[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42744-42745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14080]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036106; 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 has determined that there is no 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. 
The human remains were removed from the Olympic Peninsula, WA.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 2, 2023.

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ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, Department of Anthropology and 
Museum Studies, Central Washington University, 400 E 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

    Around 1920, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from an unknown location on the Olympic Peninsula, WA, by 
Paul Brenton. In 1940, Dwight Brenton donated an ``Indian skull & 2 leg 
bones'' to the Burke Museum. In 1974, the Burke Museum transferred the 
left and right femurs (Burke Museum number 19-14869) to Central 
Washington University (Central Washington University number 3170) and 
retained the cranium (Burke Museum number 19-14868). (On February 19, 
2013, the Burke Museum published a Notice of Inventory Completion in 
the Federal Register for the cranium (78 FR 11675-11676).) No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains in this notice were removed from known geographic 
locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one or more 
Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the 
aboriginal land: a final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission, the 
Treaty of the Quinault River of 1855, the Treaty of Neah Bay of 1855, 
and the Treaty of Point No Point of 1855.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Central Washington 
University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 
any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the aboriginal land of the Hoh Indian Tribe; Jamestown S'Klallam 
Tribe; Lower Elwha Tribal Community; Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah 
Indian Reservation; Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; Quileute Tribe of the 
Quileute Reservation; Quinault Indian Reservation; and the Skokomish 
Indian Tribe.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after August 2, 2023. If competing requests 
for disposition are received, Central Washington University must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests 
for joint disposition of the human remains are considered a single 
request and not competing requests. Central Washington University is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 
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 and 
10.11.

    Dated: June 21, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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