[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33637-33638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11013]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035908; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Central Washington University, 
Ellensburg, WA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Central Washington University has completed 
an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from Kitsap County, WA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 23, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, Department of Anthropology and 
Museum Studies, Central Washington University, 400 University Way, 
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7544, telephone (509) 963-2671, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of 
Central Washington University. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional 
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results 
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held 
by Central Washington University.

Description

    In October of 1949, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by Sverre Halvorsen Seabold from under a stump 
while clearing a driveway on Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, WA. In 
January of 1950, Sverre Halvorsen Seabold donated the human remains to 
the Burke Museum, University of Washington, where they were assigned 
accession no. 3578 and catalog no. 19-13. In 1974, the Burke Museum 
legally transferred the human remains and six associated funerary 
objects to Central Washington University, where they were assigned 
accession ID Box BA. The human remains consist of a cranium and 
portions of the postcranial skeleton. No known individuals were 
identified. The six associated funerary objects are four shell 
fragments and two small animal bone fragments.
    In 1958, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from the ``City Park'' (Evergreen Park) in the city of 
Bremerton, Kitsap, WA, by staff at Olympic Jr. College (now Olympic 
College). The human remains were sent to the Burke Museum, University 
of Washington and accessioned in 1963 (no. 1963-22). In 1974, the Burke 
Museum legally transferred the human remains to Central Washington 
University, where they were assigned CWU accession ID Box BC. On the 
outside of the box containing these human remains is written ``Found in 
City Park, Bremerton 1958.'' No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: archeological, biological, geographical, and historical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, Central Washington University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The six objects described in this notice 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Suquamish Indian Tribe of the 
Port Madison Reservation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or

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a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 23, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, Central Washington 
University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not 
competing requests. Central Washington University is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: May 17, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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