[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56898-56899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15205]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038227; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Maxey Museum, Whitman College, 
Walla Walla, 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 Maxey Museum, Whitman College has 
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Libby Miller, Maxey Museum, Whitman College, 345 Boyer 
Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, telephone: (509) 876-7327, 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 
Maxey Museum, Whitman College, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual have been 
identified. The one associated funerary objects is one lot of copper 
beads and string. The human remains consist of a large adult mandible 
with four extremely worn teeth. Collected by Myron Eells between 1874 
and 1907. Exact location unknown. Eells occasionally noted tribal 
affiliation and/or places of origin, as here it appears as ``Clallam'' 
(Klallam). The AFOs are listed in accession records as ``Hudson's Bay 
Company, from graves, Sequim, Washington. Clallam''. Donated to Whitman 
in 1906 or 1907 at the time of Eells' death.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    The Maxey Museum at Whitman College has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The one lot of objects described in this notice are 
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite or ceremony.

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     There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Jamestown 
S'Klallam Tribe.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. 
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. The Indian Tribe 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 12, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Maxey Museum, 
Whitman College must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not 
competing requests. The Maxey Museum, Whitman College 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 10.10.

    Dated: June 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15205 Filed 7-10-24; 8:45 am]
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