[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 35906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11698]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035947; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of the 
Interior, National Park Service, San Juan Island National Historical 
Park, Friday Harbor, WA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, San Juan Island National Historical Park (SAJH) 
has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal 
Register on July 18, 2008. This notice amends the cultural affiliation 
determination and number of associated funerary objects in a collection 
removed from San Juan County, WA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 3, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Elexis Fredy, Superintendent, San Juan Island National 
Historical Park, 650 Mullis Street, Suite 100, P.O. Box 429, Friday 
Harbor, WA 98250, telephone (360) 378-2240 Ext. 2223, 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 the 
Superintendent, SAJH. Additional information on the amendments and 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by SAJH.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (73 FR 41380-41381, July 
18, 2008). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of 
Inventory Completion has not occurred. On October 15, 2019, San Juan 
Island National Historical Park staff transported the human remains to 
the Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation for 
osteological examination. Two funerary objects from English Camp Site 
in San Juan County, WA, were identified during the examination. The two 
associated funerary objects (previously identified as no associated 
funerary objects) are one lot of faunal material and one lot of rocks. 
Following further consultation, seven additional Indian Tribes are 
determined to be culturally affiliated with the human remains and 
associated funerary objects listed in this amended notice.

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, SAJH has determined that:
     The human remains described in this amended notice 
represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American 
ancestry.
     The two objects described in this amended 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 Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; 
Lower Elwha Tribal Community; Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation; 
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; Samish Indian Nation; Stillaguamish Tribe 
of Indians of Washington; Swinomish Indian Tribal Community; and the 
Tulalip Tribes of Washington.

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 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 July 3, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, SAJH 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. SAJH is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and 
Native Hawaiian organizations 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, 
10.13, and 10.14.

    Dated: May 24, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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