indian 
Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington) and the Suquamish 
Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1980, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals 
were removed from the Tualdad Altu site (45-KI-59) in King County, WA. 
The human remains were collected by the University of Washington Office 
of Public Archaeology as part of a contracted cultural resource 
inspection, and were received by the Burke Museum in 2003 (Accn. #1992-
21). No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    The human remains have been determined to be Native American based 
on geographical and archeological evidence. The Tualdad Altu site falls 
within the traditional territory of the Duwamish Indians (Indian Claims 
Commission 1975). The terms of the 1855 Point Elliott Treaty assigned 
the Duwamish to the Suquamish Reservation (called Fort Kitsap at the 
time). After 1856, due to violence between whites and Native Americans, 
as well as the competition over available resources, many Duwamish left 
the Suquamish Reservation. The Indian agent subsequently assigned the 
Duwamish to the Muckleshoot reservation. Descendants of the Duwamish 
people are members of the present-day Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and the 
Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation.

Determinations Made by the Burke Museum

    Officials of the Burke Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (previously 
listed as the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot Reservation, 
Washington) and the Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison 
Reservation.

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 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 Ext 2, email [email protected], by April 1, 
2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to the Muckleshoot Indian 
Tribe (previously listed as the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the 
Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington) and the Suquamish Indian Tribe of 
the Port Madison Reservation may proceed.
    The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Muckleshoot 
Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the 
Muckleshoot Reservation, Washington) and the Suquamish Indian Tribe of 
the Port Madison Reservation that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 1, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-03567 Filed 2-28-19; 8:45 am]
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