FR Doc E7-18091
[Federal Register: September 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 177)]
[Notices]
[Page 52391-52392]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Central Washington University,
Department of Anthropology, Ellensburg, WA, and Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the control of the Central Washington University, Department
of Anthropology, Ellensburg, WA, and Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
State Museum (Burke Museum), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Grant
and Kittitas Counties, WA.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Burke
Museum and Central Washington University professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group.
In 1920, human remains representing a minimum of 35 individuals
were removed from the Pot Holes site or Hall Site 7 (later
assigned 45-GR-131) located on the east bank of the Columbia River,
south of Trinidad, Grant County, WA, by Dr. F.S. Hall of the Washington
State Museum. The human remains were accessioned by the museum in later
that same year. In 1974, the Burke Museum legally transferred portions
of the human remains to Central Washington University. No known
individuals were identified. The 685 funerary objects include 3 stone
abraders; 2 adze blades; 5 unmodified antler fragments; 9 antler tools
and modified fragments; 7 awls (bone and antler); 3 basketry fragments;
6 lots of beads (seed, shell, copper); 3 stone blades; 11 lots of bone
(bird, fish, and mammal); 2 lots of sand, wood, and dentalium shells;
10 bone points; 17 bone tools; 2 lots of charcoal; 36 chipped stone
tools; 1 clay fragment; 2 silver coins; 4 bone combs; 9 composite
toggling harpoon point fragments; 1 copper pendant; 5 lots of copper
ore fragments; 6 lots of fiber cordage; 15 lots of dentalium shell
(modified and unmodified); 1 stone discoid; 1 petrified wood drill; 2
copper earrings; 27 stone flakes; 7 bone gaming pieces; 1 ground stone
tool; 13 fragments of copper headdress; 1 lot of dentalium shell
headdress attached to twine; 7 fragments of copper ornaments; 1 iron
tool; 5 stone knives; 9 fragments of leather (2 that have copper
attached); 1 lot of fiber mat fragments; 1 lot of soil matrix; 4 mauls;
5 mica flakes; 35 modified bone fragments; 1 modified shell; 1 bone
needle; 9 stone netweights; 12 lots of red ochre; 2 lots of organic
materials; 5 abalone shell ornament fragments; 57 shell pendants and
fragments; 1 bone pendant; 25 copper pendants and fragments; 11 stone
pipes; 71 stone points; 58 stone scrapers; 11 lots of shell; 14 lots of
shell beads; 1 fragment of slag; 2 steatite fragments; 2 unmodified
stones; 4 string fragments; 1 bone toggle; 8 teeth (non-1human); 84
utilized flakes; 2 antler wedges; 1 bone whistle; 9 lots of wood
fragments (some burned); 1 wood fragment; 1 seed; 2 wire fragments; 3
glass fragments; 1 lot of copper, wood, and organic material; 1 lot of
copper and cordage; 1 lot of cordage; 1 lot of organic material and
seeds; and 2 bone fragments (modified).
``Hall Site 7'' appears to have been a large and important
site largely destroyed by local collectors before any systematic
recovery was attempted. Dr. F.S. Hall with Earl O. Roberts and M. Mohr
of the University of Washington conducted partially controlled
excavations in 1920 and 1921 at Pot Holes and a number of other nearby
sites.
In 1920-1921, human remains representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from an area near Vantage Ferry in Kittitas
County, WA, by F.S. Hall of the Washington State Museum. The human
remains were accessioned in 1920 (Burke Accn. 1860). No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In 1953-1954, human remains representing a minimum of four
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individuals were removed from site 45-KT-20, Kittitas County, WA, as
part of a University of Washington Field Expedition led by Dr. Earl
Swanson, Jr. The human remains were transferred from the University of
Washington Department of Anthropology and accessioned by the Burke
Museum in 1966 (Burke Accn. 1966-95). No known individuals
were identified. The 42 funerary objects are 1 lot of plant fiber; 7
lots of beads (shell and bone, 4 lots include cordage fragments); 9
lots of bone (mammal, rodent, fish); 1 chipped stone tool; 5 lots of
cordage; 9 flakes; 1 shell pendant; 2 lots of fiber mat fragments; 1
scatological specimen; 1 shell fragment; 2 points; 1 wood fragment; and
2 unmodified stones.
Early and late published ethnographic documentation indicates that
the sites described above are the aboriginal territory of the Moses-
Columbia or Sinkiuse, and Yakima (Daugherty 1973, Miller 1998, Mooney
1896, Ray 1936, Spier 1936). Descendents of the Moses-Columbia,
Sinkiuse, and Yakima are members of the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington and Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, Washington. Furthermore, information provided by the
two tribes during consultation indicates that the aboriginal ancestors
occupying this area were highly mobile and traveled the landscape for
gathering resources as well as trade, and are part of the more broadly
defined Plateau communities. Descendents of these Plateau communities
are now widely dispersed and enrolled in the Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group.
Officials of the Burke Museum and Central Washington University
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human
remains described above represent the physical remains of 42
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Burke Museum
and Central Washington University also have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 727 objects described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or
ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Burke Museum and Central Washington
University have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there
is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the Native American human remains and associated
funerary objects and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; and Nez
Perce Tribe of Idaho. Furthermore, officials of the Burke Museum and
Central Washington University have determined that there is a cultural
relationship between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Dr. Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University of
Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, telephone (206) 685-
2282 or Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, NAGPRA Program Director, Department of
Anthropology, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926-7544,
telephone (509) 963-2671, before October 15, 2007. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; and Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho for themselves and
on behalf of the Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group,
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Central Washington University is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; Nez Perce Tribe of
Idaho; and Wanapum Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group that
this notice has been published.
Dated: August 28, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-18091 Filed 9-12-07; 8:45 am]
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