[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48909-48910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16061]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036248; 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 a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were 
removed from Klickitat County, WA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 28, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, Department of Anthropology and

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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

    All the human remains listed below were removed from Klickitat 
County, WA, sometime between 1890 and 1940, by private collectors. In 
1999, unknown individuals donated the human remains to Central 
Washington University, where they were assigned accession number 
1999.0.1.9 and catalog number 26.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals were 
removed from the Spedis site in the Spedis Valley. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were 
removed from Grand Dalles. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from the town of Klickitat. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from the Fountain Bar Site (45-KL-18) near Rock Creek. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from the town of Satus. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, 15 individuals were removed 
from the Satus Creek area near the town of Satus. 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: archeological, biological, 
geographical, historical, and expert opinion.

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 29 individuals 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 Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.

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 28, 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 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: July 19, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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