[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 43397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14385]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036130; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Eastern Washington University, 
Cheney, 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), the Eastern Washington University has 
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there 
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were 
removed from Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 7, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Kate Valdez, NAGPRA Coordinator, Eastern Washington 
University, 214 Showalter Hall, Cheney, WA 99004, telephone (509) 359-
3116, 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 
Eastern 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 Eastern Washington University.

Description

    In 1906, during the excavation of a house foundation, human remains 
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Honolulu in 
Honolulu County, HI. In the early 1920s, O.S. James donated these human 
remains to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Accession 
#469.1), and on April 3, 1987, the human remains were legally 
transferred to Eastern Washington University. No associated funerary 
objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains 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: anthropological, 
geographical, and historical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, Eastern Washington University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Hui Iwi Kuamo'o, a Native Hawaiian organization.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after August 7, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, Eastern Washington University must determine 
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for 
joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request 
and not competing requests. Eastern Washington University is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Native Hawaiian 
organization 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: June 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14385 Filed 7-6-23; 8:45 am]
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