[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 44703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11088]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037940; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington 
State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, 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 Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State 
Museum (Burke Museum) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item 
that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural 
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after June 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Sven Haakanson Jr., Burke Museum, University of Washington, 
Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206) 543-3210, 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 
Burke Museum, and additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
summary or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. 
The one sacred object is a wooden dance rattle created by Robert 
Collier (Burke Accn. 2097, Cat no. 8675). On April 2, 1925, Leslie 
Spier and E.G. Spier collected the rattle from Jamestown, Clallam 
County, WA. Recorded provenience information identifies Robert Collier 
as the creator of the rattle, identified as a Bird Rattle. According to 
information from the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Robert Collier was born 
in the late 1870s and recorded on multiple census rolls as S'Klallam. 
He is descended from S'Klallam parents who lived in Jamestown, and 
Collier later lived with his family in Washington Harbor 
(sxw[ccaron]kw[iacute]y7[eng]). Collier was 
sought as a principal informant for Erna Gunther's ethnography 
fieldwork in the mid-1920s, resulting in the published work, Klallam 
Ethnography. Collier married twice (Abby Collier and Martha Dick 
Collier) and has descendants represented in the Jamestown S'Klallam 
Tribal Families: Hall, Sampson, Lombardi, Collier, Wheeler, Gentry, 
Adams, and Russell. The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe has identified this 
Bird Rattle as a sacred object that is still used in traditional 
ceremonial practices. The Bird Rattle was tested for pesticide 
contamination and the results indicated that there is likely hazardous 
substances present. The Burke Museum provided recommendations for safe 
handling.

Determinations

    The Burke Museum has determined that:
     The one sacred object described in this notice is a 
specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional Native American 
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional 
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional 
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item 
described in this notice and the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be 
submitted by 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 cultural item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after June 20, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the Burke Museum must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the 
cultural item are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The Burke Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this 
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: May 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-11088 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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