[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18315-18316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08740]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027634; 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 May 30, 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 Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, 
University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The human remains were removed 
from Fort Rock Valley, Lake County, OR.
    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 
Klamath Tribes.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed by Dr. Harold G. Bergen from the Bone Weaving Needle Site 
in Fort Rock Valley, Lake County, OR. This site was designated 35-R by 
Dr. Bergen. The human remains were held by Dr. Bergen until 1989, when 
they were accessioned by the Burke Museum (Burke Accn. #1989-57). No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    The Fort Rock Valley area is within the traditional territory of 
the Yahuskin and Walpapi bands of the Northern Paiute (Ruby et al., 
1986), who inhabited the lands around the Goose, Silver, Warner, and 
Harney Lakes (Swanton, 1968). These lands were ceded in 1864, per the 
terms of the 1864 Treaty of Klamath Lake with the Klamath and Modoc 
Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians. The Yahuskin and Walpapi 
bands were assigned to the Klamath Reservation,

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and relocated there after the treaty was ratified. Based on geographic, 
ethnographic and archaeological evidence, the human remains have been 
culturally affiliated with the Yahuskin and Walpapi bands, who are 
represented today by the Klamath Tribes.

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 one individual 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 Klamath Tribes.

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 May 30, 
2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to the Klamath Tribes may 
proceed.
    The Burke Museum is responsible for notifying the Klamath Tribes 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: April 4, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-08740 Filed 4-29-19; 8:45 am]
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