[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63610-63611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19965]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036562; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 
of Indian Affairs (BIA) has completed an inventory of an associated 
funerary object and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated funerary object 
was removed from Clallam County, WA.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice 
may occur on or after October 16, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44, Albuquerque, NM 87104, 
telephone (505) 879-9711, 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 
BIA. 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 the BIA.

Description

    Sometime prior to 1938, a coffin was removed from Neah Bay on the 
Makah Reservation, in Clallam County, WA, by Captain Fred W. Griffiths. 
In 1938, it was accessioned by the Karshner Museum and Center for 
Culture & Arts.

Cultural Affiliation

    The associated funerary object in this notice is 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 type 
of information was used to reasonably trace the relationship: 
geographical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the BIA has determined that:
     The one object described in this notice is reasonably 
believed to have been made exclusively for burial purposes or to 
contain human remains.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the associated funerary object described 
in this notice and the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian 
Reservation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary object 
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 associated funerary object in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after October 16, 2023. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the BIA must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the associated funerary object are considered a single 
request and not competing requests. The BIA is responsible for sending 
a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.

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    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: September 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19965 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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